Free In Idaho!

Alphecca has an article on the Castle Doctrine in Tennessee.  This type of legislation continues to spread throughout the country, and the NRA has a piece here on it, written in 2006.  Another good summary of it can be found here.

Idaho is a great state for hunting and shooting sports of all kind, and the gun laws in this state are also quite favorable for gun ownership and concealed carry, as well as for self defense.  In an article last year about the town of Greenleaf’s “gun in every home” law, the Idaho Tribune noted this fact

As a state, Idaho has some of the least-restrictive firearms laws in the country. While the heavily Republican Legislature usually sides with the National Rifle Association on gun-rights isues, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence awarded Idaho a grade of “F+” for its laws governing firearms.

Good job Idaho!  And speaking of shooting sports, going on today at the Parma Rod and Gun Club range is the final day of the MGM Ironman 3 gun competition. Here’s a little taste of what goes on

Like the Glenn Close character in the 1987 movie, the Bush-Kennedy Amnesty Bill is about to pop back up alive from behind the couch…

President Bush, stung by Thursday’s vote to block the immigration bill, is telling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to put it back on the Senate’s schedule, and the bill’s supporters say they think it can be resurrected.
    “I urge Senator Reid to act quickly to bring this bill back to the Senate floor for a vote, and I urge senators from both parties to support it,” Mr. Bush said in his weekly radio address.

Read the whole article at the Washington Times.

And Michelle has a related article, this time about someone who isn’t waiting for the politicians.

In a sane world, the lawmakers in Washington sworn to uphold the law would do something about this. Instead, we’ve got everyone from the president on down abandoning their duties.

Every day, I get e-mail from readers asking “What can I do?”

Answer: Don’t wait for Washington.

Follow the example of Heather Steffek, who took action in her own community after an illegal alien drunk driver whom the feds had failed to deport killed her parents.

This isn’t over yet.