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At the risk of stating the painfully obvious, "gun crimes" refers to crimes committed with guns (murder, assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery, etc.), not
by LordKano 11y ago
At the risk of stating the painfully obvious, "gun crimes" refers to crimes committed with guns (murder, assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery, etc.), not to violations of gun prohibition.
In that case, one could argue that "drug crime" isn't really violation of prohibition laws but the crimes committed to feed the habits of addicts or crimes committed while under the influence of drugs.
In reality it's both. Gun crimes are shootings and non-violent violations of firearms regulations. Possession of an unlicensed machinegun is a gun crime.
- lisper 11y agoSure, but the vast majority of "crimes committed to feed the habits of addicts" would simply evaporate if there weren't prohibition because the price of drugs wouldn't be so high, so addicts wouldn't need to commit crimes to support their habit. I don't know how much crime is actually committed under the influence. I'm pretty sure that smoking marijuana actually reduces one's tendency to commit crimes.
- LordKano 11y agoFrom what I remember, nothing more serious than mischief takes place when people are under the influence of marijuana and there is still a great deal of debate about whether or not marijuana is even addictive. "drug crime" also includes the crimes committed by people who are addicted to heroin or cocaine.