Drunk Drivers Kill = Murder One

I have been stopped several times on the way home by the multitask force to stop drunk drivers. I do not know other locations they sit at around the county, but I am grateful for the one on a well traveled road. Officers were making arrests each time my wife and I were stopped, a job well done by the combined police forces of our communities. This last time however, I thanked them for doing a great job, but then I added a value I have spearheaded since the early 70's. To my surprise he, and other officers agreed, and I decided to share this view with you.

The state claims a motor vehicle is a dangerous weapon. Actually all states in the continental U.S. have done so, therefore it stands to reason: if a motor vehicle is a dangerous weapon, and a drunk driver operates one, then any crime committed during that operation, becomes a class One, or