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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Ruining a criminal's night (personal defense)
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Date: Wed, 24-Apr-85 22:31:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 24 22:31:00 1985
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>/* dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) /  2:31 am  Apr 23, 1985 */
>In article <1043@utcsri.UUCP> west@utcsri.UUCP (Thomas L. West) writes:
>>   How long would it take to see the disappearance of the handgun from 
>>criminal's hands if handguns were totally outlawed today.  That it would
>>be illegal to import, sell or own a handgun or handgun ammunition.  My guess
>>is that the we'd see a dramatic decrease in one year, and none in five.

>WISHFUL THINKING! It has been illegal to import, sell, or own marijuana
>for a lot longer than 5 years, yet there's always plenty around.  There
>is no way to completely seal off the borders of a country that isn't
>prohibitively expensive, like, say, an electric fence, which would have
>to be several miles high to stop airplanes.
>
>--
>	David Canzi

What's more, if made illegal, the only suppliers of handguns would be
criminals.  Thus the number of suppliers of guns would be much smaller
than otherwise and probably limited.  The suppliers could then charge
prices closer to monopoly prices.  This would create an incentive
for more suppliers to enter the business.

In fact, the greater the crackdown, the greater would be the efforts
of suppliers to bring guns to market.

					Michael Sykora