Are You Kidding Me?

NOTE: forgive me, my dear American friends
but this issue really gets me.

|Supreme Court Affirms America's Right to Bear Arms|

Q: Why does any individual NEED a handgun?
A: To kill another individual.

Q: Is a handgun REALLY the best conflict resolution tool?
A: America seems to think so.

Q: How's that working for them Americans?
A: Not too well.

Dear Readers, need I say more?

Remember this bit of wisdom? "He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword." (replace "sword" with the weapon of your choice.) When will we, as humanity, ever learn that violence only begets violence? America, you are a violent nation!

who governs?

Who governs this country? The elected Parliament? Or the non-elected Court?

The Court Rules on the 'Safe Injection Site'

I wonder what sort of precedent this type of ruling sets regarding law-making in this country. In Political Science class the prof. told us that Parliament makes law ... Parliament, of course, being a body of representatives elected by the people. If the Court makes a ruling regarding the direction in which the country's drug and addiction policy should go, shouldn't we, average citizens feel quite wary? If decisions regarding the direction of this country's law-making, addiction-health policy, and expenditure of public funds become those of the Court, then, how do I, citizen josephine, make my voice heard? Isn't that why we hold elections, after so carefully considering all the candidates? Isn't the point to select the representative and (ultimately, political party), that we believe and feel will best carry our perspective to the law-making table? What does it mean, then, if the representatives we elect cannot take a policy direction (i.e. that, presumably, we elected them to take), because the Court will not allow it?

Who governs? Does the Court make new law, or merely enforce the existing law? Who governs?