Second Amendment News Roundup for 9/3/07

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

So, you think Alberto Gonzalez was bad as an Attorney-General? I would not disagree with that assessment, but when compared to Janet Reno, the man was the best. Ann Coulter reminds us of the sheer terror perpetrated on the electorate by the most aggressive, rogue Attorney-General in U.S. history--the Clintons' favorite girl, Janet Reno (hat tip to Traction Control):
http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/welcome.cgi

Traction Control posts the news on a judge who blocked stricter penalties for hiring illegal aliens (and by the way, the U.S. Code states that the aiding and abetting of illegal aliens is a felony--but apparently not in THIS judge's courtroom):
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=567

The Volokh Conspiracy points out that in a recent story in the New York Times entitled, 'Why Is Cuba So Poor?,' never once did the article mention that Communism, Socialism, or Collectivism are in any way responsible for the nation's plight:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_09_02-2007_09_08.shtml#1188724835

John Lott reports that the Northern Iowa University faculty senate voted against allowing campus police to carry guns:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/09/northern-iowa-university-faculty-senate.html

Xavier Thoughts blogs today about an unusual revolver, but it is a beauty:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/09/model-of-1905-4th-change-oddity.html

Xavier also has some neat examples of pre-Depression-era Smith & Wesson military and police revolvers:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/09/pre-depression-military-police-revolver.html

The War on Guns has an intriguing article on how the FBI may have scared Caucasians into supporting gun control by using 'the race card':
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/09/color-of-gun-control.html

Bitter over at The Bitch Girls shares her opinion on the resignation of Senator Larry Craig, which she thinks is lamentable. I agree:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7353

A Keyboard and a .45 has some great news for one of our favorite Congressmen of all time, Republican Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter of California. Hunter won a big one by walking away with the Texas straw poll. We are gratified to see the Congressman win one:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/09/duncan-hunter-runs-away-with-texas.html

Alphecca says that London is playing host to an arms fair, which has the police in a dither, deploying 4000 officers to monitor the thing:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=382

Snow Flakes in Hell points to an interesting item in the news concerning suicide prevention and the work of law enforcement:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1456

Say Uncle posts this item entitled, 'Big Schtick':
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/03/big_schtick/

Front Sight, Press points to a MUST-read penned by Triticale entitled, 'Gun Control Victims':
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/rkba/gun-control-victims/

Cameron Bailey says that the revelations continue to unfold about the HUGE fundraising scandal that implicates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Barbara Boxer, and about a dozen other top Democrats:
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/09/democratic-fundraising-scandal.html

Blogonomicon posts a great cartoon editorial that you absolutely must see:
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2007/09/indeed.html

Mike McCarville says that it may be way too early to count out former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee in his bid for the GOP Presidential nomination. McCarville says that a S.C. insider has evidence that Huckabee is a rising star in the GOP:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/huckabee-gops-new-rising-star.html

Pamela Geller over at Atlas Shrugs never minces words when it comes to the failure of the modern Democratic Party to support American ideals, freedom, and nation of Israel. Read her latest timely expose on some sickening rhetoric by the Democratic leadership:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/09/democrats-party.html

In case you haven't seen it yet, Mr. Completely has this latest update on the Gun Bloggers Rendezvous in Reno, Nevada in October (plan to attend if you can):
http://mrcompletely.blogspot.com/2007/08/gun-blogger-rendezvous-guest-of-honor.html