Second Amendment News Roundup for 6/20/08

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

David Codrea has a thorough piece that shows that simply because a politician has an 'R' beside their name is no guarantee that he/she stands for human liberty and Constitutional rights, and he has plenty of examples and links:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/06/scuttle-mark-kirk-its-past-time-for.html

Nicki posts commentary on some rather telling quips by Barack Obama on Osama bin Laden:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-on-osama.html

Robb Allen provides helpful information on the choice between John McCain and Barack Obama--a good read!
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2008/06/20/The-2008-election-conundrum.aspx

Sebastian reports that New York Governor David Paterson is going after the guns in the state of New York:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/06/20/patterson-goes-on-anti-gun-offensive/

Uncle warns us of how easy it is to break federal gun laws and not even know it:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/06/20/careful-2/

John Lott reports the excellent news that South Carolina has enacted sweeping reciprocity legislation:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/06/south-carolina-enacts-sweeping.html

And now, a musical interlude from JR. I loved that song from the Doobie Brothers, 'Blackwater,' although I am quite certain the band was high on the doobage while recording it (and by the way, I am for the de-criminalization of non-violent drug offenders--just so we have that clear):
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/06/musical-interlude.html

Roberta X has info on the upcoming Indy Blog Meet:
http://twowheeledmadwoman.blogspot.com/2008/06/sunday-indy-blogmeet-blogmeet-blog-meet.html

Alphecca comments on Obama's shocking about-face on public campaign financing. Of course, when you are being bankrolled by the likes of George Soros, you don't need public funds:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=821

Armed and Safe announces the Second Amendment rally in the 'belly of the beast':
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/06/second-amendment-rally-in-belly-of.html

The Damsel posts a pic of her 'girl gun,' and man, is she a beauty!
http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/06/18/my-girl-gun-2/

Gateway Pundit says that Obama must have promised Hillary to pay off her campaign debt, because she is going to campaign with him next Friday:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/06/hillary-will-campaign-with-obama-next.html

The most beautiful blond on earth, Blonde Sagacity, comments on the McCain and Obama energy plans:
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2008/06/which-energy-plan-would-work.html

The Volokh Conspiracy has an excellent article on the controversy at the University of Chicago
concerning the ideological intolerance of academia:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_06_15-2008_06_21.shtml#1213929178

Volokh also provides a thorough analysis of the pronounced intolerance shown toward Christian evangelicals in academia:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_06_15-2008_06_21.shtml#1213962836