Second Amendment News Roundup for 1/17/08

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

Snow Flakes in Hell points to two polls that show Fred Thompson surging ahead in South Carolina:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2450

John Lott reports that Fred Thompson was the very first GOP candidate to blast the Bush Administration for its support of the D.C. gun ban in the Heller case:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/01/thompson-first-to-come-out-against-bush.html

The Buckeye Firearms Association has an analysis of the Democratic candidates' stance on gun control, and of course, the news isn't good:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article4141.html

From the NRA: Georgia Senate to vote on right-to-carry legislation (the vote is today!):
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=3364

Eugene Volokh says that apparently Preacher Huckabee hasn't been paying attention to his Bible:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_01_13-2008_01_19.shtml#1200550536

Liberals love to portray conservatives as 'intolerant.' ROFL! Michelle Malkin has the statistical proof that it is actually the Liberals who are most intolerant, and downright dangerous!:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/17/the-statistical-proof-of-liberal-intolerance/

This is no real surprise, but still....Nicki reports that the ACLU has summarily rejected the Second Amendment as an individual right....so much for our 'liberties,' eh?:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/01/aclu-strikes-again.html

Nicki also has a complete run-down on why the Huckster is no conservative:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/01/is-huckabee-conservative.html

Looks like Tam was all geared up for a big snowfall in Knoxville last night, but all they got was rain. On the other side of the mountains, in the foothills of South Carolina, we got about 3-4 inches of snow. It was real purdy too:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/01/wet-firecracker.html

Squeaky posts some serious, in-depth religious and philosophical questions that are well-worth the time to read:
http://www.squeakywheelseeksgrease.com/blog/2008/01/16/religious-convictions/

Mike McCarville reports on campaign dirty tricks in the days leading up to the GOP primary this Saturday, and Romney and Huckabee are right in the middle of it:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/01/dirty-tricks-allegations-fly-in-sc-gop.html

Armed and Safe alerts us to a new initiative to 'stem the flow of illegal guns into Mexico,' which of course, is Mexican code for 'we want the U.S. to pass more gun control':
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/01/maximum-mike-and-project-gunrunner.html

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel blog on well-balanced pistols, including not only the Warthog, but the S & W 908 and the Glock 26 and 30 models:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/01/17/well-balanced-pistols/

The ATF is at it again. Red's reports that the JBTs now claim that any individual who sells a gun must be federally licensed as a gun dealer (although it is legal for individuals to sell guns):
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2008/01/atf-to-individual-gun-sellers-get.html

Say Uncle has a link to an excellent explanation as to why the popular vote is bad for a Constitutional Republic such as ours (in case you are still wondering, I am all for keeping the Electoral College):
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/01/17/democracy/