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shuke33 
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| Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 11:28 am)
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CherryGarciaMan
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:00 pm to shuke33)
Absolutely correct.
Black market=control by violence.
Nothing new here.
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JohnnyKilroy 
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:07 pm to CherryGarciaMan)
yes, i will keep pimping this thread
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Rex 
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:14 pm to shuke33)
So obvious... everybody seems to agree... so why does this stupid, counterproductive, expensive, bloody "war on drugs" continue?
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JohnnyKilroy
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:16 pm to Rex)
Dems answer to unions and big business
Reps answer to social cons and big business.
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:16 pm to Rex)
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So obvious... everybody seems to agree... so why does this stupid, counterproductive, expensive, bloody "war on drugs" continue?
Because if funnels tons of money to the cops...
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Taxing Authority
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:18 pm to shuke33)
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Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact
So if the black market in drugs (which are both illegal and widely available) has only led to more violence, what will banning guns create?
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davesdawgs 
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:24 pm to Taxing Authority)
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So if the black market in drugs (which are both illegal and widely available) has only led to more violence, what will banning guns create?
Black market guns and increased violence? 
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Eighteen
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:50 pm to wickowick)
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Because if funnels tons of money to the cops...
Exactly. Law enforcement, the DEA and these new private jailhouses want the money from these "convictions"
plus the states get a lot of money from possession charges and misdemeanors
they dont want to end the revenue stream, its not about actual "safety"
This post was edited on 1/31 at 12:51 pm
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RogerTheShrubber
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 12:56 pm to shuke33)
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Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact
Good luck with that. I've argued this and feel like most of the population just doesn't get it.
30 years from now we will look back on drug prohibition like we do the prohibition of alcohol a century ago. Still will take a decade or two for some people to come to their senses.
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JohnnyKilroy
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:05 pm to RogerTheShrubber)
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30 years from now we will look back on drug prohibition like we do the prohibition of alcohol a century ago. Still will take a decade or two for some people to come to their senses.
And as I predict in my previous thread linked above, the republicans (who ideologically should be championing the end to the WOD) will balk on it and reject it. 15-20 years from now the dems will champion it, and succeed.
I will literally be shocked if something other than this happens.
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1999
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:06 pm to Eighteen)
yep a lot of people are getting rich from "fighting" the drug war.
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Powerman
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:06 pm to Rex)
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So obvious... everybody seems to agree... so why does this stupid, counterproductive, expensive, bloody "war on drugs" continue?
I think this is one of the problems younger generations will solve
I just don't expect people who are 25 years old now to be dumb enough as politicians to keep up this fight
But then again, there isn't any excuse at all for the current crop of politicians to be this stupid but they are.
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PuntBamaPunt 
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:17 pm to Powerman)
prisons are big business
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 1:45 pm to shuke33)
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Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact
But it's so much easier to bitch about high capacity magazines and assault weapons.
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Bucktown Tigah
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 4:32 pm to Rex)
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So obvious... everybody seems to agree... so why does this stupid, counterproductive, expensive, bloody "war on drugs" continue?
Because both Democrats & Republicans are statist a-holes?
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Radiojones
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 4:34 pm to Bucktown Tigah)
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Because both Democrats & Republicans are statist a-holes
We have a winner!
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shutterspeed 
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 5:07 pm to shuke33)
Wish we could take one sample area--like a Camden or Detroit--and use it as a test study for the legalization of drugs in the U.S. What more harm could come of it?
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RogerTheShrubber
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 5:14 pm to JohnnyKilroy)
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he republicans (who ideologically should be championing the end to the WOD) will balk on it and reject it. 15-20 years from now the dems will champion it, and succeed.
Probably. The only way it would change is if you see some massive switch from LEO's (Because of unions) jumping behind the DEM party, and some people start making the connection.
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Malik Agar 
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| re: Ending drug war may be ‘best gun control measure we can enact (Posted on 1/31/13 at 5:14 pm to shuke33)
If you want the war on drugs ended then that means that millions of hardworking Americans will lose their jobs.
You don't want millions of Americans to become unemployed do you? 
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