Second Amendment News Roundup for 9/10/07

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

A Keyboard and a .45 has a quote of the day that is a MUST-read:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/09/quote-of-day.html

Alphecca blogs on another useless gun law in Ohio:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=402

Alphecca also reports on a lawmaker in Michigan who wants to arm school teachers. Sounds like a great idea to us:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=401

Blogonomicon posts this on Dan McKown, who was injured in the Tacoma Mall shootout:
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2007/09/dan-mckown-in-news-again.html

Cameron Bailey points to three excellent essays, one questioning Mitt Romney's Republican credentials:
http://www.cameron-bailey.com/2007/09/best-of-vin.html

Front Sight, Press posts a list of news items of interest to the gun rights community from the website M1922:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/news-from-the-sight-m1911-volume-266/

Random Ramblings of a Republitarian says that the gun-grabbers are always considering which guns to ban. This may help them out:
http://republitarians.blogspot.com/2007/09/which-guns-to-ban.html

John Lott has this interesting point of view from a British citizen who opines on the subject of guns in the U.S.:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/09/one-britains-view-of-guns-in-us.html

Say Uncle posts this on the 'Triangle of Death':
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/10/been_there_done_that_got_the_t-shirt/

Red's Trading Post shows us why ATF trace request data is questionable:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/09/atf-trace-request-data-is-questionable.html

Sharp as a Marble posts an interesting read entitled, 'Peace and Pistols':
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/09/10/Peace-and-pistols.aspx

Snow Flakes in Hell has more information on California's microstamping law:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1502

The Bitch Girls post the information on the number of hunters who are members of hunting or conservation organizations:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7375

Nicki at The Liberty Zone opines on when a right ceases to be a right, and I fully agree:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/not-quite-right.html

Nicki also asks an excellent question: why not do a background check on members of the Press?:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-about-background-checks-on-press.html

The War on Guns says that what NYC needs is criminal control, not gun control:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-new-york-needs.html

Traction Control reports that Harris County, Texas, is finally making it harder on illegal aliens:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=584

Xavier Thoughts blogs about the Smith & Wesson Model 15, a great revolver:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/09/smith-wesson-model-15.html

Take a look at Michelle Malkin's minute-by-minute report on General Petraeus' appearance before Congress, including a Moveon.org ad in the NYT today that blasts the General even before his report was given:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/10/showdown-in-the-senate-petraeuscrocker-testimony/

The Buckeye Firearms Association has a late-breaking, timely update on the fallout from the Sandusky Register's publishing of the names of concealed carry gun owners, and the shortfalls of the proposed legislative 'fix':
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3943.html

Gun Owners of America posts an alert on the victory in the Senate of the Vitter bill that restricts the United Nations from using U.S. funds to restrict or tax our right to firearms:
http://www.gunowners.org/a090707.htm

The Volokh Conspiracy shows us how the present Democrat controlled Congress, which said it was dedicated to ethics reform, just passed an 'ethics bill' that actually makes it easier for the Senate to pass pet projects without the public, or other Senators, being aware of it:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_09_09-2007_09_15.shtml#1189428602

'DC Madam' Senator Emerges From Seclusion

Washington, DC (TLS). Senator David Vitter, R-Louisiana, emerged from seclusion today a week after admitting to utilizing the services of the alleged 'DC Madam,' Deborah Palfrey.

Vitter and his wife Wendy appeared before cameras to answer charges that he had also been a patron of an escort service in New Orleans. Vitter denied those charges.

Continuing to apologize for his behavior from 1999 to 2001, when he was in the House of Representatives, Vitter stated that he had worked hard to save his marriage and to be a reputable example of the principles he has espoused publicly.

Both David and spouse Wendy spoke of the restorative power of forgiveness.

Vitter made no mention of any plans to resign his Senate seat and indicated that he was eager to get back to work on behalf of the people of Louisiana.

The Senator was a key figure in the recent defeat of the Kennedy/McCain/Bush immigration amnesty bill. Vitter was a staunch opponent of key provisions of the bill and helped to secure its defeat.

If for no other reason than his effective opposition to the amnesty bill, The Liberty Sphere believes Senator Vitter to be a valuable member of the Senate, regardless of his personal indiscretions nearly a decade ago.

Click here for a report on the Vitter news conference:

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/senator-under-brothel-cloud-surfaces/20070716184409990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001