How Should We Deal With Gangs Moving Into 2020?

[It will be fine]

Did legalizing pot in various states lower usage?

I doubt it had any effect. I should say abuse is lowered with decriminalization. Most people are capable of using drugs recreationally. The criminal justice system is the most expensive least effective means of dealing with those that can’t.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Did legalizing pot in various states lower usage?

Of alcohol, a much more dangerous drug, yes it did!

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Sounds like Portugal is the perfect place for you to relocate.

Why should anybody relocate to use the drug(s) of their choice?
America is the land of the free and the land of opportunity.

 

[refineryworker05]

Violence in America is way down compared to the 1990's and that decline occurred without denying American citizens their rights. Again an idea like this only makes sense if you believe gang members aren't American and you therefore view them as foreign invaders threatening the nation. This viewpoint is irrational and wrong.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Unfortunately a meth lab explosion can take out a city block if the batch is large enough. And you can guarantee meth heads are gonna be making mountains of it if it were legal

You mean like how alcoholics have stills in their houses and backyard?

 

[Old Man Jingles]

You're out of touch with the reality of what these ghetto lowlifes think is acceptable behavior.

Yes I am.
I am aware of some of their concepts but definitely out of touch.

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

The criminal justice system is the most expensive least effective means of dealing with those that can’t.

Liberals like you keep repeating the lie that locking up criminals doesn't reduce crime. It does.

We do catch and release with these animals. We should be locking them up for much longer and it wouldn't be a revolving door system for thugs.

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

Violence in America is way down compared to the 1990's

Because we made laws stricter, expanded policing, and put mandatory minimums in place.

Democrats are trying to undo the advances we've made to protect law abiding citizens.

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

Why should anybody relocate to use the drug(s) of their choice?
America is the land of the free and the land of opportunity.

Okay.
We have the right to privacy and are free from unreasonable search and seizure. The laws are fine as they are.

 

[Indecisi0n]

We need more prisons and tougher judges and faster paths too executions, but i also like the idea of them killing each other too, So need to think more before i vote.

We need judge Judy

 

[refineryworker05]

Because we made laws stricter, expanded policing, and put mandatory minimums in place.

Democrats are trying to undo the advances we've made to protect law abiding citizens.

No this isn't true. First off, many stricter laws were passed by democratic mayors and governors so your last sentence about democrats is fiction. Also Crime started dropping in 1991, threes years before the 1994 crime bill, a bill which had a ton of support from democrats and was signed into law by Bill Clinton, and crime dropped all over the nation even in places that didn't implement longer sentences or get tough on crime stuff. In fact, many nations in Europe saw an increase in crime from the 1970's into the 1990's just like America, and just like America they saw huge decreases in crime, but they didn't introduce get tough on crime measures. So it is not at all clear why crime started dropping in 1991 in America.

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

No this isn't true.

It is a fact.

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

So it is not at all clear why crime started dropping in 1991 in America.

It's because we expanded policing and locked up more criminals.

Are seriously going to suggest locking up criminals doesn't reduce crime? Cone back to reality leftie.

 

[rod]

I never inhaled

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Okay.
We have the right to privacy and are free from unreasonable search and seizure. The laws are fine as they are.

Way too many friendking useless and unneeded laws.
Keep in mind, it's not the fault of police ... it's the fault of the politicians that legislate these laws.

I like Trump's idea for legislators and regulators ... for every law you write, you have to get rid of two.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

It's because we expanded policing and locked up more criminals.

Are seriously going to suggest locking up criminals doesn't reduce crime? Cone back to reality leftie.

It's the fault of the legislators that wrote all these stupid laws!

 

[refineryworker05]

It is a fact.

No, it is not, anyone can look this information up and there is no data that points to stricter laws or longer sentences reduced crime in the 1990's. It just doesn't exist

 

[refineryworker05]

It's because we expanded policing and locked up more criminals.

Are seriously going to suggest locking up criminals doesn't reduce crime? Cone back to reality leftie.

No, again there is no credible data that claims to show why crime dropped in the 1990's for the reasons you state. You are making stuff up. Again Europe had a decrease in crime without introducing get tough on crime stuff, many many areas in America had huge drops in crime without implementing get tough on crime stuff at the local or state level.

 

[Wally]

Prison.

 

[oldngray]