Could legalizing marijuana lower gun violence in the United States?
I am a huge supporter of the 2nd Amendment, and i am also very much for legalization of marijuana. America has about 10000 gun crimes each year, is it because of my AK 47, of course not, that is absurd. It is because of the huge amount of drugs on the street, which leads to the animosity between gangs. Most of the money used to buy these hardcore expensive drugs, comes from the most used illicit drug in this country, marijuana. By taking this away from drug dealers they will not be able to spend money on expensive drugs, and that it there only way of making money to buy illegal drugs. Am i saying that this will stop hardcore drug use and gun violence, of course not, but it will however make the drugs and guns much harder to get. But my question to you is, do you think legalizing weed could have a large impact on gun violence, and har drugs? If so, why would any sensible person be against the legalization of weed?
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i agree guns are not the problem
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I don't see weed as having a major impact on violence. All it ever did for me was make me hungry and very mellow. What I do see is the Crack cocaine users going ballistic in a heartbeat and if they haven't hocked their weapon, they are willing to use it. That and heroin addicts in need of a fix. Crack heads will steal from you then hang around and help you look for what they stole!
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It's ridiculous how the gun lobby tries to blame gun violence on everything except guns. First it was violent movies, then video games, then sentencing laws, then cigarettes, and now marijuana. High gun ownership = high crime. You can be in denial all you want, it's not going to change basic facts. As you said, America has about 10000 gun crimes each year, and only a small fraction of them have anything to do with marijuana.
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I strongly believe that there would be a lot less crime of every nature if everyone would just get up and smoke a joint in the morning!
