Ok, you sweep through the streets and arrest everyone dealing drugs. Great. As your cops are busy processing the arrestees into custody, the dealers are back out on the street, different people.
And the case against many of those dealers falls apart. Because the dealers are not idiots. Contrary to popular opinion. You pay one guy, and then get the drugs from another as you sit in your car. You get one guy for getting money, and his lawyer explains that he had no idea why you handed him the money. You get the guy who passed you the drugs, and he says he had no idea what was in the package.
Oh some will be found guilty, and the population will be furious. Not because they approve of the drugs, but because they are getting Jury Summons’ as soon as they are off of one jury.
Then they find their taxes are going up. Way up. It cost money to build and maintain prisons. It costs money to house these people. It costs money to hire guards, medical staff, administrative staff, and they have medical concerns, which costs money too.
I rarely agree with him but FNNCO was correct. He said the only way to win, was to surrender.
Now, take that course. What happens? Ten minutes after drugs are legalized, the lawyers get involved. Lawsuits are filed by the hundreds on day one. The Cartels are now flush with Soldiers to protect their business, and what they need are lawyers, good ones, to defend their products in court.
Gasoline is used in the production of Cocaine. So every coke dealer is now being sued for selling a dangerous product. Juries award millions to the users, and the Cartels are facing bankruptcy over legal costs.
Oh, and let’s not forget Taxes. Instead of costing us billions in taxes, they’re paying billions in taxes on revenue. Want to see the Cartels cry? Having their books examined by the IRS would do it.
But no. We’re going to double down on the ineffective tactics that haven’t worked yet. Because, um. Getting tough on crime works. We know it does.
Another fool in this thread screams shut down the Southern Border. Most drugs come in that way he declares. Really?
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized $31 million worth of cocaine last week in Savannah, Georgia -- the largest cocaine seizure ever at the port.
www.cnn.com
They found a mountain of Cocaine in a Container at the local port. But hey, perhaps that ship snuck across the border in Texas when nobody was looking.
The fool who says to shoot down aircraft and sink ships smuggling. Ok. Prove that they are smuggling. Because the first boat you sink that isn’t means you’re the one getting sued, and the ship officers who fired are the ones facing charges of Murder. That’s what happens when you shoot innocents.
