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Gun killing down 40% in CT after new gun law
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01/07/2015 12:52:59
 
 
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>'cuz making drugs illegal has made them disappear - just like liquor did during Prohibition.
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>That certainly is true enough. If you have enough people who want something and you make it illegal, you just create a black market where they can get what they want.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/nyregion/grand-jury-said-to-bring-no-charges-in-staten-island-chokehold-death-of-eric-garner.html

This case, where one man died and a policeman who was trying to do his duty probably has had his career ruined for enforcing a ridiculous law, involved selling "loose" cigarettes.

Unfortunately, there are people who cannot afford a pack of cigarettes and are forced to buy them loose.. which is against a law. (Way back when times were really bad, my mother bought them loose till she learned how to roll her own)
Think about that.. you can sell and buy them by the pack legally but you break a law by selling and buying them one at a time.
When someone claims that laws disproportionately affect the poor, this case proves the point.
Anyone who does not go overboard- deserves to.
Malcolm Forbes, Sr.
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