Second Amendment News Roundup for 12/13/07

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

A Keyboard and a .45 posts 'A Negligent Discharge Dissected':
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/12/negligent-discharge-dissected.html

The Adventures of Roberta X has some excellent thoughts on concealed carry that are worth your consideration:
http://twowheeledmadwoman.blogspot.com/2007/12/concealed-carry-me-and-my-sidearm.html

Armed and Safe has the must-read of the day:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/12/not-much-blogging-but-see-this.html

Born Again Redneck reports that Fred Thompson has picked up the endorsement of a major evangelical, an associate of the late Dr. D. James Kennedy of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I never liked TV preachers for the most part, but Dr. Kennedy was always eloquent, dignified, thoroughly well-researched, and totally committed to the vision of the Founders of this nation. Read about this endorsement of Fred:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2007/12/evangelical-endorses-fred-thompson.html

Dustin's Gun Blog says that the Second Amendment Foundation has issued the following on gun-free zones:
http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/saf-press-release-on-gun-free-zones.html

Front Sight, Press notes that it is the Bill of Rights that saves lives, and not gun-free zones:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/rkba/bill-of-rights-saves-lives-again/

Of Arms and the Law has excerpts from an editorial in a Colorado Springs newspaper:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/12/editorial_in_co.php

Oscar Poppa has the cartoon editorial of the day:
http://oscarpoppa.us/?p=824

Michelle Malkin reports that the Democratic Party is in a major meltdown in the House and Senate:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/12/13/the-democrat-party-meltdown/

Our favorite intellectual, Dr. Walter Williams, who himself is Black, tells it like it is concerning the race baiters:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/07/Racial%20Hoaxes%20and%20the%20NAACP.htm

Gun Owners of America has issued its end-of-the-year report:
http://www.gunowners.org/a121307.htm

From the NRA: Pennsylvania has postponed its Castle Doctrine bill:
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3311

Eugene Volokh has the goods on Barack Obama's true feelings on handguns:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_12_09-2007_12_15.shtml#1197498741

Traction Control points out that among those pardoned by President Bush for Christmas, conspicuously absent are Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean, who were falsely accused, persecuted, convicted by a kangaroo court, and sent to jail for 12 years for shooting an illegal alien drug smuggler in the buttocks (I am soooo ready for George W. Bush to vacate the White House!):
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=846

The War on Guns reports the ominous news that the PENTAGON is going to collect tons of information on every U.S. citizen:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/12/someone-to-watch-over-me.html

Nicki has a message for home invaders in the neighborhood:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/12/message-to-house-invaders-in-my.html

Snow Flakes in Hell has Fred Thompson's zinger to Mitt Romney in the GOP debate:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2140

What if 'reasonable restrictions' were applied to ALL of the amendments and not just the 2nd Amendment? Sharp as a Marble says perhaps it's time to give the antis a taste of their own medicine:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/12/13/Its-time-to-apply-quotreasonable-restrictionsquot-to-the-other-amendments.aspx

Say Uncle reports on some anti-gun stuff in Tennessee:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/12/13/anti-gun_stuff_in_tennessee/

Red's Trading Post says that we should brace ourselves for the next round of ATF oppression. The Nazi-like storm troopers of the jackbooted thug agency of the Federal Government are not going to stop their assault on guns, gun owners, gun shops, gun manufacturers, etc.:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/12/curio-relics-holders-next-target-of-atf.html