Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/7/08

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

From Codrea's War on Guns:
*A gun-grabber thinks conservatives do not qualify for 'personhood' and the Brady Bunch is totally silent on the implied genocide.
*A link to a post entitled, 'Why Mike Vanderboegh is right.'
*More news on 'the Bastard' today. Now he wants Obama and McCain to fill out a questionnaire on gun issues.
*The GOA's refusal to repudiate Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party on gun issues is hurting their reputation.

Squeaky offers further commentary on the Mike Vanderboegh controversy.

Armed and Safe has a story out of Massachusetts today that is pretty frightening.

JR at A Keyboard and a .45 says he was interviewed last evening for an article in the upcoming issue of the 'Texas Weekly' on the subject of politics, guns, and blogs. Great!

Sebastian reports that Robb Allen at Sharp as a Marble has experienced a total hard drive meltdown, and he may not be able to recover. Sorry to hear that!

Of Arms and the Law sends a heads-up that some gun bills will be coming up for a vote in California TODAY.

Mike McCarville points to a Politico report that provides analysis of Barack Obama's current problems in national polls.

The Bitch Girls report interesting news on a major ad that appeared in all 3 of D.C.'s newspapers concerning gun rights.

Regarding D.C., Alphecca says there is a new gun rights lobby in town, just for D.C.

Open Carry has more on the new D.C. group.

And then, Syd reports on a special First Shots event just for D.C. residents.

The Volokh Conspiracy has today's MUST-read--a quote from Lysander Spooner's 1886 letter to Grover Cleveland.

Nicki at The Liberty Zone provides good reading today on the homeschooling movement and clears up some common misconceptions.

DontGoMovement, the new website dedicated to pressuring Congress to get to work on an energy bill, posts some great info on how to influence conservative Democrats to buck Nancy Pelosi and join with the GOP in doing something about the nation's energy needs.

Roberta X posts info on the next Indy Blog Meet.

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel are back home after their annual extended vacation, and they blog about their problems with misfeeds with their Warthog.

Blogstitution provides very good reading on a piece in the WSJ on what Bush and Batman have in common. Believe me, you won't be disappointed.

Tam has ESSENTIAL reading today! Read it all. Ponder over it. And THINK!

Western Rifle Shooters Association comments on the cowardly response of the West toward extremist Jihadist head-choppers.

The Rustmeister is back and gives us an update on his recovery from surgery.

Lead Chucker comments on the latest outrageous intrusion of the Mexican Army over our southern border.