Second Amendment News Roundup for 1/14/08

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

Michelle Malkin has poll results of potential matchups between the GOP candidates:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/13/poll-positions/

John Lott has an excellent new op-ed on the Bush Administration's decision to launch an assault on the Second Amendment in the D.C. case:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-op-ed-bad-brief-bush-doj-shoots-at.html

The Buckeye Firearms Association is reporting that Fred Thompson is counting on gun owners to give his campaign a major boost in South Carolina:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article4136.html

The Volokh Conspiracy suggests that the brief filed by the Bush Administration in support of D.C. in the Heller case is something we would expect from a John Kerry Administration:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_01_13-2008_01_19.shtml#1200292558

The War on Guns notes that the Democratic Presidential candidates have exploded with negativity by using the race card--against each other!:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/01/great-race.html

The War on Guns also says that now more than ever we need to support 'Academics for the Second Amendment':
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-you-can-be-part-of-history.html

Nicki reports that a Congressman has started a petition in Congress condemning the actions of the Bush Administration in the D.C. v. Heller case:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/01/one-congressman-speaks-up.html

Sebastian has a list of Congressmen who have signed a letter to the D.C. case specifying their support for a complete ban on all handguns:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2413

Say Uncle has an important update to the news story on Christian Trejbal and the Roanoke Times' decision to publish the names of concealed handgun owners:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/01/14/thanks_to_the_roanoke_times/

Squeaky has THIS to say about 'global warming':
http://www.squeakywheelseeksgrease.com/blog/2008/01/12/omg-global-warmi-oh-wait-nevermind/

The Bitch Girls explain why a McCain win in Michigan would be good for gun owners everywhere:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7743

Breda gives us a report on her trip to the range on Sunday:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2008/01/range-report_13.html

Traction Control says that a German business owner has a very politically incorrect view toward smoking...good for him!:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=909

Oscar Poppa has the quote of the day from Samuel Adams, from 1775:
http://oscarpoppa.us/?p=851

Oscar Poppa also says that youths are arming themselves due to violence in the streets:
http://oscarpoppa.us/?p=852

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel have an interesting pic of a Para Warthog:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/01/13/balancing-warthog/

Alphecca points to yet another reason to believe our growing Police State is raging out of control:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=608

Roberta X comments on her day at the gun show:
http://twowheeledmadwoman.blogspot.com/2008/01/wotta-day.html

A Keyboard and a .45 has more on the 'Save the Second Amendment' Petition:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/01/save-second-amendment-petition.html

Mike McCarville reports on the latest CBS News/NYT poll on the GOP Presidential race:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/01/poll-mccain-surges-to-lead-gop.html