Second Amendment News Roundup for 10/1/07

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

Mike McCarville is reporting today that controversy has ensued and questions are swirling concerning Newt Gingrich's decision not to seek the GOP '08 Presidential nomination:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/10/gingrichs-strange-decision-questions.html

Alphecca blogs on 'the people of the gun.' To join the tribe, just send in your pic:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=452

The Jet Pilot opines on the 'lights out' hour in Los Angeles:
http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/10/la-county-calling-for-lights-out-hour.html

In case you missed this gem last Thursday, A Keyboard and a .45 reports on a great program in Irving, Texas to address the growing problem of criminal illegal aliens:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/09/good-job-to-irving-texas.html

Xavier Thoughts posts this item on muzzle-loaders, and it seems the anti-gun crowd has seized upon it as one of their new issues:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/09/muzzleloaders.html

Traction Control is reporting great news for Fred Thompson, if this turns out to be verified. Preliminary reports indicate that Thompson raised over $8 million in September alone:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=642

The War on Guns gives us yet another example of a numbskull anti-gun bigot:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/10/see-how-well-not-having-guns-worked-for.html

The Liberty Zone provides us with an interesting read entitled, 'Tales from the Gun Free Zones':
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/tales-from-gun-free-zones.html

Robb Allen at Sharp as a Marble reports that his mother will have cancer surgery tomorrow. I'm sure you all will join me in wishing her well, along with a speedy recovery:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/10/01/Day-47--The-flight.aspx

Of Arms and the Law provides a MUST-read on the ATF from the perspective of an insider:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/09/atf_from_the_in.php

Say Uncle has a list of vital links on the mammoth problems of the ATF. This is important!:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/10/01/more_atf_woes-4/

Snow Flakes in Hell shows us why gun control advocates in the U.S. could learn a lot from Australia's experience:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1625

The Bitch Girls blog about the plan for the states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7450

John Lott points to an example of Mitt Romney's attitude toward guns and gunowners:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-on-romney-and-guns.html

Michelle Malkin updates Hillary Clinton's penchant for using pyramid schemes to fund her campaigns:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/01/more-funny-hillary-money/

Our favorite intellectual, Dr. Walter Williams, comments on the Democrats' plan to raise taxes on gasoline by 50 cents per gallon to combat 'global warming':
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/07/globalwarminghysteria.htm

The Volokh Conspiracy notes that the '07-'08 session of the U.S. Supreme Court opens today:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_09_30-2007_10_06.shtml#1191252344

Red's Trading Post is urging readers to contact their U.S. Senators to urge them to block confirmation of Michael Sullivan as head of the ATF. Sullivan supports the tactics of the ATF in trampling the rights of citizens, gun shop owners in particular:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/10/urgent-contact-senators-to-deny.html

Ryan also says that the Firearms Coalition has a new website:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/10/firearms-coalition-new-web-site-and.html

Armed and Safe writes about the 'coalition to support government tyranny':
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/10/coalition-to-support-government-tyranny.html

Blogonomicon writes a gripping account of a sobering morning at church yesterday, after an elderly congregant was forced to use firearms to defend his neighbors against a home invasion:
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2007/09/sobering-morning.html

The most beautiful blond on earth, Blonde Sagacity, comments on the new U.S. citizenship test:
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2007/10/redesigned-us-citizenship-test-could.html

Mr. Completely reports on Nevada's new reciprocity laws for concealed carry:
http://mrcompletely.blogspot.com/2007/09/nevada-changes-ccw-laws-for-gun-blogger.html

Tamara K. at A View from the Porch blogs on the .32:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2007/10/boomsticks-i-miss-thirty-two.html