Second Amendment News Roundup for 9/7/07

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

Ready to get mad right off the bat today? Well, when you read the following news story at The McCarville Report, you just might blow your stack if you're like me. McCarville reports on the Court of Appeals overturn of the death penalty for the murderer of an Oklahoma State Trooper. The reason? The victim's wife appealed to the Bible. The Judges on that Court are anti-religious freaks of the liberal-judicial activism school of thought, no doubt:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/09/nichols-blasts-court-of-criminal.html

JR at A Keyboard and a .45 writes that a power outage fouled up his plans for a trip to the shooting range:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/09/things-that-make-electrician-go-oh-chit.html

Alphecca blogs on this interesting news story that he has entitled, 'Bringing a Fake Gun to a Gun Fight':
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=396

Blogonomicon reports that the Commie-infested government of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela is forbidding certain names chosen by new parents for their infants:
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2007/09/so-much-for-leslie.html

Front Sight, Press has a thorough examination of Republican Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter's views on gun rights:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/gun-politics/duncan-hunter-on-gun-control-and-gun-rights/

And Ron Paul on gun rights:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/rkba/ron-paul-on-gun-rights/

And Fred Thompson on gun rights:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/rkba/more-on-fred-thompson-and-gun-control/

On a related note, Nicki at The Liberty Zone has more on Fred Thompson on the issues:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/fred-on-issues.html

Nicki also has a great piece about the difference between a 'right' and a 'need.' This is highly critical, for rights are not based upon what's needed or unneeded...a right is inherent:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/can-we-please-limit-idiots-ability-to.html

Gun Law News posts this interesting article entitled, 'Hillary, the Shooter':
http://www.gunlawnews.org/Federal-Politics/hill090407-2.html

The Buckeye Firearms Association says that the GOP finally has a pro-gun presidential candidate among the front-runners:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3941.html

Michelle Malkin has a timely update on the Democrats' dirty-money candy-man, Norman Hsu, who was captured on an Amtrak train in Colorado after falling ill:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/07/breaking-hsu-captured/

The Ninth Stage does some examination of the phrases within the Second Amendment:
http://ninthstage.com/index.php/2007/09/06/second-amendment/

The Bitch Girls report that over 100 public officials in the state of New Jersey have been convicted on federal corruption charges:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7365

Sebastian at Snow Flakes in Hell is urging California residents to contact the Governor's office to encourage him to veto the new bill passed by the state General Assembly that mandates microstamping (a tactic supported by the Brady gang):
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1493

Sharp as a Marble has a MUST-read today as he responds to someone who wrote that 'the future won't be kind to gun-lovers':
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/09/07/The-future-wont-be-kind-to-the-stupid.aspx

Say Uncle posts a vital summary of the central features of the DC appeal, via John Lott:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/07/dc_appeal/

Red's Trading Post updates us on the antics of the American Hunters and Shooters Association, which poses as a pro-Second Amendment group. They are anything but that:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/09/our-enemies-attempts-to-divide-and.html

David Hardy at Of Arms and the Law says that the plaintiffs' attorneys in the Parker vs. DC gun case have started a new website:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/09/new_website_for.php

Random Ramblings of a Republitarian posts a thorough examination of the idea that there is, indeed, a correct interpretation of the Second Amendment:
http://republitarians.blogspot.com/2007/09/reasoned-approach.html