After repeal of the 18th amendment, homicide and other crime rates fell. The crime rates remained low 6 of 7 up until the start of the drug war. Drug war policies inflate the prices of narcotics and cause huge profits to be made in the black market drug trade. Control of drug turf, as during Prohibition, is often decided through violence. It has turned our cities into war zones.
Most drug arrests are for possession and use rather than for dealing.
Mandatory drug sentencing has filled our jails with nonviolent people, while murderers, rapists, and thieves are set free or not even sentenced to alleviate prison overcrowding. To reduce crime, we must end this insane Drug War. Gun Control - The use of a firearm for self defense against an attacker or a corrupt state is one of the most basic rights of an individual. Police cannot protect you from an attacker. A recent Columbia Law School study shows a significant drop in crime in areas where concealed weapon laws have been passed.