Does anyone believe for a second that even if all illegal guns(heck, even legal guns) were removed from the equation that murder, crime, and poverty would somehow be lessened? People would be stabbing each other over drug real estate. The market for crossbows and other clandestine instruments of war would skyrocket (or more likely, guns still will exist, only ALL of them will be illegal).
Its not the illegal guns that are causing the crime problem.
“Obviously, there’s a disconnect and there’s a failure in the criminal justice system,” Ross said of the numbers. “I don’t understand why they’re being released if there’s a gun crime.”
See, I don't understand why "they" are being arrested if there is a "drug crime." Criminologist Jeffery Ian Ross gets close to the answer:
Ross said that the situation likely will remain unchanged unless there are more job opportunities for young men in Baltimore.
But there’s a catch, Ross said: The jobs have to pay well.
“The drug trade is very lucrative,” he said. “Nobody is going to give up a flexible, lucrative means of supporting themselves to get a Mickey Mouse job.”
As long as drugs remain illegal, they remain more lucrative to the participants in the drug trade than any job you could offer. I can see the job description targeted at these drug dealers now:
Looking to hire Sales Staff immediately, no experience required, no education necessary. Tax free income of $600-1,000 a day. Set your own hours and hire and fire (perhaps literally) your own staff at will. Motivated employees can freelance to earn extra pay. Work from home or withing walking distance. Simply buy direct from our distributors, no advertising or sales experience necessary. This stuff sells itself!
I have a prediction for Baltimore City and for America. The "chaos" is going to continue.
Update: It looks like a bunch of new jobs just opened up! I wonder how many man hours went into locking these 8-9 people up for being effective capitalists? Not like it matters, because all that work was useless. There are no addicts who will go without heroin tonight in Baltimore, as I am sure Mr. Brewer's corners were filled with new dealers hours after his arrest.
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Yeah, but have you ever heard of a drive-by knifing. No.
The point is, the illegal drug trade (and all the horrors that accompany it) will continue with or without guns being involved in the equation. Of course police should prosecute criminals with illegal guns, but I have a feeling that would be much easier if officers weren't spending their days chasing down teenagers for selling a street version a drug you can easily get in a pharmacy with a prescription.
I forgot where I heard this but it was a video of a cop asking if a man a man had an illegal amount of cash on him. I thought to myself when did having cash become illegal in any quantity and what is an illegal amount. After all how can legal tender be illegal?
Of course, you know I was joking.
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