It turns out the killer of 9 people in Dayton, Ohio had cocaine, anti-depressants, alcohol and other drugs in his system so doesn’t that make the killings drug rather then gun related?

It would seem the drugs were more likely the reason for the behavior and the gun mearly the instrument. I’m sure if the gun hadn’t been available he would have found another weapon, a car, truck, gasoline, knife etc.

While it’s horrendous that 31 people died in El Paso and Dayton the sad fact is that on average 191 Americans die from drugs every day 70,000 the last year. We were all shocked by 9/11. the fact is the death total and the cost in dollars is less then 5% of what drugs cost every year. That’s more than were killed in the entire Vietnam War and in 2 years more than all the wars we fought since World War 2. The government can’t keep drugs from dealers and the proposed laws won’t keep guns from criminals only from the law abiding.

In addition 2/3 of gun deaths are suicides so about 16,500 out of the total 25,000 and would be unaffected by gun control. I wonder how many of the remaining gun deaths are drug related, gangs killing each other over drug territory, innocent bystanders killed by stray shots, robbery victims of addicts.

The amount of drugs smuggled into the U.S. each year is the hundreds or thousands of tons. The drug cartels are at war with us, they’re wealthy, well armed and willing to do whatever is necessary to protect their business.

You look to countries like Mexico and Columbia where the drug gangs rule parts of the country and then look to some inner cities in this country where the gangs rule the streets and the law abiding live in fear. It’s time for both political parties to start treating the “War on Drugs” like a real war and treat these drugs as bio chemical weapons of mass destruction and the smugglers as terrorist.

During World War II we caught Germans who were smuggled into the country to commit sabotage, they were caught, tried and executed in less than 6 months. Those caught smuggling drugs should be treated the same way and the people manufacturing meth in this country should be declared domestic terrorist and treated the same way. If we have to change the laws do it, we’re at war and it time we started acting like it. If you think this harsh I think they’re worse than mass murderers who have mental problems these people are just greedy.