I agree with the general principle that one should never accept statistics at face value but,...
If 60,000 rifles of AK-47 derivative types have been diverted to Mexico over the last couple years, is that enough to have raised the street price of these imports in the US? Or is the number of import rifles so high that it's not a problem?
Just by the by, Senator Schumer, of the firearm-hostile State of NY, has proposed an assault weapon import ban. I think this is more likely than a revival of the old AWB for a couple reasons. First, the AWB was a failure both in it's direct intentions (reduce the number semi-automatic rifles in private hands) and in it's justification (reduce gun deaths). There is really no reason for the gun-grabbers to waste their political capital on a revival. Second, it applies more directly to the AK-type (and other Russian/eastern european) rifles which are the most popular with gangs and druggies. Third, it appeals to the trade-barrier mentality of the left.
If 60,000 rifles of AK-47 derivative types have been diverted to Mexico over the last couple years, is that enough to have raised the street price of these imports in the US? Or is the number of import rifles so high that it's not a problem?
Just by the by, Senator Schumer, of the firearm-hostile State of NY, has proposed an assault weapon import ban. I think this is more likely than a revival of the old AWB for a couple reasons. First, the AWB was a failure both in it's direct intentions (reduce the number semi-automatic rifles in private hands) and in it's justification (reduce gun deaths). There is really no reason for the gun-grabbers to waste their political capital on a revival. Second, it applies more directly to the AK-type (and other Russian/eastern european) rifles which are the most popular with gangs and druggies. Third, it appeals to the trade-barrier mentality of the left.
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