Chicago Looks to Ban Baggies

[john9001]

oh yeah, that will stop the drug trade, why don't they just make the drugs illegal,........oh wait, they already did that. 

[trax1]

One additional purpose might be to generate extra revenue. I'm sure there will be some hefty fines involved.

One of the main motivations when I moved out of the city were the "hidden taxes." The excessive real taxes, and city stickers and the pass along taxes you paid eating in a restaurant were bad enough. But, Chicago made it real easy to break the law and pay the fine. For example, a street may have  parking regulations (time of day, etc.) yet not have them clearly posted on every block of a street.

There was always someone reaching into your pocket.

Charon

It just got worst, they just raised the sales tax another percent in Cook county, so they now have the highest in the country.  I think it's at 10.5% now.

[BaDkaRmA158Th]

Quick, dont go after the people moving it into our country by the pounds, stop the little baggies people use to push it!

Afterall, once it fails to stop the drug from being sold, we can always push further to further invade peoples privacy to have them PROVE there innocence.

Today the plastic baggie, tomorrow your anus and other body cavitys!
daaahahahaaaaaaaaaa...

:|

[Charon]

It just got worst, they just raised the sales tax another percent in Cook county, so they now have the highest in the country.  I think it's at 10.5% now.

No poop. I live about 3 blocks from lake county. The good news, It's easy to shop in Lake County. The Bad news, I still live in Crook County. Fortunately, my community if one that is making a noise about seceding from the county. I may beat them to the punch if I can this year, and if I can make it work set up shop across the state line in Wisconsin or Indiana. One can dream. That flipping housing surplus is throwing a wrench into the works though. I don't like to think about keeping a house clean and ready to sell for 9 straight months until an offer comes.

[edit: LOL, instead of the **** the new BBS inserts a G rated substitution!]

[Rich46yo]

I think it can't hurt, gives the cops another thing to charge people dealing and using with, like I said just about every dealer in Chicago uses them, I'd say atleast 90%.

                      I dont see us arresting anyone for a little baggie. What would we call it, "unlawful possesion of baggie"? We still stack up enough bodies in this town to keep busy and these little baggies are the farthest thing from our minds.

[trax1]

                      I dont see us arresting anyone for a little baggie. What would we call it, "unlawful possesion of baggie"? We still stack up enough bodies in this town to keep busy and these little baggies are the farthest thing from our minds.

No I don't see them arresting anybody for just having them, but when you arrest a dealer or user and they have them, then charge them with it.  The baggies are how each block identifies their drug, it's almost like a promotional tool they use, user's find out which brand is good and word spreads.  I do agree though that it won't prevent any use to outlaw them, but like I said it's an additional charge to throw on.

[eskimo2]

Drug dealers drive Escalades, wear Nike’s, carry Glocks and wear red bandanas; if we ban all of those things too maybe the drug dealers will go away…

[DREDIOCK]

One additional purpose might be to generate extra revenue. I'm sure there will be some hefty fines involved.
Charon

LOL You mean you too have figured ut that is what the MAIN reason for many ordnances both old and new are really for?

They tell us its for safety. When really its about finding new ways of boosting revenue.

Roadside extortio...I mean seatbelt and inspection checks.
Cell phone while driving bans
0 tolerence crackdown drives on drivers.

It aint about safety.
They dupe the cops and public into thinking thats what its about.

Its really abuut whats its always about.
MONEY and how they can get more of it from you.

Banning baggies is going to help stop crack use like thinking that baning tissue will stop sneezing

[texasmom]

They shouldn't ban the sale of the baggies.  They should use that little gift  of identification to their own advantage instead.

[Rich46yo]

                          The cops are the last ones they fool.

[BlueJ1]

Dealers will find something new. Always do.


Texasmom said thong... hehe

[Jackal1]

Dealers will find something new. Always do.

They won`t have to find anything new. They will continue to use the baggies as always.
What has been done by this idiotic move is to invent a new lucrative and profitable way to make money by violating a ban. We seem to be getting to expert level on creating new contraband businesses. Ridiculous.
Something else such stupidity does is open up doors for future extortion and twisting.
Every rare coin collector/dealer, every rare stamp collector/dealer, every gem collector/dealer etc. in Chicago has now became eligible to be charged under this stupidity if desired or the opportunity arises.
Drug dealers are not worried about the fact that they are commiting a felony, in the case of crack/meth sales. I don`t think the big baggy crackdown is going to be much concern.

[DREDIOCK]

Drug dealers are not worried about the fact that they are commiting a felony, in the case of crack/meth sales. I don`t think the big baggy crackdown is going to be much concern.

Thats right.
Because baggies don't do drugs.
People do.
 

[NUKE]

Like I said before...

Let's just ban all the items that drug dealers use. That makes sense.

[kotrenin]

This will go just like the "talking on the cell phone while driving ban"  and the "obstructing emergency vehicles" law.  It will be enforced for a week then forgotten.  Used only when the cops need that "something extra" for the ticket."  In Chicago cops won't pull you over for erratic driving until you actually hit something.