Larwyn's Linx: Regulating the Militia

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Nation

Regulating the Militia: Williamson
Holder: Gun Owners Should 'Cower' in Shame Like Smokers: NB
Rubbing Our Noses in His Victory and Radicalism: DLim

No Guns, No Freedom, No Country: BadEagle
Drudge Graphic Evokes Shock and Horror on the Left: Nice Deb
Franken going unchallenged in MN?: Hot Air

NRA Says WH Has 'Agenda to Attack the Second Amendment': WS
Biden Hints at Outlawing Unregulated 'Private' Gun Sales: WS
Cuomo Proposes 'Toughest Assault Weapon Ban' in U.S.: ABC

Economy

EBT Abuse: The Cash-for-Drunkards Program: Malkin
Perfect: Obama’s Treasury Pick Lew Can’t Count Either: GWP
IRS Warns Employers: Don't Try to Avoid ObamaCare Mandate: CNS

Chamber Head: Exploding Debt Greatest Threat to Economic Future: FreeEnt
Carney: 'Deficit Reduction Is Not a Worthy Goal': WS
Enron and the Trillion Dollar Coin: Ace

Something About Sales Taxes: Ace
Al Gore Is A Big Oil Man Now: RS
NRA Membership Soars By 100,000 In 18 Days: Ace

Scandal Central

Presidential Gun Ban: Executive Power or Unconstitutional Power Grab?: Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
Anti-gun president signs bill giving himself armed guards for his entire lifetime : DC
Students at Taft HS worried about alleged shooter last month; ‘Why is he still allowed in school?’: Twitchy

Climate & Energy

EPA's Attempt to Regulate the Rain Washes Away: FW
Global cooling: "Worst storms in a decade" freeze Middle East: Marathon
The Rahm Effect: Untreated Sewage at Risk of Pouring Into Lake Michigan: ABC Chicago

Media

Fox Affiliate Thoroughly Debunks Piers Morgan’s Gun Homicide Statistics: NB
Five Inconvenient Facts For Gun Control Proponents: SAB
How do you bait a trap for a soul?: Armed and Dangerous

Mark Levin: I can barely contain my fury at what is going on in this country: Scoop
CNN’s Costello Lies: ‘No One Is Talking About Overturning the Second Amendment...Confiscating Guns’: Bizzy
Limbaugh to CNN: How Would You React If Bush/Cheney Tried To Use Executive Order On Abortion?: Mediaite

World

After the Fall: What Do You Do When You Conclude America Is (Temporarily or Permanently) Kaput?: BRubin
Havana put on high alert over another cholera outbreak: Babalu
Attack sub collides with ship in Persian Gulf: NavyTimes

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue.com/Tech)

Real-world aimbot: The $17,000 rifle with a Linux-powered scope: ExtremeTech
I/O You Own: Windows 8 Update: Crowdstrike
New Java zero-day exploit could spread "mayhem": SC Mag

Cornucopia

An Open Letter From the Dead to the Living: Dead Citizen's Society
The Strange History Of The Monopoly Car: Jalopnik
Junior Seau Diagnosed With Disease Caused by Hits to Head: Exclusive: ABC

Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: January 19th is Gun Appreciation Day

QOTD: "The importance of this article will scarcely be doubted by any persons, who have duly reflected upon the subject. The militia is the natural defence of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by rulers. It is against sound policy for a free people to keep up large military establishments and standing armies in time of peace, both from the enormous expenses, with which they are attended, and the facile means, which they afford to ambitious and unprincipled rulers, to subvert the government, or trample upon the rights of the people. The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them." --Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story