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Originally Posted by Montana Moe
Prohibition of anything in the U.S. just creates an underground market for it. You just need to look at alcohol early in the 20th century for that, or the illegal drug trade today. I'd much rather have the industry be taxed and regulated.
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If that's the case why prohibit things like child pornography? After all, there's an underground market for it. Would you rather it be taxed and regulated?
To be serious here though, banning things like alcohol and drugs are a lot different then guns. Anyone can make alcohol or weed. It is easy to setup a grow op or a still. It is not easy to setup a factory to build guns and ammunition.
As well, with alcohol you have a customer base that makes purchases on a regular basis. Selling guns, you'll have a hard time finding repeat customers. How many people would really be buying guns on a regular basis?