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NY Paper publishes list of CCW permit holders!!
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If there was a "Prohibition" of sorts on guns, surely there would be underground markets, and "bootleg" homemade weapons created? Maybe in time, those markets would be tracked and shut down, but I don't think you can ever completely outlaw or eliminate the firearm as long as people know how to make or obtain one. Just a thought.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1044117 There already are. The black market for weapons is bigger than the legitimate one. Where do you think criminals get their firearms. If you have the cash and don't mind breaking the law you can get anything you want, including fully automatic/ select fire military grade firearms that are all off the grid. I, however, want no part of that. it's not a world I want to be involved in. They couldn't stop the flow of alcohol during prohibition. They can't stop the drug trade despite 40 some years of the war on drugs. Why should anyone believe they can stop the illegal weapons trade. Once they make something illegal, the black market for those items grows exponentially. A country that allows and facilitates illegal trades amongst it's people (while putting on airs to prevent it) can surely stop it at a whim. We aren't under a gun ban yet. Those other conduits could be shut down. It seems to me that if their concern is the safety and welfare of the general population then closing off the flow of illegal weapons should come prior to disarming law abiding Americans who pose no legitimate threat. That is precisely why American citizens should be very concerned about the motives behind the rhetoric.
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