Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/20/08

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

From Codrea's War on Guns:
*'David Olofson Update'--the MUST-read of the day.
*'The Terror Loophole'
*'Tracking the Problem'--does it bother anybody but me that the U.S. has been tracking its citizens with appropriate I.D. at the southern border, but not illegal aliens?!

Armed and Safe shows us a most interesting choice of quotes from the 'Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.'

JR at A Keyboard and a .45 writes about a letter exchange between him and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson on D.C. gun rights.

From Sebastian at Snow Flakes in Hell:
*'Barack George McGovern Obama?'--Clayton Cramer thinks it's 1972 all over again. I agree.
*'Preparing for Blackwater'

Speaking of Barack the Magic Dragon, Michelle Malkin posts THIS:
*The Democratic Party Platform's hidden George Soros Slush Fund'
*The Obama-Ayers Papers'--an update on Obama's connection to terrorists.

Ahab has the following:
*Commentary on last night's show of 'Gun Nuts, the Next Generation'
*California has defeated the gun show ban!--good!

Robb Allen comments on his appearance as a guest on last night's show.

Nicki comments on an incident that shows how eager the MSM and some in the public are about blaming the victim if guns are used in self-defense.

Mike McCarville reports that for the first time in the race for the White House, John McCain has jumped ahead of Barack Obama by 5 points.

Blogstitution has news on the continuing media bias in the race for the White House.

From Gateway Pundit:
*Explosive new info on the John Edwards sex scandal!
*Zogby and Reuters show big trouble for Barack Obama in the polls!--this is in addition to the Rasmussen poll cited earlier.
*Once again, Iran has threatened to destroy Israel.

Open Carry has information on its petition and flier campaign for 5 states.

WOW! Take a look at THIS over at An Ol' Broad's Ramblings! A Tom Tancredo-Duncan Hunter ticket, as an alternative to McCain? Is this legit? Does anyone have info?

Days of our Trailers does a good job at taking apart the faulty 'facts' laid out by one of the antis.