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In reply to the discussion: Missing from yesterday's speech: drugs & gangs [View all]Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)109. =Exactly.=
46% of people in prison are there on drug-related offences. This, thanks to the "war on drugs". Now we have a prison-industrial complex with increasingly privatized and even outright private prisons funded by taxpayer dollars, which promise investors a 90% occupancy rate. Gotta fill those beds somehow! Why not create a new set of sub-citizens targeted for filling those beds? It's a closed circle!
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If I was gonna have to choose between my kid smoking a joint and firing a gun,
Chorophyll
Jan 2013
#23
all the gungeon people were crying how their guns could be stolen, and yet when you ask them
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#107
Actually, Ma'am, Tracing And Vetting Of All Private Sales Will Have A Great Impact On Gang Armament
The Magistrate
Jan 2013
#6
If I listed my wife as being among my "hobbies," we'd have words on more than paint colors.
Robb
Jan 2013
#44
Having heard the arguments, seen the debates, statistics and poster children for the gun grabbers.
Remmah2
Jan 2013
#73
I wonder how the gender equality committee feels about you saying that your wife is a "hobby."
blue neen
Jan 2013
#61
Specifically I don't care what they think about me caling her a wonderful wife, it's what she thinks
Remmah2
Jan 2013
#65
Sounds to me like there have been significant improvements recently in certain areas.
dkf
Jan 2013
#42
Intelligence Collection And Collation Is In Some Ways Better In All Fields Nowadays, Ma'am
The Magistrate
Jan 2013
#46
Nothing Stops You From Expressing Support, Ma'am: Many Of Us Manage It Often....
The Magistrate
Jan 2013
#54
I can relate, to the cooking that is. What can I say. I admire the way you
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#97
Boys club??!! Nah, plenty of women feel the same way. Just ask around. I detect
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#108
That is funny because I think Obama, Clinton, and most practical Dems are closer to me than to
dkf
Jan 2013
#113
And you should be able to realize that it came from the CIA and the White House trusted them. Not
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#117
I'm King Shit of Fuck Mountain. Any other questions? Oh and do they
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2013
#119
The Decline, Ma'am, Owes To Matters Sorting Themselves Out, Back into Stable Structures
The Magistrate
Jan 2013
#36
I think you're correct. The focus was on random mass murders, not gun violence in itself.
randome
Jan 2013
#30
Interestingly New York City, which has tons of gangs, is not on that list of highest gun deaths.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#76
That shows that there sure were a lot of gun deaths in NYC in 2006. But not so much in 2011,
Squinch
Jan 2013
#91
I don't agree. I think it's hiding in the directive to Holder to be sure we don't miss dangerous
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#17
Actually, the EO calling for repeal of the ban on researching causes of gun violence might lead...
randome
Jan 2013
#48
K&R for the courage to say that, especially with the legalization of cannabis on the table. nt
patrice
Jan 2013
#53
Gangbangers get their guns from "legitamate" straw buyers with no background checks
jpak
Jan 2013
#59
So was medical mistreatment of gun injuries. That accounts for some gun deaths too.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#77
Those things have as much or more to do with gun violence as does mental illness
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#83
And mental illness is a separate issue as well. Why does it make sense to some people that,
Squinch
Jan 2013
#86
Arguments 41.8% .. Non-Drug Crime 18.2% .. Gangs 8.6% .. Drugs 5% .. Other 34.3%
ieoeja
Jan 2013
#79
which gangs and drug trafficking was involved in any of the mass murders recently?
Fresh_Start
Jan 2013
#102