Second Amendment News Roundup for 4/10/08

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

Tam has the MUST-read of the day, in case you haven't seen it. It's called 'The Decline of the Republic':
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/04/decline-of-republic-day.html

Tam has a follow-up to that post today on the 17th Amendment:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/04/more-thoughts-on-17th.html

Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs provides excellent commentary on Barack Obama's anti-2nd Amendment views:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/04/obama-anti-2nd.html

Mike McCarville reports that the NRA has found some troublesome aspects of John McCain's views on gun rights (as if we didn't know this already--it seems the NRA is about a year behind everyone else on McCain):
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/04/nra-finds-trouble-with-mccains.html

Uncle says the California Supreme Court handed a resounding defeat to the proponents of a SF gun ban:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/04/10/civil_rights_victory_in_sf/

Congratulations are in order to Squeaky today:
http://www.squeakywheelseeksgrease.com/blog/2008/04/09/woo-4/

As reported, David Codrea of The War on Guns interviewed Clayton Cramer. Here is the text of the interview:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/04/clayton-cramer-interview.html

Breda has the quote of the day:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2008/04/timeless-truth.html

Traction Control points to the USA Today poll on the 2nd Amendment, and there is good news!:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=1036

The Ninth Stage has more on that poll here, along with a cool graphic:
http://ninthstage.com/index.php/2008/04/09/32-to-1/

Red's Trading Post announces that Congressman Ron Paul will be making an appearance in Twin Fall, Idaho:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2008/04/ron-paul-coming-to-here-to-twin-falls.html

FreedomSight reports that the Feds are getting in on the 'sin tax' with regard to tobacco. The FDA is going to have oversight over tobacco products (the bastards):
http://freedomsight.net/?p=2418

Roberta X posts an interesting exchange between a lawmaker and an atheist on the subject of guns:
http://twowheeledmadwoman.blogspot.com/2008/04/this-just-in.html

Armed and Safe gives us the good news out of Illinois:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/04/good-news-in-illinois-but-fight-is-far.html

Cap'n Bob and the Damsel report that ex-U.S. President James Earl Carter is still consorting with the enemy:
http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/04/09/consorting-with-the-enemy/

John Lott has essential reading on what prominent scientists think of global warming:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-do-prominent-scientists-think.html

Can you say 'hypocrisy?' Lott also has this gem about how George Soros and his Democratic lapdogs get around campaign finance laws:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/04/so-much-for-campaign-finance-regulation.html

Quote from a Canadian official: 'Freedom of Speech is an American concept, therefore I don't give it any value.' Eugene Volokh comments:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_04_06-2008_04_12.shtml#1207856516