March 27, 2002
From the desk of Jane Galt:So here's my opinion on
So here's my opinion on racial profiling: legalize drugs and concealed carry.
Think about it. All those traffic stops, the stop-and-frisks that humiliate and anger a large sector of society -- what are the cops looking for? When they make some kid drop his pants in the middle of the street, they're not checking to see whether he's carrying a stolen tv in there -- they're looking for weapons or drugs. Legalize concealed carry and drugs and you eliminate any payoff, in terms of making cops' quotas, to the searches. We also get rid of a lot of the payoff to the crime that leads to the environment in which the searches are necessary or permissible.
Now here's a question: If we legalize drugs, do we allow money to flow into the inner city, by creating a more stable environment, or pull money out of the inner city, by removing idiot bankers dropping $500 on a whiff of cocaine?
Posted by Jane Galt at March 27, 2002 9:34 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links