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 "Ladies Choice"  wrote in message 
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 > In article , tommorrison@ByteMe.com 
 > says... 
 >> 
 >> 
 >>"Free Man"  wrote in message 
 >>news:MPG.1e2d7b8ccde38f4989840@news.individual.net... 
 >>> Tom's afraid that his American buddies will laugh at him if he can't 
 >>> have 
 >>> an arsenal.  That's all he cares about. 
 >> 
 >>Ya know, 'Free Man', opinions are like assholes. Everyone and thier dog's 
 >>got one, the majority of which should not be on public display. 
 >> 
 >> 
 > 
 > such as ones based on nothing but pitiful wishful thinking, like "As 
 > stated 
 > earlier, I don't believe the size of the market has anything to do with 
 > the 
 > effectiveness of any prohibition." 
  
 Market size is not always a factor in the effectiveness of prohibition 
 efforts. Take bear gall bladders. The market for this so-called delicacy is 
 quite small (a lot smaller than that for black-market firearms) yet 
 prohbition and enforcement has failed to prevent poaching and smuggling. 
 Same with elehant ivory. You underestimate the sophistication of these 
 markets. This isn't Indians driving truckloads of cigarettes across the Rez. 
  
 In the case of handguns the size of the market would not be a factor for 
 several reasons. First, the size of the legal market in the United States. 
 Second, the ability of Americans to easily access legal handguns. Third, a 
 porous border. The Canadian Border Agency and the RCMP confiscated about 
 3400 handguns in the last five years, not including long-barrel and various 
 assault weapons. They claim this is a very small tip of a very large 
 iceberg. Conservatvely some estimate the number to be 5000 a  year. 
  
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