Second Amendment News Roundup for 1/2/09

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

Mike McCarville says that so far, based upon the evidence, Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel deserve praise, not criticism, over the way they handled the Blagojevich scandal.

Texas Fred has some dire predictions for 2009, and I'm afraid he may be right.

Days of our Trailers reports that massive increases in gasoline and diesel taxes may be on the way.

XRLQ comments on the statement, 'Barack Obama is not my President.' And yes, I have said it. But of course, it's not even Jan. 21 yet, if that matters any...

Western Rifle Shooters Association issues an appeal for disunity concerning what's coming on Jan. 21.

Sipsy Street Irregulars points to a heated discussion going at KABA concerning race and guns. An interesting read!

Codrea's War on Guns announces a debate going on at the RNC and says that it is important that our voices be heard. Read it for more info, and act.

Gun Rights Examiner publishes Codrea's column for today that examines the issue of 'some people simply shouldn't have guns.'

Mindful Musings posts the info on the upcoming 'Grid Down Medical Course' in Lancaster, PA in February. The information taught in the course is vital to survival in the event that professional medical attention is unavailable. Take a look!

Blogstitution takes a look back at the stories published by the LA Times and says it has a very poor record when it comes to objectivity.

Syd at Front Sight, Press has a good read on the finest carry pistols. Wheel guns are excluded because they are not pistols. Read it! This should spark some debate.

Nicki has a MUST-read today entitled, 'Unusual Situations.'

Pax Parabellum posts an interesting news story of a woman in California who fought off carjackers.

Armed and Safe provides essential reading today on the debate between the 'prags' and the 'three percenters' in light of the recent vitriol directed at Mike Vanderboegh.

Darkblog comments on the treacherous path we have taken in violating citizens' liberties.

Robb Allen has a thorough scientific analysis of his blog stats for the year over at Sharp as a Marble. Now this is the way blog stats ought to be done. For a lesson in how to devise accurate and informative stats for your blog, go read, study...and learn.

Say Uncle says that North Dakota only had 2 murders during 2008, and neither one involved guns. But the Bradys apparently didn't notice...

And then Uncle has THIS story that highlights the hypocrisy of the anti-gun bigots, this time Roland Burris, the man chosen to replace Obama in the U.S. Senate.

Sebastian posts a link concerning the Smith & Wesson 637.

Holy Toledo, Batman! Squeaks is getting married! That just knocks my hat in the creek (in a good way!). Congratulations, Squeaky.

Tam has some important info for those who may have forgotten to buy themselves a gun for Christmas.

Dr. John Lott provides us with an important update on 'global warming.' I'll give you 2 guesses and the first doesn't count. It's getting colder...