FTA: The Obama administration last month urged the Supreme Court to reject the suit, saying that the leakage was not Colorado's fault.
But just a few weeks ago, the same President argued that gun crime in Illinois is Indiana's fault for having less restrictive gun laws.
Prosecutors have full discretion on the most important cases they choose pursue. This would be an exercise of that discretion.
Besides, that's like saying "no one ever got all baked and left their child in a hot car because they were carrying a gun.." In other words, it's kind of a pointless point.
Nothing pisses me more off than seeing a parent light up a fucking cigarette in front of their kids. But marijuana? God forbid any kid with epilepsy or depression smoke the devil's drug and end up like reefer madness...
"Get rid of gun laws and you rid yourselves of gun crime" would seem to be more equivalent.
Crime is more often in the intent/implementation, not the tools.
The moral equivalent with drug laws would be drunk driving. (And I think that kills more people than guns.)
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.
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.
"drug crime" also includes the crimes committed by people who are addicted to heroin or cocaine.
Also DUI, Minor in possession, providing controlled substance to minor.