Second Amendment News Roundup for 7/6/07

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Washington, DC (TLS). Here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

A Keyboard and a .45 reminds us that when on vacation be sure to familiarize yourselves with local gun laws. This tourist was arrested at the Sears Tower:

http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/07/tourist-with-gun-arrested-at-sears.html

Armed and Safe points out a particular gun manufacturer that helps government stay ahead of the citizens when it comes to firearms:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/07/gun-manufacturer-helps-only-ones-be.html


The Ninth Stage reports that these particular rock stars are protesting Al Gore's 'Live Earth' shindig--you know, the one that promotes environmentalist wacko fiction?"
http://ninthstage.com/index.php/2007/07/04/must-not-be-progressive-rock-stars/


Front Sight, Press shows us the gall of the Clintons in blasting Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence. He has a .pdf file of all the pardons Clinton issued...get ready, because there is a LOAD of them!:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/pardons-granted-by-president-clinton/


The Buckeye Firearms Association says that the story of Matt Westerhold and the Sandusky Register's publication of the list of concealed gun owners made national news:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3832.html


The McCarville Report gives us some exciting news. Rasmussen is reporting that if the election were to be held today, Fred Thompson and Hillary Clinton would be tied...a dead-heat (and Thompson hasn't even announced):
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/07/rasmussen-reports-clinton-thompson-tied.html


The Bitch Girls have the scoop on the real story (and the actual costs) of John Edwards' extravagant haircuts. It turns out that these haircuts actually cost the Democratic candidate $1200 bucks. Must be nice to be filthy rich off of suing the pants off of OB-GYN physicians (one of the reasons why OB-GYNs have been leaving medicine by the droves--malpractice insurance is too high):
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7074


Blogonomicon offers hope for those who are fed up with politically correct postage stamps. He says there is a way to make your own stamps that reflect your views, including religiously oriented themes and gun-rights:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/4/3071707.html


Nicki at The Liberty Zone blogs about a new law in Missouri that protects gun owners from prosecution in cases where they use their firearm in self-defense:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/07/thank-you-missouri-sort-of.html


Say Uncle has the evidence that shows news reporters are woefully ignorant about firearms and the gun-rights of citizens:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/07/05/media_ignorance_dangerous_hysterical_and_in_our_streets/


Say Uncle also blogs about the ongoing tug-of-war in Wisconsin concerning a pro-gun legislature and an anti-gun Governor:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/07/05/wisconsin_personal_protection/


Snow Flakes in Hell points to a self-satisfied, self-righteous gun-grabber who goes on a tirade against gun-owners:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=966

Second Amendment News Roundup for 7/4/07

Washington, DC (TLS). Here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Snow Flakes in Hell has a reason why, if you are a hunter who lives in California, you might as well drop 'em, bend over, and grab 'em, because your state legislature has just stuck it to you:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=954

Gun Law News has even more bad news from OSHA, which has proposed new regulations that are a definite threat to the firearms and ammunition industry:
http://www.gunlawnews.org/Other-News/nssf070207-2.html

Nicki at The Liberty Zone has some good news. Blackmail doesn't work in the legislature of the state of Pennsylvania after all:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/07/blackmail-doesnt-work-so-well-in.html

Say Uncle has info on the infamous ATF and how they try to skirt around the law:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/07/03/atf_and_the_law/

Armed and Safe posts the good news from the state of Illinois and the move by various counties to pass pro-gun resolutions in order to defy the anti-gun bigots in the Chicago area:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/07/do-i-hear-twelve.html

Alphecca gives us yet another example of a woman who defended herself against armed intruders:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=282

The Volokh Conspiracy has a problem with many of us bloggers who agree with Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence. Here are two dissenting opinions:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_07_01-2007_07_07.shtml#1183476772

The 2nd post on Libby from The Volokh Conspiracy:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_07_01-2007_07_07.shtml#1183437010

Bill Clinton Avoided Jail, Why Not Scooter Libby?

Washington, DC (TLS). President Bush late Monday did the right thing and commuted the sentence of the former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby.

Libby had been sentenced to a jail term of two and a half years after a jury found him guilty of perjury and obstruction in the investigation of the leak of the identity of former covert CIA agent Valerie Plame.

U.S. Prosecuting Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald never charged anyone with a crime in 'outing' Plame.

The charges against Libby had nothing to do with the original 'crime' but were connected to the after-the-fact activity that ensued during the ongoing investigation of the 'crime' of disclosing Plame's identity--which was already known by everyone in the Beltway to begin with.

This sham of an investigation is one that never should have been launched in the first place. It was entirely political and aimed at Vice President Dick Cheney.

The sentence of Scooter Libby was just one more example of a political witch-hunt and the search of a scapegoat. After all, former President Bill Clinton lied to a GRAND jury. He was impeached by the Congress. Yet he never faced jail time. He never received a fine or faced any consequences of his actions other than being disbarred by the Arkansas State Bar.

If Bill Clinton avoided jail, why not Scooter Libby?

Not surprisingly, Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama stated that, 'This is the kind of politics we want to avoid in Washington.'

You mean, like, a Congress that is full of Democrats who are corrupt, such as William Jefferson, Dianne Feinstein, John Conyers, Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid, Keith Ellison, Patrick Leahy, oh, and, uhhh, HILLARY CLINTON, just to name a few?

Until your cronies in the Congress clean house, Senator, you have very little moral and ethical authority to stand on in lashing out at the President's actions in commuting the sentence of a man who did nothing more than BILL CLINTON did in court.

And by the way, Hillary Clinton weighed in on Bush's action today, condemning the commuting of the sentence. This is in spite of the convicted felons her own husband pardoned precisely because of their close relationship to the Clintons.

Thus, Hillary's words can be dismissed outright for the hypocrisy on display.

The fact that B. Hussein Obama and Hillary Clinton are part of the most corrupt, inept, and unpopular Congress in history should be ample evidence that their opinions about the matter should be dismissed along with the rest of the imbeciles who run the place.

As for Scooter Libby, we all can be grateful that he will not have to endure a politically-motivated sentence that was the result of a witch-hunt.

JUDGE GOES NEANDERTHAL AT LIBBY SENTENCING

Washington, DC (TLS). First, Scooter Libby committed no crime whatsoever. If you can prove me wrong, have at it. But it simply isn't there. The perpetrator in the disclosure of the identity of Valerie Plame was Richard Armitage. Yet Armitage was never prosecuted.

Why?

Because this is a political trial and imprisonment, pure and simple. The prosecutor, Mr. Fitzgerald, should face charges by the BAR for prosecutorial misconduct in pursuing a trial against an innocent man.

Second, Valerie Plame's claims are contradictory, confusing, and filled with misinformation. Everyone in town knew who she was and who she worked for. Neither Libby nor Armitage committed a crime because she was not actively engaged in any covert activity for the CIA when Armitage let the cat out of the bag.

This is why Armitage was never charged. So then, why was Libby?

Third, the Judge who handed down this shockingly severe sentence for something that is not even a crime went neanderthal in court today by giving Libby two-and-a-half years in jail. Perhaps the Judge should face criminal charges. I am sure it is against the law to sentence someone to prison for something that is not even a crime.

They say, 'Well, Libby lied.' So? PRESIDENT Bill Clinton lied under oath and never went to jail.

As long as that one fact remains in the annals of American jurisprudence, give me one good reason why I or any other American should give a damn about Libby lying.

The simple fact is that this entire trial was a charade from start to finish--a sham designed for political gain. Scooter Libby was nifonged every bit as thoroughly as the Duke lacrosse students in Durham. But they finally got justice. Who is going to get justice for Scooter Libby?