We're the Only Ones Darwin-Awarded Enough

Darwin said having the head of a state agency focused on providing services to the poor ... carrying a gun and badge “does seem strange, yes.” [More]

Yeah, whoever heard of needing to defend yourself against that demographic?

The larger point of a bureaucracy being armed to the teeth evokes the words of Mr. Mason:

Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers.

And yes, funny that word used to describe much lower numbers collected by private citizens was never brought up...

[Via Henry Bowman]