Steve Brownstein’s statements in “Born Bad?” are the cornerstone of the pit bull argument and reflect this city’s response to damn near everything controversial: stronger law enforcement. Let’s take a look at two other law-enforcement priorities in Chicago. The first, which is hinted at by Brownstein, is illicit drugs sale/use. I don’t know about you, but the so-called war on drugs has made it nearly impossible for me to get any kind of narcotics in the city of Chicago. If only I could find somewhere to acquire cocaine, marijuana, or ecstasy in my neighborhood. I have to go all the way to a bathroom in a club in the Gold Coast to get my fix. The second, a crackdown on firearms through increased legislation and jail times, sure has kept our murder rate down. Chicago was the murder capital of the U.S. a few years ago. That has abated drastically since. We are now only in the top five.
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