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Old December 20, 2012, 04:35 PM   #155
Glenn E. Meyer
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I was thinking about unintended consequences. After 9/11 many folks stopped flying as they feared another attack. This increased the number of car accidents that produced about 2000 more deaths and many more injuries.

You still would have been safer flying.

So around here all the stores are sold out of ARs. Panic buying. Now, usually buying such a gun is a deliberate and expensive proposition. The buyer probably has given some thought to it. Now we will have thousands or tens of thousands of these guns in the hands of impulse buyers. After a bit of time, if no laws prevent this, they may sell them unwisely. Or they may use them unwisely. Thus, will we have generated more than 26 deaths (which were tragic and horrible). If the guns appreciate in price, will they go for these high prices to less legit hands?

Hopefully, they would stay in safes if they weren't with a competent user.
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