Second Amendment News Roundup for 4/17/08

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

Here's part of the reason why Americans are fighting mad about illegal aliens. It's time to throw the bums out--politicians, that is, who support outrageous decisions such as the one by the California Assembly's Public Safety Committee
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/16/californias-assembly-dont-deport-illegal-alien-duis/

Good news from Illinois! The gun control bill has failed. Alphecca has the story:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=722

Armed and Safe provides commentary on the defeated bill from the perspective of an Illinois resident:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/04/bloomberg-and-pals-still-desperately.html

All American Blogger reports that the consensus is that Barack 'Pennsylvanians Love to Eat Road-Kill' Obama turned in a very poor showing in last night's debate with Hillary:
http://www.allamericanblogger.com/2603/msnbc-this-was-not-a-good-debate-for-obama-period/

Born Again Redneck has a survey that shows that the mainstream media has put its spin on the economic figures to make the economy look much worse than it actually is:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2008/04/conomy-is-bad-therefore-you-must-vote.html

Mike McCarville reports that John McCain has erased the GOP's underdog status in the race for the White House, and his prospects for winning are looking good:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/04/poll-mccain-regains-gop-traction.html

FreedomSight issues an important request from the attorneys representing Cavalry Arms:
http://freedomsight.net/?p=2443

Of Arms and the Law has significant news about the new Philadelphia gun control ordinances. A court order has stopped their enforcement dead in its tracks:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/04/nra_gets_court.php

Sebastian reports that Barack 'Pennsylvanians Are Racist Lynch-Mob Hooligans' Obama has been endorsed by the wolves in sheep's clothing, the American Hunters and Shooters Association:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/16/obama-endorsed-by-ahsa/

The Bitch Girls blog on letting the anti-gunners hang themselves:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=8107

The Volokh Conspiracy points to Rasmussen's daily tracking polls which show that in just one week Barack 'Pennsylvanians Suck' Obama's negatives rose sharply:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_04_13-2008_04_19.shtml#1208408581

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership has a very special Passover message, and it is a MUST-read:
http://www.jpfo.org/alerts02/alert20080417.htm

The Buckeye Firearms Association reports that the Ohio state Senate voted unanimously to pass the Castle Doctrine:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/5602

Second Amendment News Roundup for 9/5/07

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

Ryan Horsley at Red's Trading Post says that the ATF has changed Form 4473, which is required for the purchase of a firearm:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/09/evolution-of-4473-form.html

Ryan also gives us some recent updates, including radio interviews where he has been a guest:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/09/interviews-and-updates.html

A Keyboard and a .45 has the story of two illegal aliens who have been arrested in a string of kidnappings in the Fort Worth area:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-attempted-kidnappings-in-fort.html

Sharp as a Marble presents the 'head-scratching' moment of the day concerning a new poll in Canada about gun control laws:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2007/09/05/Head-scratching-moment-of-the-day.aspx

The McCarville Report posts the news on a Democratic State Senator in Oklahoma who has now officially declared his candidacy to run against Republican U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/09/rice-plans-u-s-senate-race-announcement.html

Alphecca comments on a Christian Science Monitor article about the ongoing feud between the NRA and the Brady gang:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=388

Of Arms and the Law posts a very interesting study on disarmament during the Nazi period in Germany:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/09/steve_halbrook_2.php

Say Uncle has quite a discussion going on the subject of the practice of some bloggers of deleting comments made by anti-gunners:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/05/why_reasoned_discoursetm_matters/

Nicki at The Liberty Zone has had some surgery on her hand. But she is now back blogging again, albeit with only one 'paw' as she puts it. In this post, she says that the anti-gunners are fearful that the D.C. case being appealed to the Supreme Court will result in Chicago being next:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/gun-banners-wring-hankies-at-thought-of.html

David Codrea at The War on Guns posts an interesting open letter to the 'Amendment II Democrats':
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/09/open-letter-to-amendment-ii-democrats.html

Snow Flakes in Hell has a great read on the practice of grading politicians based on certain issues:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1475

Traction Control posts this on the upcoming Gun Bloggers' Rendezvous in Reno:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=578

Michelle Malkin reports that the fugitive who bankrolled Hillary's campaigns failed to show in court for a bail hearing today and is officially MIA:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/05/all-points-bulletin-where-in-the-world-is-norman-hsu-part-ii/

On a related note, John Lott asks the all-important question as to why the mainstream media isn't covering Norman Hsu as the Democrats' Jack Abramoff:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/09/why-isnt-press-covering-norman-hsu-as.html

The quintessential conservative icon, William F. Buckley, Jr., has this thought-provoking article on jobs, trade, and the Democrats:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2FiNjNlMzk4ZDcwMzlhYjc1ZmZhODA3ZGNkZDhiZjQ=

We have often opined that ethanol is a bad idea because it cuts into the food supply and drives up the costs of everything--food in particular. The Volokh Conspiracy notes that ethanol is also bad for the water supply:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_09_02-2007_09_08.shtml#1189016137

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership has more on their campaign to repudiate and humiliate gun-grabbers in the U.S. who have patterned their gun control laws on the Nazi practices of 1930s Germany:
http://www.jpfo.org/alert20070905.htm

Gun Owners of America posts a new alert today stating that as the Senate reconvenes there is little hope of relief for gun owners in the new McCarthy-Leahy bill:
http://www.gunowners.org/a090507.htm

The Bitch Girls think they may have solved the D.C. crime problem, and the answer is in this telling photo:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7361

Finally, our favorite intellectual, Walter Williams, professor of economics at George Mason University, has this MUST-read on economics and property rights:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/07/economicsandproperty.htm

Illegal Alien Charged in N.J. Murders of Students

Once again the sad and disgusting consequences of the nation's failure to deal with illegal aliens has resulted in death. One of the two persons charged in the execution-style murders of three college-bound youths in Newark, New Jersey, is an illegal alien by the name of Jose Carranza.

A citizen of Peru, Carranza entered the U.S. illegally and embarked upon a life of violent crime, including being charged and convicted of the rape of a 5-year-old child.

Carranza was out of jail on parole when he allegedly murdered the three Newark youths.

Police state that both ballistics and the physical evidence at the scene point to Carranza. Law enforcement officials are also receiving vital information from the lone survivor of the attack, who has been recovering from her wounds in a local hospital.

Had it been true that the case of Jose Carranza is an isolated incident, that fact alone would be enough to launch investigations into the criminal justice system in New Jersey. The problem, however, is that such incidents are not rare and isolated.

In fact, in the nation's major cities illegal aliens are responsible for most of the violent crime.

Yet politicians such as Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John McCain, John Conyers, and many more have a history of advocating amnesty for illegal aliens who disregard our nation's laws. Some of these also essentially advocate for open borders.

Activist judges in the judicial system routinely strike down the ordinances of local municipalities that are aimed at doing what the federal government has consistently failed to do--enforce the nation's laws.

Labor Unions are now routinely recruiting illegal aliens, advocating for their continued breaking of the law, in order to beef up their dwindling membership rolls and provide a new cutting edge issue for which to rattle their sabers.

Business owners in some sectors of the economy have aided and abetted the breaking of the nation's laws by employing illegal aliens in order to save a few bucks on labor costs.

From top to bottom, every major sector of society has been complicit in this massive trashing of U.S. law. Businesses, labor unions, activist judges, and politicians have been and continue to be willing accomplices in this blatant act of perpetrating the single largest assault on the United States of America in its entire history.

The average citizens, however, are alarmed, appalled, and angry.

They have every right to be. Note a few of these shocking statistics provided by the INS/FBI for the first quarter of 2006:

--95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens
--83% of warrants for murder in Phoenix are for illegal aliens
--86% of warrants for murder in Albuquerque are for illegal aliens
--75% of those on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Albuquerque are illegal aliens
--53% plus of all investigated burglaries reported in California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Texas are perpetrated by illegal aliens
--50% plus of all gang members in Los Angeles are illegal aliens from south of the border
--71% plus of all apprehended cars stolen in 2005 in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California were stolen by Illegal aliens or "transport coyotes"
--47% of cited/stopped drivers in California have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 47%, 92% are illegal aliens
--63% of cited/stopped drivers in Arizona have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 63%, 97% are illegal aliens
--66% of cited/stopped drivers in New Mexico have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 66% 98% are illegal aliens.
--380,000 plus "anchor babies" were born in the U.S. in 2005 to illegal alien parents, making 380,000 babies automatically U.S.citizens and, under our laws, entitled to invite the rest of their family to join them
--97.2% of all costs incurred from those births were paid by the American taxpayers
--66% plus of all births in California are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid for by taxpayers.

Americans may not be fully aware of the magnitude of these statistics, but they know that things are not right and getting totally out of hand.

An example of the growing ire of the electorate can be found in South Carolina, an area which is not known for giving top priority to the subject of illegal aliens and the nation's immigration laws.

S.C. is dominated by conservative Republican politics. Republicans control both chambers of the legislature as well as the Governor's office.

Yet U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, R-SC, finds himself in a growing hotbed of voter rage over his work to push the McCain-Kennedy-Bush immigration amnesty bill through Congress. GOP activists in the state have openly called for Graham's replacement on the ticket in the next Senatorial election. Some have even advocated removing the Senator from office now.

The source of the extreme voter discontent with Graham is not the economy, which has been very good in S.C. Nor has it been the War in Iraq, which finds overwhelming support in the state.

Graham's trouble is the result of one single issue--immigration policy and illegal aliens.

The citizens in S.C. have smelled a rat in the U.S. government, and it is not just the Democrats. They know that Democrats are lax on enforcing immigration laws because of the political payoff they get from the 'minority vote.'

But citizens are also sophisticated enough to see that some Republicans are just as guilty. And Lindsey Graham, at least at present, is the recipient of the blame.

The Liberty Sphere has observed a massive shift in voter preference over the past few months in South Carolina. We believe that Lindsey Graham is highly vulnerable and may well find himself in the political fight of his life just to keep his spot on the GOP ticket.

Graham already has two announced GOP opponents for his Senate seat--a highly unusual situation for a GOP Senator in a GOP-dominated state.

Travesties of justice such as the heart-wrenching murders of three clean-cut college-bound kids in N.J. at the hands of an illegal alien child-rapist out on parole certainly do nothing to help politicians such as Graham.

In fact, these inexcusable tragedies only further ignite the fires of rage the citizens feel toward government officials who are essentially giving away the country to Mexico and other sources of lawless illegal entry into the nation.

The very fact that many Republicans in South Carolina are so enraged about this issue that they are willing to boot one of their own from the ticket is cause for much hope. When it comes to the Constitution, the rule of law, common sense, and adhering to the traditional values most of us had instilled in us, we can no longer allow Party loyalty or familiarity to cloud our sense of judgment.

If this single issue is causing such furor in a state like South Carolina, one can be assured that this is only the tip of the iceberg. Citizens by the millions across this nation are so enraged by their elected officials that one can sense a political storm brewing.

Remember, it was the citizens and NOT the politicians that killed the doomed immigration amnesty bill. If most Democrats and some Republicans had gotten their way, the man who murdered the three youths in New Jersey would have been granted a 'path to citizenship.'

Many members of both Parties need to be shown the door. No matter what local issues bought them voter loyalty in the past, if they are contributing to the trashing of U.S. law by allowing this massive onslaught of illegals who neither understand nor value our way of life, our Constitution, our language and customs, then those politicians need to be voted out of office.

Impeachment proceedings should also begin against Judges in this nation who flagrantly violate the laws of the land by rendering decisions that are totally inconsistent with everything we know about American jurisprudence.

The U.S. Code specifically states that the aiding and abetting of illegal aliens is a felony. Why is that law not being enforced?

The families of the three students in New Jersey whose lives were snuffed out by an illegal alien who had raped a 5-year-old have been dealt a grave injustice by the U.S. government, many of its politicians and judges, and some of its citizens.

The murder of those three innocent young people is the direct result of the failure of this society to enforce the nation's immigration laws.

And until those laws begin to be enforced, the blame for every single murder of this nature can be laid squarely at the feet of the U.S. government and those politicians that refuse to obey the law in bringing an end to the illegal alien mutiny.