Second Amendment News Roundup for 4/23/08

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

Say Uncle has caught ABC News lying about guns yet again:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/04/23/abc-news-lies-about-guns-again/

Sebastian has two must-reads today. The first is on how to get pro-liberty candidates involved in the political process:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/23/how-to-affect-change/

And the second is on how Obama's dissing of ordinary Americans in Pennsylvania is a symptom of what's wrong with the Democratic Party in general:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/23/hillary-by-ten/

Tam comments on the farcical race between Obama and Clinton in Pennsylvania here:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/04/imagine-that.html

Dr. John Lott is reporting today that Frito-Lay supports gun control by putting anti-gun messages in Doritos bags:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/04/frito-lay-supports-gun-control.html

Dr. Lott also passes along a VERY important piece of news concerning climate change. The four agencies that track the earth's temps show a drop in the average temp during 2007, which puts us back where we were in 1930:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/04/are-we-heading-towards-ice-age.html

Squeaks has some good reading today that is well worth your time. Read it all:
http://www.squeakywheelseeksgrease.com/blog/2008/04/22/yes-we-will-call-it-rape/

The War on Guns has the quote of the day, and it's about liberals and the Second Amendment:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/04/liberal-interpretation.html

Robb Allen makes an excellent point concerning gun rights and self-defense:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2008/04/23/Quote-of-the-Day--How-can-you-take-back.aspx

JR has an important post on developing and improving shooting skills:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2008/04/fits-gets-letters.html

Alphecca comments on the soaring gas prices and wants taxes repealed on gasoline and diesel. That's exactly what I've been saying all along, for government gets more from a gallon of gas than the oil companies. By the way, McCain has called for the removal of the federal tax on gas in order to provide relief (but the states and municipalities need to do the same thing):
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=729

Armed and Safe points to another gun-grabbing jackbooted thug government agency:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/04/ice-men-cometh.html

Dustin has good info on this week's 'empty holster' protest on college campuses:
http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/sccc-empty-holster-protest-this-week.html

The Joyce Foundation is 'buying up' law reviews to run anti-gun messages in light of the Heller case, all with the help of one Barack Obama. Of Arms and the Law reports:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/04/joyce_obama_and.php

Mike McCarville reports that the Governor of Oklahoma, a Democratic super-delegate, has endorsed Obama:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/04/superdelegate-henry-endorses-barack.html

Here is some ESSENTIAL reading from Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership:
http://www.jpfo.org/smith/smith-schlemiel.htm

Second Amendment News Roundup for 4/22/08

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

For up-to-the-minute live blogging and news information on today's Democratic Primary in Pennsylvania, click here to go to philly.com:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/

Michelle Malkin also blogs on the voting today in PA:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/22/pennsylvania-speaks/

Today is 'earth day,' and Malkin shows that the wacko environmentalists wish to destroy capitalism as part of their plan to 'save the planet':
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/celebrate-earth-day-destroy-capitalism/

Sebastian comments on the primary today in his home state:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/22/yes-its-primary-day/

Mike McCarville says that so far there has been a record voter turnout in PA:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/04/record-voter-turnout-seen-in.html

And now, on to other news. FreedomSight has a MUST-read today on the information being taught to future citizens of the U.S. You might be shocked:
http://freedomsight.net/?p=2449

Dustin gives an example of the danger of honking your horn at an illegal alien:
http://dustinsgunblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/dont-honk-at-illegal-alien.html

David Hardy at Of Arms and the Law says that Hillary and McCain can sleep easy--Michael Moore has endorsed Obama (and when Moore endorses a candidate, they are doomed):
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/04/clinton_and_mcc.php

Dr. John Lott catches Obama in yet more lies as he tries, once again, to pretend he is pro-gun:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/04/obama-again-pretends-to-be-pro-gun.html

Dr. Lott also reports good news out of Virginia Tech. The college has a very large student group that support concealed carry:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/04/virginia-tech-has-very-large-students.html

Alphecca reports that machine guns will be legalized in Kansas:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=726

Robb Allen blogs on gun-grabber Bryan Miller:
http://blog.robballen.com/archive/2008/04/22/Bryan-Miller-in-Wonderland.aspx

Armed and Safe clears up a bit of confusion over assault weapons:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/04/has-assault-weapons-ban-been-reinstated.html

Bitter writes about Obama's last-minute rally in an area made up of Clinton supporters:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=8140

The incomparably articulate Peggy Noonan (former speech writer for President Reagan) has written about the Obamas, and Born Again Redneck has it:
http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2008/04/peggy-noonan-groks-obamas.html

Breda has great news about her concealed carry written test. Congrats, Breda!:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post.html

Nicki opines about Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City. And yes, he is a bastard:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-really-hate-this-guy.html

The War on Guns writes on 'preying on the weak and stupid':
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/04/preying-on-weak-and-stupid.html

Traction Control provides a link to a bit of gun porn:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=1050

Tam reminds us that Earth Day falls on Lenin's birthday, and she is doubtful it is a coincidence:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/04/coincidence.html

The Buckeye Firearms Association reports that Hillary Clinton is the mainstream media's definition of 'pro-gun':
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/5609

Second Amendment News Roundup for 7/19/07

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

If you haven't seen this yet, it is a must-read. A Human Right has the history of gun control in a succinct, easy-to-read format, including the vital information that the KKK was responsible for initiating the first gun control laws in the country! It is important that we emphasize the gun-control movement's racist origins:
http://www.a-human-right.com/guncontrol.html

Opencarry.org wonders if Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine will lock-out pro-gun students from a conference in August on campus security:
http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum54/3605.html

Snow Flakes in Hell shows how gun buy-back programs result in the destruction of our history due to the loss of antique firearms:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1074

Got an opinion on how the Supreme Court will rule on Parker vs. D.C.? Take part in an online poll at Say Uncle:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/07/18/parker_poll/

The Anarchangel posts some interesting info (and a pic) on a recent ammo purchase:
http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2007/07/i-gots-boolits.html

The Bitch Girls blog about a Republican Congressman who seems to think taxpayers' money belongs to him! If there's anything worse than a Democrat, it's a Rino (Republican in Name Only), and we seem to have more of those around these days:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7155

Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs is a true American patriot in the global war on terror. Her blog has been hit with cyber-hijackers who have done serious damage to her ability to get her blog posts listed on Google and other search engines. Read the story here:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/07/best-blogs-bann.html

Bob Parks at Black and Right is helping with a new film about Ronald Reagan and the Cold War. For Reagan fans like me, this is one film you will not want to miss. Read about Parks' role in the creation of the film here:
http://blackandright.mensnewsdaily.com/2007/07/06/on-the-road-again-with-reagan/

The McCarville Report says that Wilson Strategies has released an important assessment of the nation's political landscape...a very important thing to consider given that 2008 will be one of the most important elections in recent history:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/07/wilson-releases-national-political.html

Blonde Sagacity reports disturbing news that Iraqi and Middle Eastern illegal aliens are being smuggled into the U.S. across the Mexican border...another example of our failure to secure the southern border:
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2007/07/its-border-stupid.html

The Jet Pilot blogs about creating your own 'gun-free zone' in your own home. Criminals, of course, will just by-pass your house and go on to a home with guns:
http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/07/creat-your-own-gun-free-zone-gfz.html

Nicki at The Liberty Zone found this item, which she says is an example of a 'money-grubbing scum with a bad case of cranial-rectal inversion':
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/07/money-grubbing-scum-with-bad-case-of.html

Blogonomicon has the story of a woman who stopped a child rape in progress by using a grilling-fork on the perpetrator:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/7/17/3100467.html

A Keyboard and a .45 points to this item, which indicates that self-defense depends on one thing more than just wearing your seat-belt:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/07/oleg-has-been-busy.html

John Lott writes that concealed carry is on the increase in Lubbock, Texas:

http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/07/concealed-carry-increasing-in-one-of-my.html

The Buckeye Firearms Association has information on the push to pass the Castle Doctrine in Ohio:

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3855.html

Buckeye also points to this explosive article about an anti-gun organization in New Hampshire that may have been involved in an illegal gun purchase:

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3853.html

The Volokh Conspiracy has this thought-provoking piece on 'sensible restrictions on gun rights':

http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_07_15-2007_07_21.shtml#1184777637

Mr. Completely blogs about his plans for an upcoming pin-shoot:

http://mrcompletely.blogspot.com/2007/07/goin-to-missoula-gonna-shoot-me-some.html

Finally, The Jawa Report reminds us of a very important anniversary in American politics. It was 38 years ago that Senator Ted Kennedy was responsible for the death of Mary Jo Kopechne after failing to report her drowning in their car accident at Chappaquiddick. Kennedy, of course, is one of the most notorious gun-grabbers in the U.S. Government:

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/188739.php

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

Gun Control Idiot in Carolina

Washington, DC (TLS). The idiot of the day is a man down in South Carolina who wrote to his local newspaper on gun control. Here is what he had to say:

'Was the Virginia Tech massacre the price that this country is willing to pay for the Second Amendment?'

Way to go, Einstein.

Let me show you the 'logic' of this question.

Are tens of thousands of highway deaths per year the price this country is willing to pay for the privilege of driving a car?

If freedom results in unintended deaths, do those deaths negate freedom?

Somebody needs to tell Einstein down in South Carolina that if our forefathers held this 'logic' about freedom and rights, we would all still be living under tyranny.

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

Katie Couric on Guns, Christians, Castro, Conservatives

Washington, DC (TLS). The Liberty Sphere blew the lid on the dishonest reporting techniques employed by Katie Couric and CBS News when describing a poll that supposedly showed a 55% majority of Americans either did not support the funding of the troop surge in Iraq or did not support funding the War at all. As we reported, through a deft slight-of-hand maneuver, Couric manipulated the figures to say something they did not say.

In actuality, 45% of those who responded to the poll said they did not support funding the troop surge. That means 55% either support it or had no opinion. This was not mentioned by Couric. In addition, she stated that 8% of those polled said they did not support funding the War at all. She failed to mention that this means that fully 92% of Americans apparently SUPPORT funding the War.

This blatant act of deliberately misrepresenting poll numbers raised the suspicions of this writer. The result was a bit of research conducted by The Liberty Sphere. It did not take long to discover nearly a 20-year history of Liberal bias, Leftist slant, denigration of Conservatives, Republicans, evangelical Christians and Catholics, and a glowing adoration of Democrats, Liberals, Communists such as Fidel Castro, and our anti-Semitic ex-President, Jimmy Carter.

In addition, Couric is an avid supporter of gun control, even going so far as to lecture Charlton Heston when he was head of the NRA.

The following quotations span much of Couric's career, both at NBC and now as anchor of CBS Evening News. We are greatly indebted to the Media Research Center for providing much of this information.

As you will see, Couric can hardly hide her obvious Leftist bent. She is one of the prime examples of why Americans should oppose with all of our might the so-called 'Fairness Doctrine' that Democrats wish to use to gain equal time on conservative talk radio. We do not need a Fairness Doctrine. With Couric and her Leftist comrades at NBC, ABC, and CNN, the only method conservatives have to be heard is radio and Fox News.

If Democrats wish equal time to respond to Rush Limbaugh, then we should demand equal time to respond to the propaganda spouted each evening by Couric and company.

Here are the words straight from the horse's mouth:

Castro, Charismatic Success Story
"Considered one of the most charismatic leaders of the 20th century....[Fidel] Castro traveled the country cultivating his image and his revolution delivered. Campaigns stamped out illiteracy and even today, Cuba has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world."— February 13, 1992.

Carve Carter into Mt. Rushmore
"And finally President Carter, you are now considered one of the world’s foremost statesmen. You’ve been called the best ex-President this country has ever had. Your reputation has been bolstered tremendously since you left office. How does that make you feel?"— November 13, 1991

One More Gun Restriction, That’s The Ticket!
Katie Couric: "Getting back to kids and guns, if you will indulge me for a moment. You cannot think of any other position the NRA could take in terms of trying to decrease the number of school shootings? You feel like this is not your bailiwick, this is not your problem?"
Charlton Heston: "Not at all. As I told you the NRA spends more money, more time..."
Couric, cutting him off: "Other than education."
Heston: "Well what would you suppose? What would you suggest?"
Couric: "I don’t know, perhaps greater restrictions."— Exchange on June 8, 1998

Blaming Right Wing for Murder
"Let’s talk a little bit more about the right wing because I know that’s something you feel very strongly about. But this is actually not necessarily about the right wing, but perhaps a climate that some say has been established by religious zealots or Christian conservatives. There have been two recent incidents in the news, I think, that upset most people in this country, that is the dragging death of James Byrd Junior and the beating death of Matthew Shepard. I just would like you to reflect on whether you feel people in this country are increasingly intolerant, mean-spirited, et cetera, and what, if anything, can be done about that because a lot of people get very discouraged when they hear and see this kind of brutality taking place."— To former Texas Governor Ann Richards as she hosted a 92nd Street Y appearance in New York City on March 3 shown by C-SPAN on April 3, 1999.

Real Dictatorship in Miami
"Some suggested over the weekend that it’s wrong to expect Elian Gonzalez to live in a place that tolerates no dissent or freedom of political expression. They were talking about Miami. All eyes on south Florida and its image this morning. Another writer this weekend called it ‘an out of control banana republic within America.’ What effect is the Elian Gonzalez story having on perception of Miami? We will talk with a well-known columnist for the Miami Herald about that."— April 3, 2000.

Happy Mother’s Day to a Liberal Activist
"With Mother’s Day coming up this Sunday, we wanted to salute the hard work, integrity and love moms show us every day, so this morning we invited three women who have made their own special contribution to motherhood and, as I said earlier, to all of mankind, in fact. Donna Dees-Thomases founded the Million Mom March...Donna, you organized the Million Mom March, and it really was such a grassroots movement of stroller moms, right? Tell me how it came about."— Introduction and question to anti-gun activist Donna Dees-Thomases, May 11, 2001.

(By the way, the so-called 'Million Mom March' did not involve anywhere near millions of stroller moms, as touted by Couric, Bill Clinton, and Donna Dees-Thomases. Estimates by officers on the ground indicated that perhaps 100,000--TOPS--attended that rally in Washington).

Is the New Pope a Nazi?
"Cardinal Ratzinger’s past includes a brief membership in the Hitler Youth movement, service in the German army in World War II, which was mandatory. But given his past associations do you think that will create a rift between Christians and Jews, and what can he do to fix that?"— To liberal priest Father Andrew Greeley, April 20, 2005. Greeley, a critic of Cardinal Ratzinger, dismissed her concern.

A Catholic Town? How Awful!
"Some of the values, depending on your perspective... may be deemed wholesome, but in other ways, I think, people will see this community as eschewing diversity and promoting intolerance....Do you think the tenets of the community might result in de facto segregation as a result of some of the beliefs that are being espoused by the majority of the residents there?...You can understand how people would hear some of these things and be like, wow, this is really infringing on civil liberties and freedom of speech and right to privacy and all sorts of basic tenets that this country was founded on. Right?"— March 3, 2006, interviewing Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan and real-estate developer Paul Marinelli, who are building a community based on Catholic values in Ave Maria, Florida

And why do we need the 'fairness doctrine' again? In fact, I say, BRING IT ON. I would love to gain equal time to respond to Couric's pro-Commie, Liberal, anti-Christian, gun-grabbing propaganda!