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FrodosPet

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37. How has that "Stop pot smoking" thing been working for them?

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #27)

Sun May 19, 2013, 08:33 PM

May 2013

Prohibition does not work. It just creates black markets.

Changing people's hearts, their attitudes and motivations, their peer pressures, and their anger levels seems like it would be far more effective than increasing even further the number of young African American males being stopped and searched and incarcerated by the police.

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Gun shots out my window, AGAIN [View all] BainsBane May 2013 OP

You never get used to it FrodosPet May 2013 #1

I don't think so BainsBane May 2013 #4

Be safe FrodosPet May 2013 #6

the cops have come BainsBane May 2013 #8

I'm less than two miles from Detroit FrodosPet May 2013 #15

which direction from Murder City? backwoodsbob May 2013 #23

North, in Southfield. FrodosPet May 2013 #36

One of your neighbors has likely pissed off a drug dealer Warpy May 2013 #34

I'm sorry. OneGrassRoot May 2013 #2

Thank you BainsBane May 2013 #3

Oy vey. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #5

Yep, cops did come BainsBane May 2013 #7

sigh. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #9

This really isn't that crappy of a neighborhood BainsBane May 2013 #11

Hope they got 'em. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #12

They shot up my car! BainsBane May 2013 #22

Oh, Jeez. That SUCKS. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #26

Reinterpret the 2nd and ban all bullets from individuals on the street.It takes ONE vote. graham4anything May 2013 #10

Prohibition never stopped drugs or alcohol FrodosPet May 2013 #17

I don't belive in conspiracy theories, especially those talking about a "police state" graham4anything May 2013 #18

You'd have to do more than reinterpret the 2nd... beevul May 2013 #35

We dismantled the bill of rights, particularly the 4th amendment, to stop pot smoking. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #27

How has that "Stop pot smoking" thing been working for them? FrodosPet May 2013 #37

It hasn't. But it's ridiculous to imagine that we can't regulate firearms tighter than we do now. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #41

so true BainsBane May 2013 #42

I'm really sorry you have to live in fear. In_The_Wind May 2013 #13

not always BainsBane May 2013 #14

Twice I lived in neighborhoods where I heard gunfire on the weekends. In_The_Wind May 2013 #16

Turns out they shot up my car BainsBane May 2013 #21

Is your car able to be driven? I'm really glad no one was hurt! In_The_Wind May 2013 #44

I am sorry for your situation. Living with crime sucks. geckosfeet May 2013 #19

I can sympathize,but the rural areas are not necessarily safer. femmocrat May 2013 #20

Living in fear is a small price to pay so that gun lovers can have their toys Hugabear May 2013 #24

couldn't agree more BainsBane May 2013 #25

You and I may not agree on everything, but I'm with you 100% on this one. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #28

somehow I thought you were a gunner BainsBane May 2013 #30

Nope. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #33

and of course there is no way owning a gun G_j May 2013 #29

Sorry BB. It's a shame anyone has to live like this Cleita May 2013 #31

thank you BainsBane May 2013 #32

This kind of reminds me of the cops here in Miami. geomon666 May 2013 #38

Dude, you need to move. Iggo May 2013 #39

Ditto to that. n/t RebelOne May 2013 #40

don't buy a gun newmember May 2013 #43

Holy crap! HappyMe May 2013 #45