Is police/military (government) and foreign governments not a "legal market"? Legal or not, it is a market that will never go away and is still the worldwide biggest consumer of all weapons, including guns. Depriving law-abiding citizens of guns simply shifts the marketing demographics and supply channels. It does nothing to reduce the supply. Regardless, how does eliminating the "legal market" reduce supply when we look at the "drug war." The people you least want to possess the banned thing will become the ones most able to aquire it, whether you are talking about guns, drugs, or encryption.
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Is police/military (government) and foreign governments not a "legal market"? Legal or not, it is a market that will never go away and is still the worldwide biggest consumer of all weapons, including guns. Depriving law-abiding citizens of guns simply shifts the marketing demographics and supply channels. It does nothing to reduce the supply. Regardless, how does eliminating the "legal market" reduce supply when we look at the "drug war." The people you least want to possess the banned thing will become the ones most able to aquire it, whether you are talking about guns, drugs, or encryption.