Larwyn's Linx: The Senate Hearing on Gun Control

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Nation

The Senate Hearing on Gun Control: Pagunblog
Rahm Emanuel Goes After 1st And 2nd Amendments: IBD
A Line In The Sand?: TL in Exile

Cruz educates Senate on gun violence in its ‘fact free zone’: Scoop
Illinois Concealed Carry Bill Revealed: No Chicago Carve-Out: TAG
Applying Conservative Principles To Immigration: Rubio

Good luck, Herr Obama/Biden: Denninger
It’s High Noon: We The People vs Obama: NoisyRm
Betsy McCaughey on Beating Obamacare: AmSpec

Economy

Unexpectedly! 4th quarter GDP cratered after Obama reelected: WyBlog
Austerity: US Ends 2012 With 103.8% Debt To GDP: ZH
NAACP President: 'Black People Doing...Worse' Under Obama: Breitbart

What I Learned in the Poverty War: City Journal
AP Ramps Up the Excuse-Making in Report on GDP Contraction: Bizzy
Shocking? SEIU Parking Lot a “Center of Illegal Drug Activity’: LUR

Scandal Central

Pedophile-gate story stubbornly not going away.: Moe Lane
Report: Menendez backer targeted by FBI: Hill
Suspect Shot and Killed in Attempted Home Invasion in Fairborn, Ohio: AmPower

Cuomo: Gun Control Would Have Never Happened If Public Was Allowed to Review It: MenRec
Colorado Energy Office Misspends Millions in Stimulus Funds: Foundry
HookerGate: Is FBI Raid Connected to Menendez’s Dominican Jailbait Scandal?: RSM

Climate & Energy

The EPA's Lisa Jackson: The Worst Head of the Worst Regulatory Agency, Ever: CEI

Media

Read LaPierre's testimony before Senate Judiciary Committee on 'Gun Violence': NRAILA
Cuomo's Approval Drops 15 Points After Major Gun Control Push: WS
Infiltrating National Review Summit: Mission Accomplished: Cube

The Tyranny Before Us: Miller
The Fundamental Things: Driscoll
Media Double Standard Protects Sen. Menendez: AIM

DHS Study on Mass Killers: Bad Hygiene, Semi-Automatic Handguns: MagNote
Source Claims to Have Witnessed Obama’s “Awkward Attempts” at Skeet Shooting: Nice Deb
Video: Jay Carney blames Republicans for the terrible economic report, of course: Hot Air

World

Rand Paul says vote on amendment to stop sale of F-16s to Egypt is TODAY: Scoop
The real haters: Obama and Hagel: Glick
Colorado H.S. Students Recite Pledge Of Allegiance In Arabic One nation under Allah: WZ

Walk for Life vs. Roe v. Wade birthday party: Abortion showdown SF: Zombie
Israeli airstrike targeted convoy of trucks inside Syria, US and regional officials say: Fox
Classic Hagel: Glick

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue.com/Tech)

Twitter Now The Fastest Growing Social Platform In The World: Global Web Index
BlackBerry unveils BlackBerry 10 and its first two devices, the Z10 and Q10: NextWeb
NY Times says Chinese hacked paper's computers: ABQ Journal

Cornucopia

NJ Sen. Menendez outsources underage prostitution services, underage American hookers outraged: AWD
U.S. Government Claims - Just Like The Nazis - That The Truth Is Too Dangerous To Disclose: Alt-Market
NFL legend Dan Marino had a love child with CBS employee in 2005: Post

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Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Elizabeth Warren Wiki

QOTD: "Law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or deranged criminals. Nor do we believe the government should dictate what we can lawfully own and use to protect our families.

...we need to be honest about what works and what does not work. Proposals that would only serve to burden the law-abiding have failed in the past and will fail in the future.

Semi-automatic firearms have been around for over 100 years. They are among the most popular guns made for hunting, target shooting and self-defense. Despite this fact, Congress banned the manufacture and sale of hundreds of semi-automatic firearms and magazines from 1994 to 2004. Independent studies, including a study from the Clinton Justice Department, proved that ban had no impact on lowering crime.

And when it comes to the issue of background checks, let’s be honest – background checks will never be “universal” – because criminals will never submit to them." --Wayne LaPierre