>>>>>>Exactly. I don't understand why gun regulation nuts disregard the comment that if you outlaw guns, then only the criminals will have guns.
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>>>>>But that's exactly the point. If only criminals have guns, you can arrest and punish them.
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>>>>>Tamar
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>>>>But can't a criminal with an illegal weapon be arrested anyway. So thats not really a very good argument.
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>>>Of course, but it sure is a lot easier when you know that if they have a gun, it's illegal.
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>>>Tamar
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>>Making drugs illegal certainly has stopped drug sales and use in this country. What percentage of criminals who use a firearm in the criminal activity are on drugs or involved in the transfer or sale of drugs?
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>Criminalising recreational drugs has been the most effective way of funding organised crime. The war on drugs has been about as effective as the war on terror and linked . the destruction of Afghan poppy fields was a major boost for extremists there.
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>Its a medical problem and should always have been treated as such.

I agree with you. We should have clinics where anybody (upon signing a waiver that they won't sue the government or anybody in case they die) can get the drugs administered to them (even to the point of overdosing them, if they wish). It would cost only a fraction of the money we spend on courts, jails, and policing this problem.