Re: More guns the way to go? Some thoughs.
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Lol at the "if guns are not allowed" argument. The government can't keep hard drugs out of maximum security prisons. It is literally impossible to simply wave some magic legislative wand and POOF! make guns disappear.
Simple economics FTW:
1. Pass gun law to restrict access to guns; legitimate gun supply goes down.
2. Demand for guns among criminals does not change.
3. Price of illicit guns goes up, and hence the profit in supplying them, enticing more suppliers into the illicit gun market.
4. Price increase does not impact the demand for illicit guns amongst criminals, since they are, by definition, willing to simply commit property crimes to cover the increased cost. In fact, the gun is a capital investment for them.
Throw in the fact that the black market is dominated by criminals (by definition), and you have a recipe for increased crime rates completely aside from the incentive to commit crimes that comes with disarming potential victims.
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Where is this huge black market for guns in all of the countries that have gun control?
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Everywhere, in direct proportion to the demand. Have you bothered to look? The vast majority of crimes committed with guns in the US were committed with guns that were not legally obtained, so your insinuation that the black market does not supply guns to criminals is false on its face.
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