THE Gun Thread

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

But you said that limiting guns would make the price of existing guns 'rise to ridiculous levels', which would in turn lead to the manufacture of illegal guns, which would result in the nightmare scenario of gangbangers with submachine guns.

None of that happens in countries that restrict gun ownership.  Not here, not the UK, not Canada, not Australia, not Japan...not anywhere. I researched the price of semi-auto shotguns in each of those countries and it doesn't vary by more than about 20 percent (up or down) than US prices.  And as far as I can tell (though it's admittedly a harder thing to research), not a single one of those countries appears to be struggling with the problem of home-made submachine guns.

Boru

Jesus Christ.

Pay fucking attention.

The scenario depends on a condition that Brian wants - that DOES NOT EXIST - the halting of manufacture of new firearms....

Did you miss that bit or are you just arguing to see yourself in print??

You worded it poorly when you used the word ‘limiting’. I can only respond to what you actually write, not some unexpressed meaning known only to you.

I may have missed where 37 wants the manufacture of new firearms to stop. He’s expressed a desire that you vet your gun owners more carefully, but that’s not remotely the same thing.

Please don’t get pissy at me because you can’t express yourself properly.

Boru