Second Amendment News Roundup for 3/10/08

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

It is totally outside the realm of sanity that U.S. politicians would base their proposals for universal healthcare on the experience of Great Britain, Canada, or Cuba, among others. Nicki has yet another very good reason to totally reject outright these proposals:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/03/health-care-nightmare.html

A ruling by a California Court of Appeals has millions of parents in a state of frenzy. The Court ruled that there is no Constitutional right to homeschool...and this in a state that is already chomping at the bits to end homeschooling and have such parents thrown into the slammer. The Volokh Conspiracy has the story:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_03_02-2008_03_08.shtml#1204845642

A bit off-topic but very helpful nonetheless, Roberta has an excellent primer on the coming deadline to switch to digital TV....along with the political ramifications:
http://twowheeledmadwoman.blogspot.com/2008/03/geek-mode-enabled.html

JR blogs about his day at the gun show in North Texas:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/03/day-at-gun-show.html

Armed and Safe has an important reminder about Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day on March 11 (this Tuesday):
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/03/igold-08-reminder.html

Blogstitution provides commentary on the latest barbaric attack on an Israeli seminary:
http://www.blogstitution.com/2008/03/06/the-wall-of-hate/

Robb Allen has come up with his own gun free zone sign:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2008/03/09/Heres-your-sign.aspx

Sebastian says that Clayton Cramer has essentially torn apart D.C.'s reply to the Heller case before the U.S. Supreme Court:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/03/09/tearing-apart-dcs-reply/

David Codrea reports the sickening news that Dennis Hastert's congressional seat in Illinois has fallen to an anti-gun Democrat in a special election following Hastert's retirement from politics:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/03/illinois-gets-another-anti-gun-democrat.html

Traction Control has an interesting post on the Barrett rifle and accessories:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=995

John Lott says that the U.K. Telegraph wonders why the mainstream media is ignoring this year's 'global freezing':
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/03/global-freezing-uk-telegraph-wonders.html

Mike McCarville suggests that John McCain is in dire need of coaching on speaking style:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/03/gadfly-on-john-mccains-speaking-style.html