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I don't think you understand what a "bubble" is. It doesn't simply refer to prices being high. It refers to prices being driven up based on expectations of the future, typically expectations of higher future prices. If we could somehow know that the current expectations that were driving prices...

If we knew there was a bubble and when it would end, there wouldn't be a bubble.

The Japanese jujitsu I've seen is every bit as concerned with incorporating weapons and empty hands as Krav Maga is. It wasn't developed with rifles and pistols in mind, but the techniques still apply. That said, it's also hard to find.

I'm not sure it's related to your question, but the majority opinion does refer to the right to bear arms as a protected civil right when discussing the difference between Congress regulating vs taxing an activity: "Those sanctions [from regulation] can include not only fines and imprisonment...

I bought a pistol from them, and was satisfied with their service. I was even happier with the price, and the fact that their advertised prices are not "cash only".

This is often not true in economics because it can take years to publish a paper. There are plenty of unpublished working papers in economics that are more carefully done than published papers in other fields. That said, this paper is clearly preliminary and not very impressive. What's been...

Do you find that the safety protrudes enough for this to work reliably?

I've spent a lot of time working with data. I'm a decent judge of what you can and cannot get out of a certain data set. At some point I decided to look into the data used by academic research on both sides of "more guns, more/less crime" debate, and I can tell you that it's all lousy. I have...

I'm coming from the opposite side of the thumb-safety issue, but I'm also not happy about the Shield's safety. My only pistol now is a 1911. I'm looking for another pistol that's smaller but has the same manual of arms. I liked the 1911-style safety on the other M&P pistols. I worry that a flat...

Product differentiation: It's not just another 3-inch 1911. It's redesigned to fit those shorter cartridges. While this might not mean much to some consumers, to others it makes potential substitutes seem less similar. (Less likely to be reliable, etc.) That allows the company to charge more...

You also can't anticipate what someone else in a hypothetical barter situation might want in exchange for their goods. That's one of the problems with barter.

Wouldn't it be easier to buy that stuff now than to stockpile some other commodity hoping you can barter for those items in the event that things get so bad you have to barter?

I'm an economics professor. I recommend you buy guns because you enjoy them or you have some use for them, not as an investment. You'll want to be prepared in the event of a disaster; however, if one strikes, it's not likely that you'll waste time either lamenting the money you lost in your...

Did you see .45 acp?

I don't think the Gun Facts statistics cited above say what Gun Facts claims they say. They seem to be conditioning on the victim having been injured (probably because they only observe cases where the victim was injured), which you can't do if you want to look at the probability of being...

I'm an economist who enjoys martial arts. In part because of my (unarmed) MA training, I wanted to learn more about guns. I shot .22s and shotguns a little bit as a kid, but had never fired a handgun. I took an intro class at my local range/store last summer and found that I enjoy shooting...