DAVE KOPEL'S SECOND AMENDMENT NEWSLETTER

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Table of Contents
New by Kopel: Obama, Effective, Shrewd on Gun Control; Bloomberg the Media Puppeteer; Bogus Gun Control Study; NRA Tries to Crack San Diego Permit Block. Bloggery: NY Preemption; Election Wrap-up
International: Australia: Pumps are 'Military Weapons,'

Huge Black Market; Canada: Stall on Registry, Armed Homeowner Gets Support; India: Civilians in Danger May Arm; Israel: Ethics of Self-Defense; Japan: Gun Shop Strike;

Mexico: Media Exaggerates U.S. Guns; Youths Exploited by Drug Lords; Russia: More Gun Restrictions; Syria: Shooting Sports;

Turkey: No Firearms Liberalization; U.K: Foxhunt Ban to Remain for Now; Shotgun Restrictions Mooted; U.N: 'No' on Small Arms Treaty
Culture:: Sarah Palin and Hunting Hypocrisy; Providence R.I. Children's Toy Destruction; NSSF Grant to College Shooting; Manchin 'Shot' Ad Lauded

Giffords Assassination Attempt: Congressman Arm; Congresswoman Drafts Gun-Control Bill; Two Kinds of Sickness; Blood Libel and Tucson; The Left's Primer of Hate; Shooter Atheist, Nihilist

Federal: ATF Long Gun Reporting on Hold; Traver Travail; Huffpo and Brady Campaign; Amtrak lifts Gun Ban; 'Patriot Pilot' Pummeled; Ross to Sportsmen's Caucus

States: California Ammo Regs; Florida Open Carry; Georgia: Atlanta Airport; Mandatory Permits; Illinois: Chicago Gun Registry Delays; Range Time Required, Ranges Banned; Iowa: Standardized Permit Process;

Kentucky: Right to Hunt; Michigan: Gun Safety; Moose Hunting; New Hampshire: Castle Doctrine; New Jersey: Aitken Case; Pennsylvania: Rendell Vetoes Castle Defense; Oregon: Portland Restrictions; Wyoming: Right to Hunt
Groups: Edged Arms Rights; Brady Campaign and ABC; Brady Campaign Launches New Blog
Industry: Outdoor Wire Launches TV Show; Smith & Wesson Expands MA Plant; John M. Browning Tribute; NRA 'Golden Bullseye' Awards
Law: Breyer: Founders allowed RKBA Infringement; 4th Circuit Affirms Felons' Gun Deprivation;

California Court Rules Nunchakus Protected; New Jersey Bear Hunt Ruling; Ohio Preemption and Non-Violent Criminals' RKBA; EPA Sued over Lead

New by Kopel
Barack Obama and Gun Control: Effective and Shrewd
David Kopel
Volokh Conspiracy
December 14, 2010http://volokh.com/2010/12/14/barack-obama-and-gun-control-effective...

"The Encyclopedia Britannica Blog is running a series this week assessing the Obama presidency. My entry, with the title above, argues that President Obama has been successful at promoting gun control, taking into account the fact that Obama has faced a Congress with strong pro-gun majorities, and that the Obama administration determined to spend its finite political capital on other issues."

Barack Obama and Gun Control: Effective, Shrewd, and On Video
Dave Kopel and Cam Edwards
NRA Video
December 17, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJvGUSI2_jw

Dave phones Cam Edwards in this YouTube video to discuss the Encyclopedia Britannica blog entry in the entry previous.

It's Howdy Bloomy Time
Dave Kopel
America's First Freedom
December, 2010
http://davekopel.org/2A/Mags/Howdy-Bloomy.htm

When the anti-gun Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) released a "study" parroting previously discredited lies about American guns in Mexico, most major media outlets turned into Michael Bloomberg's puppets.

Twisting the Truth
Dave Kopel
America's First Freedom
November, 2010
http://davekopel.org/2A/Mags/LCAV.htm

A study from the Lawyers' Committee Against Violence says that gun control works, but the study does not hold up under careful scrutiny.

How to Pick a Fight
Dave Kopel
America's First Freedom
January, 2010
http://davekopel.org/2A/Mags/how-to-pick-a-fight.html

The NRA's strategy in Peruta v. California, challenging the San Diego sheriff's refusal to issue CCW permits. Note: After this article went to press, the district court ruled against the plaintiffs. An appeal to the 9th Circuit has been filed.