Poll: Are all illegal drug users responsible for drug gang violence?

[friendly_iconoclast]

More than a few posts over the past week hold non-criminal gun owners responsible for
enabling criminal use of guns.

I was reminded of this by my memories of a certain Canadian ex-DUer that would
occasionally remind us that the Canadian wholesale cannabis business is dominated
by violent biker gangs, so those who chose 'hydro' instead of Mexican for ethical reasons
(as opposed to taste) were only fooling themselves.
Said ex-DUer was/is also virulently antigun.

(Note: this does NOT include those who use it for medical reasons and get their supplies
from legal dispensaries)

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	Yes, as their demand enables such folk as bikers and narcotraficantes
	0 (0%)
	Yes- but not if they grow their own cannabis, and strictly limit themselves to the same.
	4 (57%)
	No
	3 (43%)
	Other (please explain)
	0 (0%)
	No Opinion
	0 (0%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[BainsBane]

1. Yes, just as you are responsible for child labor

If you purchase goods made with it. That goes for any trafficked drug, regardless of type.

[MrSlayer]

2. No. Prohibition is responsible for the gangs.

And by extension the violence is as well.

End prohibition and the gangs disappear.

[Live and Learn]

6. +1 nt

[NYC Liberal]

3. No, the drug war is.

The drug war has created the black market that allows criminals and gangs to reap enormous, tax-free profits instead of legitimate, regulated businesses.

[marybourg]

4. If ALL drug users stopped using, would drug-trafficking violence

end? Of course it would, so the answer seems self-evident to me.

[Kurska]

18. If all people stopped breathing, all genocide would end.

Fucking ridiculous, blame the drug war not the drugs.

[Comrade Grumpy]

21. If ALL countries ended drug prohibition, would drug trafficking violence end?

Well, yes, yes, it would.

When was the last time you saw Coors and Budweiser shooting it out?

[cheapdate]

5. Bullshit.

Name one post that purports to "hold non-criminal gun owners responsible for enabling criminal use of guns".

Arguing for regulations on the sale, possession, or use of firearms as a way to stem the onslaught of mass shootings is not at all the same thing as "hold(ing) non-criminal gun owners responsible for enabling criminal use of guns".

[letemrot]

9. Are you kidding?

All the "you have blood on your hands" threads..etc. there are quite a large number and have been all over GD since Friday.

[cherokeeprogressive]

11. Wow, you must not have been reading much. n/t

[friendly_iconoclast]

12. How quickly they forget-here you go:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2042170

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022013130

http://www.democraticunderground.com/117293839#post8

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1977221

"I blame every damned Gun Lover for every gun death"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1978051

"So yeah, I'm willing to extend guilt to every single gun owner in this country."

[cheapdate]

13. I stand corrected. I feel stupid, and contagious.

[friendly_iconoclast]

17. ...Here we are now, entertain us!...

[99Forever]

7. Reach much?

[letemrot]

10. About as much as the anti-gun people are..

N/t

[closeupready]

14. not 100%, but culpability is shared.

That's why I voted yes.

[RomneyLies]

15. Most RIDICULOUS Post of the year. n/t

[HereSince1628]

16. No, but they contribute to acceptance of the illicit drug market

[Kurska]

19. The only thing that does that is prohibition. n/t

[HereSince1628]

20. By definition, of course. That's what makes the market illicit.