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Old 09-24-2017, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa View Post
Yep. SO much better. Prohibition in the early 30's led to illegal gin mills and Organized Crime gangs such as Al Capone's in Chicago, with murder, bribery and intimidation the order of the day.

Then there was also the Great Depression of course. Not to mention Bonnie and Clyde, Machine Gun Kelly, Baby Face Nelson, John Dillinger, and Giuseppe Zangara. Who was Zangara, you ask? He was the assassin who attempted to shoot President Franklin Roosevelt at an outdoor appearance and accidentally killed Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak instead.

He killed the Mayor on February 13, 1933. He was tried, sentenced, and by March 20, 1933, he was executed in federal prison. Humm. Maybe the 30's were the good old days.

Now we have organized crime gangs like the cartel that gave way to pot mills with murder, bribery and intimidation the order of the day. Maybe we need to learn the prohibition lesson once again.