Yes, it’s true!

According to an editorial in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune, “Last year alone, of the 570 slayings in which police determined motives, 260 were tied to gangs, narcotics or narcotics turf disputes.” That’s almost half of the murders cops have pinned down a motive for.

These murders are a direct result of the illegal drug trade in Chicago. There might be a lot of ugly things about legally available hard drugs, but will there be anything as ugly as those 260 lives that were lost last year. Or that are lost every year, in every major metropolitan area in this country?

The answer, of course, is more vigorous prosecution of this war on drugs and gangs, says the Tribune editorial.

Hooray for stupidity!