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In reply to the discussion: Capitol rioter banned from having firearms was just busted on gun charges after killing a mountain.. [View all]usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)EVERY day we hear via our police and EMS scanner local police take people into custody with outstanding warrants only to have the jails refuse to take them. Although we have no way of knowing the number of empty jail cells my guess is they are at full capacity. Our courts are backlogged and crimes are getting worse.
Guns on our streets are now an increasing problem. Home invasions are no longer a rarity. Drug use and manufacturing is a major contributor. And now its deaths due to street drug overdoses are also on the rise. Meth laced with fentanyl has now brought on deaths due to irreversible overdoses.
When we moved here we never had to lock our houses or our cars. That is no longer the case.
And let's not blame the Covid pandemic.
The increasing problems have been building over the last 15-20 years.