We can't control drug producers that are not in this country. Weapons are much harder to smuggle in. Very crappy comparison. BTW, during prohibition...the cost of alcoholic drinks skyrocketed. Again...basic econ 101. Costs of drugs has also gone up as a result of making them illegal. Pot would cost you a lot less in Colorado and Washington state than it would in any other state.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:42 PM To: cf-community Subject: RE: Obama's biggest frustration: inability to pass common sense gun laws in the United States Just like drugs and booze On Jun 15, 2014 4:12 PM, "Eric Roberts" <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > If guns were less available publically, the prices on the black market > would rise well above the ability for most common criminals to be able > to afford one. Basic economics. If the supply decreases or the > demand increases, prices go up. Underground manufacturing would not > even be able to come close to meeting demand, the prices of those > weapons would skyrocket. > Again...basic econ 101 crap... > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 11:45 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: Obama's biggest frustration: inability to pass common > sense gun laws in the United States > > > Libertarians poll around 12% of the population, registered republicans > higher. > > Your 90% number is pulled from thin air. > > Which doesn't even get into the notion that background checks will > somehow fix any of this. It's like Pandora's box in a way. It's > already been opened. > > There are as many guns as people in this country. > > If you stopped manufacturing them today, prohibited ownership today, > the black market would still thrive, and under ground manufacturing would boom. > > This is not this question by the way. > On Jun 15, 2014 11:30 AM, "Eric Roberts" > <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> > wrote: > > > > > You missed the actual reason...we have congressional republicans > > that vote no or block the vote on everything that does not enrich > > their corporatist masters. Background checks were agreed upon by > > 90% of the country, yet that couldn't get passed by a congress > > because congressional Republicans are paid off by the NRA and don't > > want to piss the NRA off. They can car less if they piss the people > > off...but they put the kid gloves on when it comes to corporate > > lobbyists. So I call BS on your statement as a whole. > > > > Eric > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:chumph...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 8:33 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Obama's biggest frustration: inability to pass common > > sense gun laws in the United States > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Rick Faircloth > > <r...@whitestonemedia.com> > > wrote: > > > > > An ignorant and naive statement by the US President concerning the > > > madness that is occurring too frequently in the US. > > > > > > > Presented in a sympathetic journal that can't even label their own > > images correctly (look at the "big red spending" infographic) > > > > However, I call BS on the President... because it's not just guns, > > it's anything on his checklist. He's had to resort to using > > agencies to advance his agenda (FCC, EPA, BLM, IRS, Border > > Protection, DoJ) for one of two main reasons (or both): > > 1. The policy that he wants to push is so far afield of what the > > American people would accept that even a simple majority in Congress > > is willing to touch it. > > 2. The action or policy change he wants to implement runs directly > > counter to either the Constitution or existing Federal Law. > > > > What most Americans, especially our President and members of the > > Media seem to forget is that the Federal government was designed to be slow. > > The Constitution is a document that defines what the government > > *can* do as well as what it *can't*. > > > > The fact that Obama is whining to a left-wing publication about his > > inability to "get things done" after being in office for 5 years > > should speak volumes. > > > > Until Later! > > C. Hatton Humphrey > > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to > > do some smelting to find it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370971 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
