You'll find "cheap" AKs and gas <$1 when you don't have a job and you
have more important things to pay for first like food and shelter (and heat
if you live up north).
BTW, Clinton did not wait 2 years into term to get his AWB turned into law.
I also recall a chance to road-block the original AWB as a bill on the Hill over
Thanksgiving that was "missed". When the next one happens, it will happen
fast.
Other possible scenario: no rifle ban, but continue parts import ban and
include all surplus mil ammo in an EO. AKs drop in price because feeding
them costs $20+/box of ammo. Great Depression II is underway and shooting
for entertainment/practice is too expensive for Joe 6-Pack. Again, Joe has
the choice between paying real bills and buying his 6 pack or going shooting.
Joe No-pack buys 6-Pack's AK for $150 and two boxes of ammo and considers
it a good "deal". He shoots one box and throws the AK and 1 box in the
closet.
Add in:
The Great O promises a fedgov debit [debt] card which will put a Turkey in
every oven every T-day, doesn't do a new AWB, creates 1/2 the jobs he's
already indicated for a new deal national infrastructure project and is
re-elected for a second term. However, due to unemployment, crime is
rampant in many areas. There are many murders, shootings, etc. During
the Great O's second term, a new AWB is passed which will "fix" the crime
problem. Money from the infrastructure projects has trickled through-out
the economy and there has been some improvement (also because people
have re-learned how to get by with less). But, the Great O's AWB will be
hailed as the actual fix for the crime problem. There is no grandfather
clause in O's AWB. Remaining rifles climb in price due to normal supply/demand
and new shooters coming of age with jobs want them. Ammo remains very
expensive. However, the crime problem is down due to the normal generational
cycle in which the previous violent subpopulation has aged out and/or been
imprisoned. The younger generation have found their appropriate job niche
in society, or are in higher ed, or are off fighting a larger war overseas. They
don't think of crime as a means to fulfill their needs/wants/desires.
Did I miss anything?
