Somehow I missed it, but big doings in Knoxville:

A chancellor ruled today that Knox County’s charter is “invalid and ineffective,” meaning the county would revert to the form of government outlined in the state constitution.

The ruling also invalidates term limits, which restricts the number of terms an elected official may serve.

Looks like we’re back to long-serving good ol’ boys.

Pro-Gun Progressive continues taking the pro-gun fight to the lefties:

Earlier this week I found out that Daily Kos favors the Second Amendment. The “big three” of liberal bloggers (DKos, Washington Monthly, and Talkingpointsmemo.com) haven’t really talked much about guns; I thought it’d be a good idea to see if Josh Marshall of TPM would go on record about self defense and the ever-important 2A. His site gets over 100K hits a day, and he’s quite the busy guy, so I was pretty flattered that he wrote back.

The response was mixed:

I don’t think the 2nd Amendment bars regulation of firearms. That’s for starters. I think it’s about state militias, etc. I also don’t think much of the NRA. However, I’d say I’m perfectly comfortable with what I guess you’d call a pro-gun stance. I think background checks are a good thing. Someone right out of a mental hospital shouldn’t be able to buy a gun. Felons shouldn’t be able to buy guns. Beside that, gun ownership is part of our culture. People can own as many as they want, as far as I’m concerned. I certainly don’t think gun control is an issue Democrats should be pushing.

The second amendment is not in any way about state militias. To think so is not really an inclination to support the right to bear arms. I also view it more as saying he has no issue with gun control but my party shouldn’t push it. I don’t find some of it particularly encouraging. All I see is that he is 1) wrong and 2) a hack about it by taking the politically expedient approach to it. Though the fact he takes no issue with people owning as many guns as they want is encouraging.

Tam has more on the shortage of ammo. PMC went out of business, which is a bummer.

STD says:

The Clinton’s have done more for the profits of gun dealers than maybe any one else in the world!!!

Heh.

Lewis Black, from his HBO stand up special Red, White and Screwed:

It’s stunning the Democrats couldn’t find someone to beat George Bush. It’s like having a normal person lose in the Special Olympics.