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As a student of Economics, I've studied situations where governments try to control the sale of certain good and services using currency controls and price ceilings . One thing that happens every time those laws are passed is that the measures fail miserably.
Nations with debt problems who inflate their currency to address it usually pass price fixes to keep prices down. Despite such laws, what really happens is that good shortages on the open market begin and people resort to trading in the dark on the black market using the genuine market price. Whether prices for goods are allowed to reflect a market price which is perhaps extremely high, or if those goods are sold at the high price on the black market, nothing changes;the economy is still mismanaged , the debt problem is not resolved, and the average citizen still can't afford to eat.
I cannot help but deduce that gun control follows the same pattern. If a bad guy wants a gun, he can buy one in a store. If the store cannot sell a gun because of laws, the bad guy will buy one from a friend. If he can't buy one from a friend, he'll simply steal it. If none of those options exist, he'll call some friends and steal one from the cops. Much like price controls , the outcome of armed criminals never changes. Joe Felony will get a piece one way or the other. The only difference is where the transaction takes place and how.
In both examples, I submit that just like governments have little power over the economic distribution of goods and services, they have little power over the distribution and trade of firearms.
Nations with debt problems who inflate their currency to address it usually pass price fixes to keep prices down. Despite such laws, what really happens is that good shortages on the open market begin and people resort to trading in the dark on the black market using the genuine market price. Whether prices for goods are allowed to reflect a market price which is perhaps extremely high, or if those goods are sold at the high price on the black market, nothing changes;the economy is still mismanaged , the debt problem is not resolved, and the average citizen still can't afford to eat.
I cannot help but deduce that gun control follows the same pattern. If a bad guy wants a gun, he can buy one in a store. If the store cannot sell a gun because of laws, the bad guy will buy one from a friend. If he can't buy one from a friend, he'll simply steal it. If none of those options exist, he'll call some friends and steal one from the cops. Much like price controls , the outcome of armed criminals never changes. Joe Felony will get a piece one way or the other. The only difference is where the transaction takes place and how.
In both examples, I submit that just like governments have little power over the economic distribution of goods and services, they have little power over the distribution and trade of firearms.
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