Second Amendment News Roundup for 9/5/07

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Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Ryan Horsley at Red's Trading Post says that the ATF has changed Form 4473, which is required for the purchase of a firearm:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/09/evolution-of-4473-form.html

Ryan also gives us some recent updates, including radio interviews where he has been a guest:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/09/interviews-and-updates.html

A Keyboard and a .45 has the story of two illegal aliens who have been arrested in a string of kidnappings in the Fort Worth area:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-attempted-kidnappings-in-fort.html

Sharp as a Marble presents the 'head-scratching' moment of the day concerning a new poll in Canada about gun control laws:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/09/05/Head-scratching-moment-of-the-day.aspx

The McCarville Report posts the news on a Democratic State Senator in Oklahoma who has now officially declared his candidacy to run against Republican U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/09/rice-plans-u-s-senate-race-announcement.html

Alphecca comments on a Christian Science Monitor article about the ongoing feud between the NRA and the Brady gang:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=388

Of Arms and the Law posts a very interesting study on disarmament during the Nazi period in Germany:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/09/steve_halbrook_2.php

Say Uncle has quite a discussion going on the subject of the practice of some bloggers of deleting comments made by anti-gunners:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/05/why_reasoned_discoursetm_matters/

Nicki at The Liberty Zone has had some surgery on her hand. But she is now back blogging again, albeit with only one 'paw' as she puts it. In this post, she says that the anti-gunners are fearful that the D.C. case being appealed to the Supreme Court will result in Chicago being next:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/gun-banners-wring-hankies-at-thought-of.html

David Codrea at The War on Guns posts an interesting open letter to the 'Amendment II Democrats':
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/09/open-letter-to-amendment-ii-democrats.html

Snow Flakes in Hell has a great read on the practice of grading politicians based on certain issues:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1475

Traction Control posts this on the upcoming Gun Bloggers' Rendezvous in Reno:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=578

Michelle Malkin reports that the fugitive who bankrolled Hillary's campaigns failed to show in court for a bail hearing today and is officially MIA:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/05/all-points-bulletin-where-in-the-world-is-norman-hsu-part-ii/

On a related note, John Lott asks the all-important question as to why the mainstream media isn't covering Norman Hsu as the Democrats' Jack Abramoff:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/09/why-isnt-press-covering-norman-hsu-as.html

The quintessential conservative icon, William F. Buckley, Jr., has this thought-provoking article on jobs, trade, and the Democrats:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2FiNjNlMzk4ZDcwMzlhYjc1ZmZhODA3ZGNkZDhiZjQ=

We have often opined that ethanol is a bad idea because it cuts into the food supply and drives up the costs of everything--food in particular. The Volokh Conspiracy notes that ethanol is also bad for the water supply:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_09_02-2007_09_08.shtml#1189016137

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership has more on their campaign to repudiate and humiliate gun-grabbers in the U.S. who have patterned their gun control laws on the Nazi practices of 1930s Germany:
http://www.jpfo.org/alert20070905.htm

Gun Owners of America posts a new alert today stating that as the Senate reconvenes there is little hope of relief for gun owners in the new McCarthy-Leahy bill:
http://www.gunowners.org/a090507.htm

The Bitch Girls think they may have solved the D.C. crime problem, and the answer is in this telling photo:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7361

Finally, our favorite intellectual, Walter Williams, professor of economics at George Mason University, has this MUST-read on economics and property rights:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/07/economicsandproperty.htm