Re:What If U.S. Cities Just Stopped Participating in the War...
by SilasX on Sunday May 18, 2014 @02:57AM
(#7762408)
It's already illegal. The problem is getting:
1) police to care about this kind of crime enough to come quickly
2) victims to follow through and testify when an arrest is made
3) the public to be willing to commit resources to arrest and incarcerate perpetrators.
It may (or may not) be the case that targeting the behavior is less costly then banning it. Either way, it's not as simple as just banning the immediately-objectionable behavior.
1) police to care about this kind of crime enough to come quickly
2) victims to follow through and testify when an arrest is made
3) the public to be willing to commit resources to arrest and incarcerate perpetrators.
It may (or may not) be the case that targeting the behavior is less costly then banning it. Either way, it's not as simple as just banning the immediately-objectionable behavior.