Second Amendment News Roundup for 12/26/07

Hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas...

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

Red's Trading Post says that opponents to Michael Sullivan as head of the ATF have found an unexpected ally:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/12/sullivans-office-criticized-again-by.html

The War on Guns has an update on the sentence of Wayne Fincher:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/12/fincher-makes-top-ten.html

Snow Flakes in Hell has more on Congress' ban of the incandescent light bulb, which apparently includes Halogen bulbs as well:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2247

Nicki has an excellent read today on Mike Huckabee and religion. Read it all:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/12/church-of-huck-growing-government-in.html

Nicki also provides a stark example of what happens when people are disarmed:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/12/dont-you-want-to-be-disarmed-too.html

Traction Control serves up some important commentary on 'we're the only ones':
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=873

Being a lover of canines, I simply had to include this from Tam. Be sure to click on the link she provides:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2007/12/spirit-of-giving.html

Of Arms and the Law alerts us to a new book on the Founders' views on the right to bear arms:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/12/the_founders_vi.php

Mike McCarville reports some interesting Oklahoma poll numbers for both Republicans and Democrats running for President:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/12/clinton-huckabee-oklahoma-favorites.html

Blogstitution enumerates all the reasons he is not supporting Mike Huckabee:
http://www.blogstitution.com/2007/12/24/why-i-am-not-supporting-huckabee/

In case you missed it, Born Again Redneck has an interesting read contrasting Mike Huckabee with Fred Thompson:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2007/12/huackabee-hare-vs-thompson-tortoise.html

The Buckeye Firearms Association has good reading today entitled, 'Thank God She WASN'T A Security Guard':
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article4110.html

Breaking News--ATF Nomination Placed on Hold

Word was received late Wednesday afternoon that the confirmation of Michael Sullivan as the Director of the BATFE (or the ATF) has been placed on hold by Idaho's two Republican Senators.

According to Senate rules, any one Senator can block legislation or confirmation indefinitely, sometimes even for years.

Sullivan has been a controversial choice due to his actions as acting director of the ATF for the past year. Under Sullivan, the ATF has continued its harassment of our citizens, put a damper on law-abiding business owners, and engaged in gestapo tactics against those who believe in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership delineates these abuses under Sullivan in the following open letter to America, issued on Wednesday:
http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-n-z/zel-open-20071212.htm

In addition, Red's Trading Post, which has been closely following the events leading up to the nomination and confirmation of Sullivan, has the following late-breaking update on the situation as it develops in Idaho:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/12/breaking-news-idaho-senators-put-holds.html

And thus, my friends, it seems the citizens' voices have made and are making a difference. This is the time to contact your U.S. Senators to voice your opposition to Sullivan as head of the ATF.

Here is the original news story as posted by the Associated Press:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jNl6jyIzPcvmXCr9yM2WHsCixdFQD8TG6VI81

There is no doubt that the ATF, the jackbooted thug agency of the U.S. government, is a menace to liberty and American society. This is our chance to send a strong message to Sullivan, the ATF, and President George W. Bush who nominated this sorry excuse for a public servant.

And let's not forget that Sullivan is the darling of Senate Democrats from Little Chucky Schumer to Ted 'Senator Blowhard' Kennedy.

Now is the perfect time to let our illustrious Democrat-controlled Senate know that we don't want our government harassing law-abiding citizens and businesses. It's time to take a butcher knife to the ATF, gut it like a catfish, and then boot most of its sorry-assed components straight to hell. The money saved from this financial gutting will be welcomed relief to the taxpayers.