If you outlaw guns, then only....

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

... it's easier to 'solve' these problems by disarming you than by jailing them and those who illegally sold them their weapons.".
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And there's another conflict. You have voiced opposition to taxes in the past. Who pays for the prisons, guards, etc? Since these guys surely shouldn't be allowed back on the streets ever ( ) the cost will be staggering, not to mention the space that'll be needed to contain these people. Got a solution to that?

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

And there's another conflict. You have voiced opposition to taxes in the past. Who pays for the prisons, guards, etc? Since these guys surely shouldn't be allowed back on the streets ever ( ) the cost will be staggering, not to mention the space that'll be needed to contain these people. Got a solution to that?

Maybe we end the War on Drugs and use the empty cells for violent criminals? Of course a lot of the violence appears to be around the illegal drug culture so maybe those cells would stay empty.

[xoxoxoBruce]

The real cost of the war on drugs make Iraq look like pocket change.

Also, if you allow someone to dis you in front of your home boys, you'll have to leave town and not come back. If you shoot the scumbag that had the nerve to dis you, you'll be cool. If you get caught and go to jail, you're still leaving town but you can come back....at a higher status too.
The whole concept, the reasoning behind that attitude just blows my mind.

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

And there's another conflict. You have voiced opposition to taxes in the past. Who pays for the prisons, guards, etc? Since these guys surely shouldn't be allowed back on the streets ever ( ) the cost will be staggering, not to mention the space that'll be needed to contain these people. Got a solution to that?

I'm not opposed to all taxes. But one problem here is that too much of the taxes collected in Philadelphia are spent on the Mayor's cronys and other bullshit rather than on enforcing the law.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

I'm not opposed to all taxes. But one problem here is that too much of the taxes collected in Philadelphia are spent on the Mayor's cronys and other bullshit rather than on enforcing the law.

Oh, so now your a socialist - you want others to help pay for the additional prisons you want. What a collectivist! (when the collection suits you).

You don't pay Philadelphia taxes, so you have no right to complain. And the point about how they're spent? Nice straw man, Mags.