Prohibition bump.
Connecting the War on Guns & Drugs [my title]
Address:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/820965/posts
"-- To understand the effect of the Drug War, we must understand it for what it is: the second Prohibition in America in this Century.
I do not need to remind anyone who knows our recent history what a disaster the first Prohibition was. It is a classic example of the attempt to control a vice--drunkenness--by police power. It made all use of alcohol a case of abuse. It produced such an intense wave of violence that it gave a name--The Roaring Twenties--to an entire decade. It lead to the establishment of powerful criminal empires, to widespread corruption in police and government, and to a surge of violence and gunfire all over the land.
And it produced a powerful attack on the Bill of Rights, including the most successful campaign of gun control laws in America up to that time.
Before the first Prohibition criminalized the trade in alcohol, liquor dealers were ordinary businessmen; after 1920 they were all violent criminals fighting for their territories.
We had gang wars, and drive-by shootings, and the use of machine guns by criminals. --"
just open the doors and let 'em in
let 'em in
let 'em in
just open the doors and let 'em in
'cause that's what it means to be Amer-i-can...
and they come across our borders to work hard and provide for their families...I see. Geez, I must have been born yesterday... (dripping sarcasm)