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jody

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3. If drugs were not controlled, prices would go down and prison cells would be emptied. I'm for that.
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 05:17 PM
Dec 2012

Anyway the latest government report shows http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32842.pdf

From 1994 to 2007, firearm number increased from 192 million to 294 million.

From 1994 to 2007, Firearms-Related Murder Rate decreased from 6.6 to 3.9.

Suicides and Accidents rates associated with firearms also declined as firearm numbers increased.

And legalizing drugs would probably reduce gun violence more than cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #1
Awesome! *hands you a medal for being awesome* nt ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #2
If drugs were not controlled, prices would go down and prison cells would be emptied. I'm for that. jody Dec 2012 #3
Exactly, more guns == more violence realgreen Dec 2012 #4
May be logical to you but the government report showed murder rates with firearms decreased as # of jody Dec 2012 #5
Yes. The problem is prohibition != fewer guns Recursion Dec 2012 #13
Why? OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #6
You want to know what a good argument for decriminalising/legalising drugs is? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #7
I agree with your comments on Mexico as to why it's such a violent place... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #8
Well... Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #9
Well, yeah if you want them you can get them... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #10
Which isn't what I advocated Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #12
Oops, I was confused by your responding to a thread entitled "I want controlled drugs deregulated' OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #14
Legalisation of cannabis, decriminalisation of smack, meth and coke Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #15
Eek... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #16
Please learn the difference between "decriminalised" and "legal" Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #17
Ah, OK, thank you... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #18
Alcohol is legal, how many alcoholics are there? Enough to justify criminalising alcohol? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #19
No, but don't you think we have enough problems with alcohol?... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #20
I think that it's frankly silly to assume that more people will do drugs if they're legal Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #21
OK, then it's silly... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #22
Rates aren't "sky-high" Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #23
Rates of addiction in this country are in fact 'sky-high'... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #24
That's just absurd Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #25
Well, now that YOU'VE called the argument stupid and me ignorant... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #26
Ending the War on Drugs would do more to end gun violence than anything I can think of Recursion Dec 2012 #11
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results." No one knows jody Dec 2012 #27
Drugs (both soft and hard) should be legalized, Jamaal510 Dec 2012 #28
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