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Monday, March 17, 2008

Second Amendment News Roundup for 3/17/08

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

The MUST-read of the day is by Robb Allen at Sharp as a Marble. Caution: this post will make you think and rethink your positions:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2008/03/15/Political-triangles.aspx

FreedomSight catches an NRA representative on an important point of distinction concerning our rights:
http://freedomsight.net/?p=2324

FreedomSight also reports that the FBI has tried to cover up its own Patriot Act abuses:
http://freedomsight.net/?p=2325

Mike McCarville says that the federal 'real ID' act is causing the various states some big headaches...and money:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/03/federal-real-id-act-raises-state-costs.html

Dustin's Gun Blog reminds us that tomorrow (Tuesday) is the big day for the 2nd Amendment before the U.S. Supreme Court as oral arguments are heard in D.C. vs. Heller:
http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/next-tuesday-big-day-for-2nd-amendment.html

Of Arms and the Law notes the amicus briefs that can be found on the Scotusblog:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/03/scotusblog_on_a.php

How's THIS for a Sunday Sermon! Born Again Redneck has the goods, from Obama's own mouth, concerning the penultimate America-hater, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2008/03/sunday-sermon.html

The Volokh Conspiracy posts a piece concerning polls on handgun bans:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_03_16-2008_03_22.shtml#1205694368

John Lott has an important post on the negatives of each of the three remaining candidates--McCain, Obama, and Hillary (note--you will be very surprised!):
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-did-i-miss-this-in-polls-obamas.html

Nicki at the Liberty Zone has a quote worth repeating from a respected counter-terrorism expert:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/03/quote-worth-repeating.html

Bitter discusses the Bob Novak column concerning Bush's support of D.C. in the D.C. vs. Heller case before the Supreme Court:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7982

Breda says that model May Anderson is catching flak over the name of her company, 'Chicks With Guns':
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2008/03/but-can-she-shoot.html

It seems the so-called 'Fairness Doctrine' has reared its ugly head once again, and this time President Bush weighs in on it:
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/03/11/bush_fairness_d.html

JR has an important reminder on the importance of teaching gun skills to the next generation:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/03/future-shooters-necessary-to-rkba.html

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