They say was driving the car. washington, we should point out, has a real problem with violent crime and has for years. according to the latest available fbi statistics, it ranks ninth out of 392 american cities in terms of its murder rate with more than 31 murders for every 100,000 people. the supreme court back in 2008 struck down the city's long-standing ban on handguns. word of a confession in the murders of three people linked to the u.s. consulate in mexico this month. the killers gunned down a texas jail guard and his pregnant wife who worked at that sun coal -- consulate. they were ret...