Second Amendment News Roundup for 12/27/07

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

From the world news stage comes the ominous announcement that opposition Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated. She was staunchly anti-terrorist and pro-American. National Review tells it like it is about the Pakistan no one really wants to admit exits:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTExNmE0MzY3YjBlYWEwZDkzOThkMWJiM2JmZGQ2NDE=

Jack Pribek has more on this international tragedy here:
http://pribek.net/2007/12/27/benazir-bhutto-coverage/

Michelle Malkin reports that Al Qaeda is claiming resonsibililty for the assassination...no matter, we already know it was Islamic Jihadits:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/12/27/benazir-bhutto-assassinated/

Here's some good news. Mike McCarville says that the NRA is continuing its investigation into gun seizures on New Orleans after Katrina. They have even hired private investigators to find citizens whose guns were seized:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/12/nra-continues-post-katrina-gun-seizure.html

Roberta X has some mind-bloggling facts that will bring a chuckle (I think):
http://twowheeledmadwoman.blogspot.com/2007/12/stranger-than-real.html

Alphecca posts this on 'felons and guns':
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=589

Blogonomicon reports that Big Brother is coming after us with a vengeance. Read it all:
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2007/12/ubiquitous-use-of-biometrics.html

Dustin's Gun Blog writes about some new converts to the shooting sports:
http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-converts-to-shooting-sports.html

Red's has an update on the response from Senators to the stop-Sullivan movement:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/12/montana-senator-jon-tester-on-atf.html

Say Uncle presents yet another case in favor of the Castle Doctrine:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/12/27/case_for_castle_doctrine/

Well, my friends, it seems Sebastian and significant other Bitter Bitch are gracing Say Uncle's place with their presence for a few days during the holidays. Knoxville will never be the same :)
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2256

Breda blogs on the Swiss Mini Gun:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2007/12/worlds-smallest-working-gun.html

Nicki has more on idiots with keyboards:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/12/idiots-with-keyboards-pt-2392.html

Traction Control informs us about the blogburst for Fred Thompson, and it is TODAY!:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=874

Tam has a few characteristically snarky comments about the candidates and their hunting antics:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2007/12/hunting-for-votes.html

The MUST-read of the day is at the Volokh Conspiracy on the government's 'right' to kill the terminally ill:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_12_23-2007_12_29.shtml#1198711726

The Buckeye Firearms Association has an interesting read on the manner in which the news media slants stories about ordinary citizens who use firearms to save lives:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article4111.html