Second Amendment News Roundup for 5/19/09

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

Walls of the City advises writers and bloggers concerning giving proper credit for quotes. It seems rocker and gun rights advocate Ted Nugent is in the middle of this one.

Sebastian ran into a problem with TSA on his trip back home from the NRA Convention. It seems we are hearing more and more of this these days...

Ride Fast and Shoot Straight reports that San Francisco has been 'bitch-slapped with a gun lawsuit.'

The Rustmeister says that the anti-gun Commercial Appeal newspaper has up a new gun poll, and the pants-shittin' hysterics are flying in the comments section.

From Notoriously Conservative: 'Taxes Aren't the Only Way the Government Gives Us the Old Shaft.'

Conservative Libertarian Outpost has important news on a Colorado gun control law.

Insight on Freedom has a must-read on Obama's all-out push for socialized medicine in the U.S. And most of this, of course, goes unreported in the press.

Live From the Upper Texas Gulf Coast comments on 'the Houston 10'--which is charged with a conspiracy to ship military-type weapons to Mexico.

Days of our Trailers shares his thoughts concerning the 2009 Blogger Bash at the NRA Convention.

Breda posts all of the information on tonight's edition of Gun Nuts Radio. Be sure to listen in if you can.

Mike McCarville reports that an important gun rights bill has been introduced in Oklahoma in response to disturbing trends initiated by Obama and the federal government.

Say Uncle has news on gun bloggers as reported by the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

JR updates us on the employer parking lot bill in Texas. This is late-breaking news.

Roberta X notes that big print media are whining to the Feds. Obviously they want a bailout.

Pax Parabellum reports that Indiana's governor is saying NO to the Feds on cap and trade! Good.

Standing By has an excellent read on 'how liberals view the world.'

Mike Vanderboegh provides essential reading on the gun issue in the current Congress and the Obama administration. This tells it like it is.

Western Rifle Shooters Association posts THE must-read quote of the day.

Kurt Hofmann wants to know why other forms of violence are preferable to 'gun violence.' Good question. I bet we won't hear a peep about this from the mainstream media or gun-grabbing politicians.

David Codrea has explosive information on Carolyn McCarthy's new bill that could be described as her 'no rights' list.

From Billy Beck: 'Hell is the Impossibility of Reason.'

The Stiletto, as always, provides in-depth analysis of the issues of the day, which today includes commentary on the Pelosi-Panetta flap. Read it all.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 7/23/08

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

From Codrea's War on Guns:
*Don't Mess With the Tyrant (Carolyn McCarthy targets a gun rights advocate)
*Turn In Your Firearms to be Destroyed, says Chicago Mayor Daley
*'Obamessiah'--you GOTTA see this one!

Armed and Safe says that Americans aren't buying the notion of the New England Journal of Medicine that guns are a 'public health issue.'

Ahab has posted the archived copy of last night's podcast of Gun Nuts--the Next Generation, featuring himself and Squeaky.

Mike McCarville reports that John McCain has opened up a 6-point lead over Barack Obama in the battleground state of Ohio.

American Thinker has one of the day's MUST-reads: 'Republicans Could Tap a Gusher of Support off the California Coast.'

Here is some good news. A county in South Carolina has proposed to stop doing business with those companies that hire illegal aliens.

Snow Flakes in Hell points to yet another town in Illinois that has repealed its handgun ban.

Robb Allen at Sharp as a Marble has a hot tip for all of the 'progressives' out there.

Say Uncle posts an idiotic statement made by the idiotic Mayor of San Francisco.

Nicki at The Liberty Zone provides commentary on the TSA.

Breda has the funny of the day on 'the fashion police.'

Traction Control has a vital and long-awaited update on the case of the two falsely convicted and imprisoned Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean.

From the Western Rifle Shooters Association--the Internet introduction to 'Absolved.'

The Volokh Conspiracy is reporting that D.C. has provided FALSE information in its 'fact finding' report on gun violence in the district.

The Rustmeister announces the meeting of Tennessee Friends of the NRA coming up soon...prizes will be given away too.

An Ol' Broad's Ramblings posts this MUST-read on a blogger who has become a target of the Memphis police. It seems the blogger has dared criticize 'the only ones,' and now they're coming after him.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 12/12/07

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

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel have excellent reading today, via Human Events, entitled, Shopping Mall Signs We'd Like To See:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/12/12/shopping-mall-signs-wed-like-to-see/

Front Sight, Press has a most interesting read today entitled, Contrast:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/rkba/contrast/

The McCarville Report has been down lately due to the massive ice storm in Oklahoma. Mike McCarville gives us an update on digging out:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/12/ice-storm-wreaks-havoc.html

Alphecca comments on the latest example of Hillary Hypocrisy:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=571

Armed and Safe has three parts of his theme entitled, 'Cook County Illinois Wants To Outdo D.C.' Click on this first part of the series, and then read the other two on his blog:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/12/cook-county-illinois-wants-to-outdo.html

Born Again Redneck has a very informative rundown on the Iowa GOP debate:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2007/12/iowa-gop-debate.html

Tam has the 'Word' of the day:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2007/12/word.html

The War on Guns has a good read entitled, 'Original Understanding':
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/12/original-understanding.html

The Liberty Zone reports on the GOA's Larry Pratt and his debate with Paul Helmke of the Brady Gang:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/12/more-proof-that-paul-helmke-is-moron.html

Breda informs us of her day at the shooting range:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2007/12/range-report_11.html

Squeaky provides us with the perfect description of PETA:
http://www.squeakywheelseeksgrease.com/blog/2007/12/11/generalization-time-peta-is-a-piece-of-shit/

Snow Flakes in Hell has an excellent response to Ahab's support for certain restrictions on gun rights:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2127

Sharp as a Marble reports that Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY, has been mouthing off again on the House floor about gun violence and gun control:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/12/12/ABC-PSH.aspx

Say Uncle has the quote of the day:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/12/12/quote_of_the_day-185/

Michelle Malkin informs us of the disturbing news that the Fort Dix Six are spreading the Jihad in jail:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/12/12/fort-dix-six-plotters-spreading-jihad-in-jail/

The Buckeye Firearms Association posts a report by Kylie Conway of NBC24 that says women are shooting firearms in higher and higher numbers:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article4088.html

The Volokh Conspiracy has the good news that free speech has been upheld in Georgia:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_12_09-2007_12_15.shtml#1197492455

Second Amendment News Roundup for 7/30/07

Here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Syd at Front Sight, Press is back after a brief absence, and he posts this list of links to stories of interest to the gun rights community:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/tactics/news-from-the-sight-m1911-volume-642/

The Bitch Girls blog that gun-grabber Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY, inadvertently gave the NRA one of the biggest endorsements they could ask for:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7203

Blonde Sagacity has some well-chosen and poignant words for the gun-grabbers in city government in Philadelphia:
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2007/07/philly-woes.html

Nicki at The Liberty Zone provides some interesting analysis of the D.C. gun case and its chances of resulting in a major Supreme Court ruling on the Second Amendment--which would be the first such ruling by the high court in over 70 years:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/07/both-sides-fear-firing-blanks-if-dc-gun.html

The Jet Pilot shares his personal story on why he carries a gun:
http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/07/ive-been-asked-why-i-carry-gun.html

The Jet Pilot also shares this riveting news item about a 93-year-old man who defended himself with his gun from a violent attack that left him unconscious:
http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/07/cops-man-93-shoots-violent-robber.html

Snow Flakes in Hell comments on armor-piercing ammo:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1164

John Lott was published last week by one of my all-time favorite magazines (for 35 years), National Review. The article explores the growing difficulty in defending property rights:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/07/new-op-ed-in-national-review-online-on.html

Say Uncle points to some ill-chosen words by a CNN analyst who described gun owners as 'Second Amendment literalists' and 'gun nuts,' which CNN tried to hide by altering the transcripts of the program:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/07/27/its_not_the_crime_its_the_cover_up/

The Volokh Conspiracy notes that former Duke lacrosse player Reade Seligmann, who nearly had his life ruined by a corrupt scoundrel of a prosecutor, Mike Nifong, is now playing for Brown University (Duke treated the three falsely accused students like crap):
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_07_22-2007_07_28.shtml#1185654179

Volokh also has an interesting piece on Fred Thompson's recent comments on the ominous creeping crawl of federal laws (something you won't hear many Presidential candidates opine about!):
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_07_22-2007_07_28.shtml#1185649311

Volokh nails supporters of The Fairness Doctrine by posing some key questions that get to the heart of the matter:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_07_22-2007_07_28.shtml#1185579292

Xavier Thoughts points to the story of four citizens in Charlotte, North Carolina who were forced to use deadly force to defend themselves against criminals:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/07/forced-to-kill-4-stories-of-survival.html

A Keyboard and a .45 says that the Daley gun buy-back in Chicago actually helped purchase rifles for the youth of the state of Illinois! You will love this one:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/07/mayor-daley-purchases-22-rifles-for.html

The War on Guns reports that Maryland is getting ready to tighten restrictions on the use of firearms:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/07/joint-effort.html

My, my. I suppose when you are one of the chosen few the laws against firearms simply do not apply. The War on Guns has this story of a Judge who brought a loaded gun to the airport, but was released by TSA officials:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/07/were-only-ones-caught-and-released.html

Take a look at Blogonomicon's latest post entitled, 'Gunslinger':
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/27/3123686.html

Red's Trading Post has a MUST-READ about how the ATF has gone about attempting to make a criminal out of someone who isn't:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/07/creating-criminal-out-of-someone-who.html

Second Amendment News Roundup for 6/15/07

Washington, DC (TLS). Here is today's Second Amendment news roundup:

The Volokh Conspiracy corrects a misquote in the media that misled many gun-owners:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_06_10-2007_06_16.shtml#1181798799

The GOA blasts Congress, Carolyn McCarthy, John Dingell, and the NRA on the gun-grab:
http://www.gunowners.org/a061407.htm

Armed and Safe blogs on a two-minute anti-gun rant by Congressman Moran on the McCarthy-Dingell-NRA gun grab:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/06/congressman-moran-and-two-minutes-hate.html

Alphecca reports that a 'Stand-Your-Ground' bill has been introduced in Ohio, similar to the one recently passed in Texas that expands 'Castle Doctrine' principles, which allow citizens to use deadly force to defend themselves in an attack:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=242

Here's more on the Castle Doctrine push in Ohio from Ohioans for Concealed Carry:
http://www.ohioccw.org/content/view/3892/83/

Front Sight, Press has a video of Dr. Suzanne Hupp describing the absurdity of gun-free-zones:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/rkba/dr-susanna-hupp-on-gun-free-zones/

GOA Issues Urgent Alert on H.R. 297

Washington, DC (TLS). Gun Owners of America (GOA), the only no-compromise gun lobby in Washington, has issued an urgent alert concerning the progress of the Dingell-McCarthy Bill (H.R. 297).

GOA says now is the time to contact your Washington representatives to get this bill defeated.

Carolyn McCarthy, the co-sponsor, never saw a gun-grab measure she did not like. And this time, she has managed to bring aboard some unexpected allies, such as a few Republicans and the NRA, which has stated it supports passage of the measure.

However, the bill will prevent millions of law-abiding citizens from purchasing firearms and will add yet one more plank of government control over an individual right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

Read the full story, along with a sample letter to send to your elected officials here:
http://www.gunowners.org/a051607.htm

Today's Political Roundup from Major News Sources

**From My Way News: Rudy Blasts Democratic Candidates' Socialized Medicine Plans
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070428/D8OP937O0.html

**From the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star: Gun Charges Dropped Against Aide of Senator Jim Webb, D-Virginia
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/042007/04282007/279797

**From Threats Watch: Senator Joe Lieberman Jolts Democratic Colleagues on Iraq
http://rapidrecon.threatswatch.org/2007/04/liebermann-jolts-senate-debate/

**From Robert Novak in HUMAN EVENTS: McCain's Complaint
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=20460

**From CNS News Service: Hate Crimes Bill Moves to Full House (this is the bill that will criminalize your preacher for merely speaking about homosexuality as a sin!)
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200704/CUL20070426b.html

**From CNS News Service: Pennsylvania Bill of Rights for Gun Owners
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200704/POL20070425a.html

**From CNS News Service: Foolish Democratic Sponsored Bill on Background Checks for Gun Owners (H.R. 297, sponsored by gun-grabber Carolyn McCarthy--this is the one that would disqualify U.S. Veterans from owning a gun if they have ever seen a doctor about post-traumatic stress disorder)
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200704/NAT20070423a.html

SWEEPING ANTI-GUN BILL SUBMITTED (Correction)

**This is the corrected version of an earlier post which contained a factual error.**

Washington, DC (TLS). Gun Owners of America (GOA) has issued an alert stating that the long-anticipated anti-gun bill, first proposed by U.S. House Representative Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY, has now been introduced and formally sent to the House Judiciary Committee for debate.

The bill is H.R. 1022--the so-called 'Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007.' H.R. 1022 has 30 co-sponsors who make up the core group of the most virulent strain of anti-Second Amendment thugs in Congress.

GOA has issued an alert to its members, encouraging them to send letters, emails, faxes, and phone calls to Congressmen, strongly urging them to vote against this legislation.

Gun Owners of America has provided complete information, plus sample letters, at the link provided below.

We MUST not allow this rogue Congress to strip Americans of their Constitutional rights. They deserve a decisive defeat on this one--so stinging that they will think twice before introducing similar legislation in the future.

Here is the link to the GOA info:
http://www.gunowners.org/a032207.htm

The McCarthy Vendetta Against Guns

Washington, DC (TLS). Who is Carolyn McCarthy? We know she is a Liberal Democrat who represents the 4th Congressional District of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. We also know she relentlessly pursues restricting gun rights with a fervor that is unwavering.

Delving into the background of Rep. McCarthy lends insight into the rationale behind the Congresswoman's desire to rewrite the Constitution by essentially removing any practical right to keep and bear firearms by loading up the U.S. Code with laws that render the 2nd Amendment useless. McCarthy's ex-husband was murdered and her son injured by a gunman who randomly opened fire on passengers of a commuter train on Long Island in 1993. No doubt this is a heart-wrenching tragedy that is only understood by those who have suffered through it.

Yet McCarthy responded to the tragedy, not by introducing strict measures that target and punish criminals, but by unleashing an assault on law-abiding citizens. Rather than target perpetrators her strategy has been to target the general public in an attempt to thwart a few criminals in the process. This strategy is tantamount to outlawing automobiles for law-abiding citizens due to the fact that Muslim extremists use vehicles to murder infidels in the name of the Jihad.

Of course, Americans would never stand for such an assault on their freedom to drive autos, no matter how many deaths and injuries are caused by them each year. And yes, a significant number of these deaths are directly attributable to those who use vehicles as weapons of murder, as we have seen all too often recently in the news in Salt Lake City and Nashville, Tennessee.

McCarthy's misplaced desire to avenge the death of her ex-husband and the injury of her son by making law-abiding citizens pay is the height of irresponsibility. The vast majority of gun owners never use their weapons to fire at a human being. It is estimated that there are over 100 million gun owners in America. Many of these citizens own multiple weapons. We can assume that there are upwards of 200 million guns, at the very least, in America today. Only a small fraction of these are used in committing crimes.

Yet McCarthy has introduced legislation that will vastly expand the provisions of the assault weapons ban that was initially passed by Congress in the early 1990s. In addition, McCarthy has further introduced legislation that circumvents due process of law by denying gun ownership to certain groups of citizens, such as those who for one reason or another find themselves on lists used by airlines to prevent certain persons from boarding aircraft. This provision is part of a bill introduced by McCarthy, H.R. 1167, which also contains these words: 'To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the firearm and ammunition prohibitions applicable to convicted felons to those convicted in a foreign court.'

Thus, not only would McCarthy remove your right to keep and bear arms if you happen to get on someone's 'no fly' list, but she would also deny you that right if you are ever convicted of a crime in Libya, or Saudi Arabia, or Somalia.

Liberals have screamed bloody murder for the past six years over the Bush Administration's supposed circumventing of due process of law. Those protests have always had a hollow ring to them, precisely because of proposed legislation such as McCarthy's H.R. 1167.

These people don't give a flying flip about due process of law, except when it can to used to whip one's political opponent.

The bottom line is that this bill is one more example of the attempt by the forces of anti-freedom to gradually remove Constitutional rights from the electorate by targeting specific groups, and then expanding that list of targeted groups to include more and more citizens, such as those convicted of crimes in kangaroo courts overseas.

The day will eventually arrive, therefore, when NO ONE will have the right to keep and bear arms because the list of targeted groups will include just about everyone in the country.

Make no mistake, this IS their ultimate goal.

Americans must not allow an ultra-extremist, rogue representative such as Carolyn McCarthy to dictate firearms laws to the rest of the country because of her inability to deal with grief in an appropriate fashion. Healthy grief involves anger, no doubt. But normally that anger is directed at perpetrators of mayhem and not at innocent, law-abiding citizens. So far, McCarthy has engaged in a haphazard, subtle blaming of innocent citizens by making them pay for what one crazed gunman does.

Happy HUMP Day! Our Top Stories for Wednesday

Washington, DC (TLS). Happy HUMP Day, everyone! Just 3 to go 'till the weekend!

Here are The Liberty Sphere's top news stories and commentary for today:

**FLASH! Pelosi Supports Tuition Breaks for Illegals

**McCarthy Bill Assaults 2nd Amendment

**Media Blackout on News of Attack by Muslim
(the Muslim cabbie attack in Nashville)

**Liberty Alert!! More Banks Aid Illegals

SCROLL DOWN FOR THESE STORIES AND COMMENTARY!

McCarthy Bill Assaults 2nd Amendment

Washington, DC (TLS). The McCarthy bill, H.R. 1022, which is called the 'Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007,' is an outright assault on the 2nd Amendment rights of American citizens. The Supreme Court ruled in 1938 that military firearms are protected under the 2nd Amendment. Yet since that ruling, liberal politicians and rogue court rulings that ignore legal precedent have launched endless assaults on the Constitutional rights of citizens in the name of 'assault weapons bans' and other such emotionally-tinged nomenclature.

U.S. House Representative Carolyn McCarthy, D-NY, introduced the legislation on February 13, 2007. The Bill was then referred to the House Judiciary Committee that is chaired by an avowed proponent of a handgun ban, Rep. John Conyers, who has been the subject of House investigations in the past revolving around violations of federal campaign laws. We can be assured the gun-grabber Conyers and his cohorts on the Senate Judiciary Committee will do all within their power to put this bill on the fast track in the House.

This bill is one of the most far-reaching and dangerous assaults on the firearms rights of the American people in the history of the Republic. The bill expands the definition of assault weapons to include barrel shrouds for rifles. In fact, the expanded definition profoundly lengthens the list of what would be considered illegal, in spite of the fact that legal precedent holds that these weapons are protected under the provisions of the 2nd Amendment.

Once again, however, the language of the bill refers to hunting, insinuating that this is the only legitimate justification for having a firearm. This has become an all-too-familiar tactic of gun-grabbers who wish to brainwash the public into believing that the only truly legitimate reason for owning a gun is hunting. The 2nd Amendment never mentions it. Nowhere in the Constitution is it even vaguely implied that firearms rights are primarily to protect hunters. The wording is very clear and stark: '...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged.'

Further, the Constitution never makes a distinction between the weapons used by law enforcement as opposed to individual citizens, or between the military and individual citizens. It was assumed until the latter half of the 20th century that any weapon that was legal for law enforcement and the military was legal for the citizens.

The forces of anti-freedom, however, are committed to a revision of the meaning of terms used by the Founders when describing the rights they delineated, which were understood as applicable to all citizens, regardless of any 'granting' of these rights by government. These revisionists would have us believe, in the first place, that the 2nd Amendment does not affirm any individual right, and secondly, that only government can determine what is an individual right and 'grant' that right to the populace.

Such notions were anathema to the Founders of this Republic. The foundational principle affirmed by the Founders in the Declaration of Independence, and the U.S. Constitution, is that human beings are already endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. This is their birthright as human beings. And no government can legitimately 'grant' those rights or take them away. Government can only affirm the rights that are already inherent to human life. Governments that refuse to affirm those natural rights, or attempt to remove those natural rights from the people, are to be viewed as tyrannical and illegitimate. They are therefore to be overthrown.

No, my friends, this is not the subversive talk of dangerous, head-strong vigilantes who seek to overthrow the government. These are our Founders' own words.

Thus, the attempt of the likes of Carolyn McCarthy, John Conyers, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and others to implement laws that severely restrict individual rights that are inherent to human beings, and affirmed in our Constitution, is nothing short of tyrannical. If this bill is allowed to see the light of day in Congress, then this is cause for recrimination against those who push it.

You can be assured The Liberty Sphere will update its blacklist to include the names of anyone in Congress who votes in favor of this bill.

For the full text of Bill H.R. 1022, click here to go to the Library of Congress:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR1022:

For further analysis of Bill H.R. 1022, click here to go to a special report at Gun Law News:
http://www.gunlawnews.org/110th-House-Bills/hr1022.html