06-23-2016, 07:29 PM
(06-23-2016, 10:46 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: In a way it does prove that, because it's bad guys with guns killing other bad guys with guns. You take away inner city gang violence and we have a murder rate comparable to European nations. The solution is simple, remove the economic incentive for these gangs to kill each other by legalizing drugs, or at least some of them. Also, heavier sentences for gun related crimes, even carrying, would go some way towards solving the problem.
These are the kinds of economics arguments that barely scratch the surface.
Legalizing drugs wouldn't remove the incentives to kill people. At best, you'd only delay it.
You're not addressing the poverty, cultural, or single-mother problem by getting rid of the drug trade--all 3 are what are prompting inner city youth to turn to the black market. At best, you're only giving people a brief break from their negative effects.
Another black market would fill the void sooner or later, and we'd find ourselves back at square one.
