Right now, the Supreme Court is considering a Constitutional challenge to the District of Columbia's outright ban on certain firearms. The lower courts ruled against D.C. and said that the ban violated citizens' right to bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
So naturally, while SCOTUS considers its case, the District isn't enforcing the ban. I mean, surely a local government that operates in and around our capital city wouldn't flagrantly disobey a court order that precludes them from violating a basic and essential right guaranteed by our most important and most supreme laws. And they certainly wouldn't do it by asking people to submit to "voluntary" searches of their homes for guns while promising "amnesty" for other crimes -- amnesty promised by the police and not binding on actual prosecutors. Right?
Oh government, you never cease to amaze me.
Amaze me, and frighten the living garbage out of me.
Have a nice day.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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