Second Amendment News Roundup for 1/24/08

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

As we reported yesterday, Gun Owners of America issued an alert urging members to contact their Reps in Washington, demanding that Bush withdraw the brief in support of D.C.'s gun ban. Red's Trading Post has picked up on the alert and issues this to all gun owners:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2008/01/president-bush-support-second-amendment.html

Sebastian has some great pointers on reloading:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2505

Say Uncle has news on the pro-gun/anti-gun protest in Virginia yesterday:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/01/24/interesting-8/

I have been saying all along that this year the GOP will come as close to having a brokered Convention with no clear front runner as they have in 80 years. Nicki at The Liberty Zone points to one pundit who believes Fred Thompson will emerge as THE MAN at the Convention is this indeed takes place:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/01/is-fred-gone.html

Traction Control issues a reminder of the upcoming Second Amendment Blog Bash:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=936

Squeaky says that when Fred Thompson dropped out, it was due to the fact that the powers that be picked the toy poodles over the Saint Bernard:
http://www.squeakywheelseeksgrease.com/blog/2008/01/23/fred-thompson-surprises-no-one/

Tam has the Battle Hymn of the DECLINE of the Republic....and, sadly, it is true:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/01/battle-hymn-of-decline-of-republic.html

Could the dumbing down of American politics get any worse? Well, Michelle Malkin has THIS that will make you wonder--John Edwards on the Tyra Banks Show:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/24/john-edwards-and-tyra-banks-even-dumber/

The Buckeye Firearms Association says that presently we are having a debate we should never be forced to have in this country, given its Constitution, but here we are:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/5024

A Keyboard and a .45 says that a coward speaks out:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/01/coward-speaks-out.html

Alphecca has the MUST-read of the day from the Colorado Springs Gazette:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=617

Armed and Safe takes on Cook County Commissioner William Beavers for his flip-flop on gun rights:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-shift-away-from-rights.html

Blogonomicon presents yet another strike against John McCain, including the fact that McCain's 'pro-gun' stance actually refers to his positions over a decade ago, but not now:
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2008/01/another-strike-against-mccain.html

Blogstitution has started a series of commentaries on French philosopher Jean Baudrillard's 'America.' Here is the first installment (Note: Scroll up to get the entirety of the first installment):
http://www.blogstitution.com/2008/01/22/america-a-series/

Pam Geller over at Atlas Shrugs has some very interesting factoids about Barack Obama and the company he keeps, including atheist Democratic billionaire activist George Soros:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/01/obama-sleeping.html