Second Amendment News Roundup for 6/12/08

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

The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled today that detainees at Guantanamo Bay have the right to habeas corpus--a defeat for the Bush administration:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080612163731.sn58q011&show_article=1

The Volokh Conspiracy has key quotes from the majority opinion in today's Supreme Court ruling:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_06_08-2008_06_14.shtml#1213280702

Gunservatively states that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia offered up a scathing and chilling dissent to the majority opinion on Guantanamo:
http://gunservatively.blogspot.com/2008/06/chilling-words.html

Recession? What recession?! Retail sales grew by the largest amount in 6 months, bolstered by the Bush tax rebates:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080612/economy.html?.v=13

David Codrea reports that a police department has received a written warning to stop detaining citizens for engaging in open carry:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/06/servant-gets-written-warning.html

Ronald Reagan made numerous speeches that will go down in history as among the most eloquent and moving ever made. At the top of my list is Reagan at the Berlin Wall demanding that Gorbachev 'tear down this wall!' Tam commemorates this day in history:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/06/today-in-history-beginning-of-end.html

Tam also links to some cool gun porn,
here:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/06/speaking-of-gun-pr0n.html

And here:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/06/drooooool.html

Gateway Pundit reports that an increasing number of Dems are not supporting Barack Obama...and he lists the latest ones here:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/06/dems-jump-ship-2-more-moderates-shy.html

You won't believe your eyes when you see this. Barack Obama said in 2004 that he is not experienced enough to be President! Yet within two short years he claims he got ready. Gateway has the video:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/06/barack-obama-says-he-is-not-experienced.html

Gateway also has a video of a Jimmy Carter interview from last year, where he said Obama lacks the experience to be President...my, my, what a difference a few months make:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/06/jimmy-carter-obama-does-not-have.html

Sebastian blogs on private gun sales between citizens:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/06/12/a-private-sale-primer/

Breda has sugar and spice and everything nice in a video on girl-power when it comes to shooting:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2008/06/sugar-and-spice-and-everything-nice.html

Breda also links to her latest article at Buckeye Firearms Association that recounts her personal story of how she became a gunnie and a gun-blogger:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2008/06/birth-of-gunblogger.html

You won't believe your eyes when you see this. Gunservatively has posted a partial list of the firearms that New Jersey has banned...partial list? Wow!
http://gunservatively.blogspot.com/2008/06/nj-partial-list-of-banned-firearms.html

Uncle has the MUST-read of the day, and it's about the Obama-worshippers:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/06/12/you-can-shit-in-one-hand-and-hopechangetm-in-the-other-and-see-which-one-fills-up-first/

Mike McCarville posts a report that says that the mainstream media is going to come after news bloggers with a vengeance this political season:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/06/msm-not-happy-with-news-bloggers.html

Ahab comments on the Barack Obama rapid-response Internet assault team that has been set up to immediately blast any reference to Obama as unpatriotic or a Muslim. Ok, I'll go ahead and give them some fodder. Barack Obama is an unpatriotic America-hater, and although he is not Muslim he has always supported Muslim-Arab sympathizers:
http://www.nrahab.com/2008/06/12/cybernauts-ho/

Alphecca reports that SC Governor Mark Sanford VETOED the legislature's bill to withdraw taxes on firearms during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Sanford is basically a good guy and a good Governor, but I have issues with him, such as this one:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=815

Born Again Redneck offers a good read on the push to get rid of the Electoral College:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2008/06/getting-rid-of-electoral-college.html

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel write about the Russian-made 'gray wolf' ammunition:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/06/10/the-gray-wolf/

Robb Allen nails it with this comment on Barack Obama and guns:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2008/06/12/Heh.aspx

Here is a good example of what could happen if government ever got control over thermostats in our private homes, which environmentalist wackos and their politicians in California want to do:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/06/government-regulation-prevents-turning.html

As always, our favorite intellectual, Walter Williams, provides riveting commentary, this time on slavery to the government:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/08/AreAmericansPro-Slavery.htm