Above The Law

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and the City Council have defied state statute by enacting several anti-gun measures, essentially "acting like urban vigilantes under color of law,"

The Pennsylvania Legislature has reserved the authority to regulate firearms within the state since 1974. That authority was upheld by a 1996 Supreme Court ruling in the Ortiz case.

So the mayor and city council have ignored the state legislature, thus breaking the law. What's up with that? If I ignore the legislature, I end up in jail. Not a chance that'll happen to them though, after all, they're of the elite and above the law.