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Subject Drug users: Should they be shot on sight?

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Should we give our officers the tools they need to execute suspected drug users on sight? I see no reason why not. Drug users are responsible for a great deal of pollution, and they are undesirable. Many other nations already allow for the execution of drug dealers. Why not drug users? We could use sophisticated technology such as helmet cams and night vision in order to make entertaining reality TV shows involving officers gunning the druggies down in the darkness. In fact, we could have the officers give all the jail inmates a "get-out-of-jail-free-card" by getting them to voluntarily take bath salts in exchange for an immediate release from jail in to the outskirts of town where the killing squads lurk.
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Here's an interesting bit of news for you, OP.

Did you know that the US Constitution actually prohibits government from regulating what you put into your body or what you do with it?  See, what is written in the Constitution after the Preamble is what protects our inalienable rights given to us by God and not men among which are the pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness.  The government was never given the power to legislate morality - that was considered, by commonsense, to be the purview of the family and the community which included the church.  All of these laws that regulate, forbid and make illegal the use of any substance are, in fact, unconstitutional as they take away a person's right to pursue Life, Liberty and Happiness as the individual sees fit.

Now, do I think that putting harmful substances in the body is a wise thing?  Hell no.  But I respect the right of an individual to make bad choices.  Putting the drug in their body is their right, however, how they behave afterwards is where the law comes in.  If their behavior threatens the Life, Liberty and Happiness of another sovereign individual, it is the responsibility of Legislators to create law which provides for the protection of each individual's rights without restricting the rights of other individuals.  This is why there should only be punishment for the behavior and not for the act of using the substance.

Most people don't understand this which is why we have ended up with the police state so many people bitch about.
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Éireann is 100% correct, the way of life is really simple... We all have rights, my rights end where yours begins. It's really that simple. Now having someone tell you what you can eat or drink or smoke is bad enough, but to have someone that wants to kill you for it is just plain asinine.

The sad thing is that there are people that really believe they have the right to kill others and they use some insane justifications.

Now this idea of killing drug users because they may pose a threat to others smells like that movie with  Tom Cruise called "Minority Report". You can't kill someone because they "may" do something. It doesn't work that way in the west.

Drugs were around before man...They have helped man survive on this planet with their medicinal qualities. Their uses in religious practices is documented. Their use in recreation is a relief to humanity when used responsibly.

To all the people that agree with the OP on this...I don't hold it against you, it is your lack of understanding, education, compassion, information, and experience, that and the fact that you are more than likely repeating someone else's feelings toward the matter as you have no experience to actually form an opinion on the subject.

I just hope that when you have children they grow up to be responsible recreational drug users to see if you still feel that way.
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Original Message Should we give our officers the tools they need to execute suspected drug users on sight? I see no reason why not. Drug users are responsible for a great deal of pollution, and they are undesirable. Many other nations already allow for the execution of drug dealers. Why not drug users? We could use sophisticated technology such as helmet cams and night vision in order to make entertaining reality TV shows involving officers gunning the druggies down in the darkness. In fact, we could have the officers give all the jail inmates a "get-out-of-jail-free-card" by getting them to voluntarily take bath salts in exchange for an immediate release from jail in to the outskirts of town where the killing squads lurk.

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