"To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing,
if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Stick ‘Em Up

by Lee

Another gun control success.

Washington [D.C.] has reclaimed the distinction — which it held for much of the 1980’s and early 1990’s — from Detroit, recording the nation’s highest homicide rate for large cities in 2002: 45 per 100,000 residents. It is on pace to surpass last year’s total.

The law-abiding cannot defend themselves, and the criminals have free rein.  Why is this surprising to anyone?

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