[Desk] Clarion-Ledger Supports Barbour’s Crime Ideas
The Clarion-Ledger editorialized today on behalf of Barbour’s proposals to target felons who commit gun crimes (harder than non-felons who commit and to ratchet up the drug war in Mississippi. The editorial closes with:
Drugs are the driving force behind much of the crime that affects average Mississippians. Increasing the number of state narcotics officers would bolster enforcement locally, which is especially needed in light of federal budget cuts. Fighting drugs and illegal guns is effective crime fighting.
The question is: What is the research to support their last statement? Does the drug war lower crime?
Posted by ladd at 12:00 PM in Governor, JFP, MS Newspapers, Analysis | Email this entry
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