Second Amendment News Roundup for 2/3/09

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

OBAMA'S CLOWN SHOW! I swear, where do they get these bozos from? Yet another Obama nominee runs into trouble because of tax problems. This makes 3. Mike McCarville reports.

Speaking of clowns, VP Joe Biden is known for flubbing his lines. He's worse than Dan Quayle. Here is a video of his latest gaffe--flubbing the oath of office he gives to Hillary Clinton.

Say Uncle reports that the husband of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has opened his clown mouth about guns. What a bozo.

Robb Allen has info on where to get your new Unorganized Militia gear.

Ride Fast and Shoot Straight blogs on vision protection for shooters.

Sebastian comments on shooting from the pocket. I never tried it. Don't think I want to. I carry in the pocket but I wouldn't shoot from the pocket.

Ahab announces a very special guest for tonight's edition of Gun Nuts Radio. Take a look!

JR reports that both Texas Senators voted against the Holder confirmation and provides further commentary on the issue.

Tam says that it seems everyone from top to bottom in government is carrying a firearm these days.

The Rustmeister adds a new word to his vocabulary that just so happens to perfectly describe what's happening in Washington.

Walls of the City posts some pics that depict 'such beauty, such grace.' Uh, are you sure about that, man?

Texas Fred has more on the concept of a 'Million Gun Owners March', including a letter from someone connected with the NRA-ILA.

Live From the Upper Texas Gulf Coast points to some ignorant slurs against gunowners in the Houston Chronicle.

Conservative Libertarian Outpost tells it like it is about the dangers of Eric Holder.

Days of our Trailers blogs on pocket battleship guns and 'PSH.'

Western Rifle Shooters Association has 2 MUST-reads here and here. The first is on mandatory gun registration and the second is on living under 'one party rule.'

Sipsy Street Irregulars says 'they are coming,' so get ready. Obama has just stated that he wants more gun control.

Nicki aptly points out that the mainstream media's lovefest with Obama is continuing. Just wait till you see how she describes it.

The Wandering Minstrel reams the barefaced liar, Carl Levin (D-Michigan).

Pax Parabellum writes that the creepiness of the Obama madness is getting downright scary.

David Codrea comments on the latest little play-pretty of the Obama minions--'see Obama's face in the faces of his followers.' Funny, but I only see a horse's ass.

David's article at Gun Rights Examiner is 'Dead Men Tell No Tales.'

Armed and Safe reports some big news over at the NRA. It seems there is a growing movement to support Ted Nugent for NRA President.

Kurt Hofmann's St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner column examines how the Brady Campaign conveniently leaves out a key phrase in the 2nd Amendment.

Michelle Malkin has even more dirt on Tom Daschle and reports that South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint is calling for the nominee to remove his name from consideration.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 7/17/08

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

Human Events has two excellent articles worth reading today. The first points out that the GOP has a grand-slam homerun on its hands with the drill here, drill now issue on oil...IF McCain will seize upon it effectively. The second has a new Electoral College analysis that shows McCain and Obama separated by only 8 electoral votes.

The Muslims Against Sharia Blog reports that Jihadist moles have infiltrated the federal government.

JR at a Keyboard and a .45 reminds us that Sebastian over at Snow Flakes in Hell has started a Gun Blog Rifle League with monthly matchups. Click on the link for info and how to sign up.

David Codrea provides more commentary on the Governor of Illinois' proposal for sending in the National Guard to get gun crime under control in Chicago.

Armed and Safe points out yet another innocuous sounding group that is into citizen disarmament.

Blogonomicon announces that the dramatization of Patrick Henry's 'Give me liberty...' speech can be purchased on DVD. The film is called Give me Liberty. (h/t to David Codrea). CORRECTION! Actually, I think the name of the DVD is The Charge of the Light Brigade, which contains a short feature entitled, Give Me Liberty.

Alphecca reports that Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick intends to get rid of pesky gun owners. His plan is to force them into submission using the 'we'll fee you to death' scheme, which is what Massachusetts is known for doing anyway with regard to taxes and fees.

Roberta X provides some prudent insight for gunnies in a piece entitled, 'Your House is Not a Free-Fire Zone.'

Michelle Malkin has several items of great interest today. First, Jessie Jackson dropped the N-word bomb on Obama in that now-infamous tape on Fox News. No wonder they didn't want to show all of it. Second, we get a realistic picture of what we can expect from the traveling Obamedia--female journalists who act as groupies. And third, Malkin reports that an intellectually challenged speaker at the NAACP contends that Barack Obama was 'lynched by the cartoon on the New Yorker.'

John Lott reports that Obama has told yet another whopper of a barefaced lie concerning his position on gun rights, and Lott has the proof.

The Western Rifle Shooters Association has the MUST-read of the day on something that was NOT reported in the mainstream media--China and Mexico held a big summit. Just wait till you see what the Mexican President had to say about the Commies!

Breda at The Breda Fallacy has become a much-beloved gunnie and advocate for gun rights. Here she writes of her hands-on training with her husband, and her philosophy of 'learning by doing.'

Sebastian posts his first in a series of commentary on 'civil disengagement.' An interesting read!

Robb Allen shows us a good photo of the firearm he will be using during his trip to Blackwater.

Say Uncle says that Dick Heller, the man who is responsible for the eventual slap-down of the D.C. gun ban, may now have good reason to sue D.C. again!

Mike McCarville reports that the 3 fawning network news anchors will be accompanying Barack Obama on his trip to Iraq.

The Smallest Minority posts a cartoon that you absolutely MUST see on Nancy Pelosi's opposition to oil drilling here at home.

Gateway Pundit provides details on how the terrorist organization Hezbollah mutilated the bodies of dead Israeli soldiers.

Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs has much more on this outrage. Read it all.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 6/18/08

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

Sebastian provides a most interesting assessment of the mass corruption in Philadelphia, beginning with the labor unions:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/06/18/philly-last-union-town/

Sebastian also has this follow-up to the negotiations between bloggers and the Associated Press. So far, the news isn't good:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/06/17/ap-licensing-terms/

Jonah Goldberg weighs in on the Mark Steyn free speech case in totalitarian Canada--a MUST-read:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Mjk5MmE4YjdmZjFkNzZlOWY0ZTFiZTEwNTQ1ZjlmYTA=&w=MA==

Get a load of these losers and has-beens who have been named to Obama's national security team. The only one with any real gravitas is Sam Nunn, and I have lost all respect I once had for him due to his support of Obama. Mike McCarville has the story:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-taps-david-boren-sam-nunn.html

Ahab found some neat stuff out in California and reminds us of what's coming up once he gets back from his trip:
http://www.nrahab.com/2008/06/17/checking-in/

JR says that a gun blogger in Texas got some good air time on HD-TV, and he posts the video:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/06/local-gun-bloggers-in-news.html

Freedom Sight has an excellent definition of privacy:
http://freedomsight.net/?p=2589

Freedom Sight also has more follow-up info (mentioned above) on the Associated Press' vendetta against bloggers:
http://freedomsight.net/?p=2588

Further, Michelle Malkin is turning the tables on the Associated Press. They owe HER over one hundred thousand dollars! And if the AP has ever quoted YOU as a blogger, then they owe YOU money! The AP is not the only one that can play that game:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/06/17/hey-associated-press-you-owe-me-at-least-132125/

algore, the energy hypocrite, uses enough electricity at his Tennessee home to provide energy to 232 U.S. homes for a month. John Lott has the story:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/06/drew-johnson-former-intern-of-mine-does.html

Communism is alive and well in America (they just don't have sense enough to know that their views are Communistic), and Nicki shows us the dreadful poll numbers to prove it:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/06/were-all-so-monumentally-screwed.html

Ha! Take THAT you imbecile! Breda has a very appropriate response to an Obama boneheaded numbskull:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2008/06/pooh.html

Uncle has an excellent read on regional patterns of ATF enforcement:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/06/18/atf-at-work-regional-patterns-in-enforcement/

Methinks Obama is hyper-sensitive about the Muslim thing. NOW look at what the idiot has done:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-bans-muslim-women-from-stage-in.html

Second Amendment News Roundup for 5/19/08

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

Xrlq has a complete NRA Convention rundown (h/t to Say Uncle):
http://xrlq.com/2008/05/18/nra-convention-post-mortem/

Uncle has this roundup of the NRA Con from various bloggers, including videos and a list of attendees:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/05/19/nra-con-round-up/

Uncle also reminds us that McCain is the only candidate to state he does not support a ban on any weapon because of cosmetics:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/05/19/important-bit-from-mccains-speech/

Roberta X offers her comments on the Convention here:
http://twowheeledmadwoman.blogspot.com/2008/05/home-from-nra.html

Squeaky has photos from the Convention...just click on her link:
http://www.squeakywheelseeksgrease.com/blog/2008/05/18/photos-are-up/

Squeaky also posts a photo of Tam sending a message to Breda:
http://www.squeakywheelseeksgrease.com/blog/2008/05/19/to-breda-from-tam/

Sebastian blogs on his big disappointment with the McCain speech at the Convention:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/05/18/mccain-dissapointment/

Mike McCarville reports that Dan Boren has been elected to the NRA Board:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/05/dan-boren-elected-to-nra-board-of.html

Here's JR's NRA Convention report, and it's a bit different than the rest. Give it a read:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/05/back-in-texas.html

JR posts a picture he took of his lovely 'V' as she gets an autographed copy of Oliver North's book:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/05/vs-highlight-of-day.html

Tam gives a well-deserved 'thank-you' to Bitter Bitch for organizing and promoting the gun bloggers bash at the NRA Convention:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/05/big-nra-convention-report.html

Traction Control has the complete scoop on the U.S. soldier who has gotten into a pickle over using the Koran for target practice:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=1084

David Codrea at War on Guns has Part 4 of 'Down the Rabbit Hole' (and links to the first 3 parts) on the Olofson case:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/05/down-rabbit-hole-part-iv.html

Armed and Safe writes about the attempt to rein in the BATFE in the 'Fairness in Firearms Testing Act', H.R. 1791:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/05/fairness-in-firearm-testing-or-shining.html

This is getting to be absolutely ridiculous. Michelle Obama states that she is ashamed of America while out on the campaign trail. The Tennessee GOP used the video of it to show how bitter and hate-filled the Obamas are toward America. Now Barack is saying they were 'low class' for doing so. Sorry, bud, but if you are going to put your wife on the campaign trail and she spouts anti-American hatred, then she is fair game for criticism. Michelle Malkin has the update:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/05/19/the-proud-obamas-lash-back/

WTF!!!!???? Now, it seems ass-clown Obama thinks we need the approval of the rest of the world to heat up our homes to 72 degrees in winter. This guy is completely NUTS. John Lott has the story:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/05/obama-thinks-that-we-need-approval-of.html

The Volokh Conspiracy observes that the nuclear power industry stands to gain from the imposition of carbon controls:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_05_18-2008_05_24.shtml#1211196493

One-Third

One-third of Hillary Clinton supporters have consistently indicated to pollsters and news reporters that if their candidate is not the nominee of the Democratic Party, they will support John McCain.

This is excellent news, given that it has become all but certain that Hillary will NOT win her Party's nomination.

The numbers simply do not support a Hillary Clinton win, especially after Tuesday's dreadful results. She needed to win big in Indiana but almost lost. She needed to be competitive in North Carolina but lost by double-digits. The momentum is now on Obama's side, and everyone in the Party knows it, particularly those all-important 'super-delegates,' who are abandoning Hillary like rodents jumping off of a sinking ship.

Barring some unforeseen circumstance such as another Obama gaffe in which he claims that older white women do not support him because they secretly fear he will rape them, or some other such nonsense, the man who insulted Pennsylvanians will in all likelihood be the Democratic nominee.

The prospects of a John McCain-Barack Obama matchup should be a delightful prospect to all of those who loathe the Obama ideology. Although McCain has raised the ire of conservatives on many occasions, when compared to Obama's abject Socialism and outright hatred of America the Arizona Senator will look like a Burke traditionalist in comparison.

Obama's reluctance to spell out the 'change' he proposes can be attributed to his extremist, Leftist viewpoint. Extremists of the Left typically do not fully describe their views or proposals for the fear that it will alienate the majority of the population. Thus, vague generalities are the order of the day.

But when one looks closely at Obama's words over a period of time, it is clear that he is well outside the political mainstream. Americans in the heartland will never go for his prescriptions for our so-called 'ills' once they are spelled out for them, as McCain will most surely do.

For example, Obama claims the oil companies are guilty of 'price gouging.' This statement is in itself ample evidence that the man has no inkling of what he's talking about. Not only that, but his response to the supposed price gouging is to 'take their profits' and invest them in alternative energy sources.

My friends, when government raids the profits of private enterprise, we are no longer living in a free society but an oppressive one, closely akin to that of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. Further, the oil companies are already investing in alternative energy sources. BP, for example, is one of the world's top investors in solar energy. This is not to mention that the top American automakers are rolling out products that use electricity, fuel cell technology, as well as bio-fuels. If the automakers believed that there would be no way to power these vehicles, then they would not produce them.

In short, the free market and private enterprise is taking care of the problem.

Obama has also said each of the following: we should withdraw from Iraq immediately and invade Pakistan to 'get bin Laden and al Qaeda' (Pakistan is a major nuclear power); handguns should be banned, period; he would mandate that the automakers manufacture only those vehicles that adhere to the most restrictive gas mileage and emission standards (removing from the consumer the right to choose what they drive); he would have absolutely no limits on abortion, given that he voted against providing medical care for babies that survive botched abortion attempts; he has stated he is against the Bush tax cuts and is for letting them expire in 2010, meaning he supports the largest single tax increase in American history; he has proposed various and sundry new government programs that will necessitate a 300 BILLION tax increase in order to pay for them; he believes that the federal government should play a greater role in local education, in spite of the fact that he opposes 'no child left behind;' he has stated he opposes moves to punish 'sanctuary cities' that break the law in order to give haven to illegal aliens; and he opposes clamping down on illegal aliens.

Because of these extremist views, Obama has failed to win the majority of the white vote AND the Hispanic vote in the primaries. The only white votes he has won are what we can refer to as the 'egg-headed liberal elites of academia.' This, in fact, is the reason he won big in North Carolina over Hillary. The state's Democrats are overwhelmingly African-American, and the white Democrats tend to be connected to academia where they flourish in such liberal bastions as Duke and the University of North Carolina.

As one of Hillary's advisers stated Wednesday morning on a TV morning show, 'no Presidential candidate can win the White House in November by getting only the African-American vote and the votes of the white egg-heads.'

The only chance Hillary has, therefore, is to convince a majority of the super-delegates that Obama has no chance in November. But it is doubtful she will succeed since the Democrats this year are star-struck by a young upstart who has no experience.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 5/2/08

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

Born Again Redneck says there is a much better and cheaper way to make fuel than ethanol, which is creating a food crisis world-wide:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2008/05/chicken-poop-makes-cheaper-fuel-than.html

Liestoppers has excellent news that their message boards are back up and running after a hacker shut them down:
http://liestoppers.blogspot.com/2008/05/liestoppers-is-open-for-business.html

It's all in the family with Breda. Here she shows a pic of her mother and cousin shooting their guns out on the range:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2008/05/maybe-its-genetic.html

ROFL!! Just wait till you see this quip from Tam:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/05/signs-you-fear-your-career-might-be.html

As the Indiana Democratic Primary draws near, Michelle Malkin has the scoop on some dirt flying (as if we expected otherwise) from Hillary and Obama:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/05/02/hillary-advisor-mickey-kantor-dissed-indiana-voters-in-1992/

John Lott reports that in England the British Conservatives have won big in the elections, almost completely destroying the Labor Party (liberals):
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/05/british-conservatives-win-big-in-local.html

Dr. Lott also has some excellent news on guns on college campuses in Louisiana:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/05/louisiana-house-votes-to-let-permit.html

David Codrea has the MUST-read of the day, and you aren't gonna like it. This is an outrage that should get any gunowner's blood boiling:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/05/seized-cavalry-arms-inventory-in-wsj.html

Freedom Sight has more on the jackbooted thuggery of the ATF here:
http://freedomsight.net/?p=2470

Of Arms and the Law has THIS on the Lautenberg Amendment:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/05/supreme_court_c_3.php

Apparently Vice-President Dick Cheney is quite an effective fundraiser for the GOP in Oklahoma. Mike McCarville has the story:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/05/republicans-gather-in-tulsa-cheney.html

All American Blogger is part of an important gun resolution in the Georgia legislature:
http://www.allamericanblogger.com/2614/all-american-blogger-proud-to-be-part-of-georgia-resolution/

Armed and Safe reports on the prosecution/persecution of Utah gun dealers:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/05/utah-gun-dealers-persecution-not-over.html

Hillary the Queen Protector of gun owners? ROFL!! Note Uncle's comments:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/05/02/hillary-reaches-out-to-gun-owners/

Robb Allen has a range report on the 6.8 SPC:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2008/05/02/Range-report--The-EBR.aspx

Congrats to Squeaky on getting her handgun permit:
http://www.squeakywheelseeksgrease.com/blog/2008/05/02/finally/

The Frightening Side of McCain

My firm belief has always been that John McCain is NOT just as bad as Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Though I have often taken the Arizona Republican to task on issues such as immigration and the environment, in no way is he in the same ballpark with the abject Socialists who are running on the Democratic side.

McCain has an acceptable record on the economy and taxes, and his views on U.S. foreign policy, national defense, and terrorism are exceptional.

He does, however, possess a frightening side that shows its ugly head from time to time--not often but often enough to give conservatives a case of the quivers.

On Tuesday of this week McCain stated that he joins Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in calling for the closing of the so-called 'gun show loophole.' As if this were not frightening enough, McCain is on record supporting the shutting down of gun shows altogether.

Gun shows, gun shops, online gun dealers, and ammo and firearms manufacturers are not the source of any problem whatsoever. The criminals are the source of ALL of the problems.

Liberals, however, are not willing to do what is necessary to address the problem of the criminals who commit the crimes. It is much easier to make it the guns' fault and pass a pot full of laws ad infinitum that usually do more to restrict the activities of law-abiding citizens than curtail crime.

We can expect Democratic candidates for President to support such terribly misguided and politically-motivated schemes. They are too dependent on the support and money of extremists who in actuality wish to ban guns entirely.

But for McCain to join in with the blathering balderall of the Left is simply an outrage, just as is his support for environmentalist extremists and illegal aliens.

When Fred Thompson bowed out of the race for the GOP nomination, I wrote that McCain would have to work hard to earn my vote and support.

Although he has made some progress on that count, he has not gone far enough by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, the candidate has a pattern of unleashing these statements that scare conservatives just when they are beginning to get comfortable enough with him to lend him their support.

True, I have had some very positive things to say about McCain of late. The explanation is not far to find. When compared to the rank stench of the two neo-commie gun-grabbers on the Democratic side, McCain smells as fresh as the mountain air in the Spring.

However, the candidate still has some hard work to do to satisfy this conservative. I have a strong hunch that millions of conservatives feel the same way.

So, what will it take for us to come around to his side? It's very simple--when McCain stops scaring the bejeepers out of us.

The question is, is anyone in the McCain camp listening, and do they care?