Gunner on Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:42:29 -0800 typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Just send truckloads of loaded AK's to Chicago and spread them on the
streets like salt. Within a week there would be no more gun violence!

I think you are wrong there.

It would take 3 weeks for the last street muchkin to be killed.

There are a LOT of them in that city.

But after a couple weeks, the ones left would be "smarter" - for
some values of "smart"

Actually..probably not. When they manage to kill off their
competition, that means the dope they were holding before death came
their way suddenly means a surplus for the survivors. Party time!

Then they get really stupid.

Maybe, maybe no. Stupid people can be so ingenious. But some of
those folks, they are smart, and it is a business. Freakonomics had a
section on the finances of the Recreational Pharmaceutical
Distribution Industry. The researcher had been given The Books by a
major player when the cops closed in. Basically, at the street level,
well it paid better than McDonalds, but largely because taxes weren't
taken out. And drug wars - bad for business, plus the added expenses.
So, I suspect that there will be a number who will survive - if
only because they are not completely stupid.
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pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."