On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:02:30 GMT, Lew Hodgett cast forth these pearls of
wisdom...:

"J. Clarke" wrote:

By what mechanism?

Simple.

As you increase the cost of an activity, you reduce the number of
participants.


Typical of legitimate participants, Not so with respect to the criminal
element.

At a minimun, the number of "Saturday night specials" sold will be
reduced since the cost of ammo for it would more than double the cost
of a usable weapon.

Alarmists like to use the phrase "Saturday night specials", because it
stirs something up within them, but what in the hell is that name supposed
to mean - and more importantly, what in the hell is it supposed to mean in
the context of this discussion? Why introduce a red herring that has
nothing at all to do with the matter at hand?



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-Mike-