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three things that, for a price, are all illegally available in America.
Bear bile is thought by some to be useful in traditional Asian apothecary practices, but is very cruelly harvested and banned everywhere. And yet, it shows up frequently in raids for contraband substances.
As Africans immigrate to the Western countries and gain some economic resources, some of them yearn for the comfort food of the old country. Yearning turned into a "bushmeat" market, encompassing monkey, zebra, and other illegal meats brought into the US and Europe - and this is a perishable product!
Listen, supply meets demand at some price. Look at cigarettes. States with low taxes see traffickers come in from high tax states and transfer the cigarettes illegally to their home state. As the differential increases, so does the illegal flow.
The plain truth is "illegal" guns will be with us until Judgment Day. Not only is there a huge reservoir of weapons in the US right now but we can't successfully seal our borders against guns, drugs or monkeymeat.
The greatest effect of tighter controls on legal gun ownership is to raise the price of illegal guns. Rather than cooling the desire for guns, this policy increases the power and reach of organized crime. Huge profits come from importing illegal anything because the selling price is artificially raised above intrinsic value. Organized crime is well familiar with the risks and rewards and is already really good at it. They bring contraband into the US by the ton and reap the profit. It's this kind of profit that buys power and commands obedience. Mexican gangs have already set the Mexican government teetering. Keeping guns legal and easily accessible keeps illegal gun sales from becoming another profit center for these savvy and immoral businessmen. Just another way we protect America by protecting our right to keep and bear arms.
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I think you draw conclusions that are not valid. If you were able to limit the supply of guns, than you would have a different picture in this country. One way to do that would be to end the production and purchase of certain firearms, like assault rifles. Yes, criminals would still have them for a time, but we are not living in Africa or Mexico, so the supply would eventually dry up.
No, you should not (and cannot) limit the legal posession of these weapons, but you can do something to end the supply to illegal elements.
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I suspect zeroprospect that you are very young or very developmentally disabled. All of history is against you, yet you speak with all the confidence of the callow and ignorant youth who has yet to learn history's lessons.
Oh, and this is not spam. I typed it all out by hand, while trying not to become too enraged by or sickened by your unearned arrogance.
I have rifles made in Russia in the 1940's during the Second World War that still function well today. Firearms last a very long time if even marginally cared for they truly have only two enemies, rust and politicians. If we stopped selling all semiautomatic weapons tomorrow I can guarantee you they'd still be around a hundred years from then.
zeroprospects, by definition your message may still be spam, because "spam" in this case is unsolicited advertising. Just because it isn't automatically posted by a robot doesn't necessarily equate to "not a spam".
More on topic: I think you misunderstand the term "assault rifle". The military use of the term refers to automatic rifles, which are already very tightly controlled (require registration, multiple approvals, etc.). The layman, political, or news sensationalist term refers to a semi-automatic rifle. The ONLY different between these and "ordinary" rifles (i.e. bolt action) is that a semi-auto loads a round for you. You still have to release the trigger, and then press it again to fire. This is technology that is a 100 years old. Thus, supply would NEVER dry up, because it is not technically complex; additionally, even mediocre guns with mediocre care can hit a 100 years. You also failed to grasp that there is no practical way to seal the border; if assault rifles are truly banned, they could always be imported from Pakistan (the world's second largest illegal arms market) or anywhere. This means the criminal element will always maintain an advantage with more gun control.
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