Comments on: If Guns Were Like Drugs

By: Matt Groom

Matt Groom — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:38:42 +0000

It sounds like Europe.

Certainly, the moral of the story is that we have too much government regulation in all aspects of our daily lives already. Any attempts to increase regulatory power of any branch or department of the federal government is evil, pure and simple.

I’m willing to make a firm bet that more people have died due to the over regulation of the pharmaceutical industry and the war on (some) drugs than have ever died from the incorrect use of illicit substances or the unforeseen side effects of prescribed medications. Drugs don’t kill people, Government KILLS people.

By: Chas Clifton

Chas Clifton — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:10:33 +0000

On the other hand, you would be able to drive into Mexico and find clean, brightly lit “farmacias,” I mean gun shops, in every border town selling cheaply.

Senior citizens would take bus rides to Canada to buy government-subsidized guns.

And generics would be manufactured in India …

By: Ride Fast

Ride Fast — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:27:56 +0000

[...] Regulating guns [...]

Excellent post, Sebastian. I added some info on the validation and QA of the manufacturing equipment, especially automation.

By: Reputo

Reputo — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:09:12 +0000

I agree with your assertion if you change firearms to ammunition (billions of pills are sold each year, and billions of rounds of ammunition are sold). One positive that would come from regulating ammunition like drugs is that they would give you a free dispenser (i.e. firearm) whenever you picked up your ammunition. So if there was some way we could enact this for say 4 years only (with no chance of renewal), then I might be in favor for the sole purpose of building up my arsenal. Think about it, instead of the pharmacist asking if you want a syringe or a spoon, the dealer would ask if you want a Sig or a Glock? Not only that, we wouldn’t have to fill out any ridiculous forms for the firearms (just the ammunition). Best of all, I bet most pharmacies would give you extra syringes if you asked, so in our case you could get matching Glock’s for the whole family as long as you only used your ammunition in your Glock. This has some possibilities…

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:44:18 +0000

Actually, the thought of people like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama lamenting that it’s too difficult for people to afford guns, and thus we need massive government spending and price controls would almost be worth all the other bullshit.

But not really. It is amusing to think about though.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:19:32 +0000

Obama would be talking about price controls on guns in my scenario :)

By: BillH

BillH — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:16:33 +0000

That’s only if you don’t care if it’s generic Pete (white box, black lettered BULLETS on the end of it). If you want Gold Dot or Gold Medal Match you have to go to the snooty place and wait in line, And then your discount card won’t cover it.

Hey. That’s what we have now… when was the last time you found good .45 or 5.56 at Wally’s?

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:13:38 +0000

But what you missed is that the .gov will subsidize the costs of the firearms, ala the Medicare discount drug plan. We’ll all get discount cards we can present at our local FFL!

Walmart will enact its plan to hold down prices of common calibers:
$4 for a month’s supply of 5.56mm!
$10 for a 90 days supply of .308!