re ban all firearms jrm gnv ifas ufl edu firearms tend to fall into this low dollar pound area it would not be economic to smuggle them in all production would have to be local there are not all that many people who have both the skill and motivation to assemble worthwhile firearms from scratch high ranking crime figures could obtain imported uzis and such but the average person and average thug would be lucky to get a zip gun and would pay through the nose for it good point you make however a zip gun by definition is a crude homemade gun certainly not something capable of sustained accurate fire but it would be useful as a means of getting a normal gun recall the tiny single shot pistols made by the allies during world war ii for use by partisans they were essentially well made zipguns incapable of effective fire beyond a few feet but they were useful as a means of killing german soldiers for their guns also note that the crowd pleasin favorite the sten gun was specifically designed to require as little machine work as possible the point s been made here that one could make a sten clone with steel tubing hand tools and a welder i still think that while the point is good i think there s a difference between marijuana and firearms in that quality marijuana can be grown locally there s no need to import the stuff if guns are banned i think the demand for real guns will be sufficient to make smuggling economically feasible thus rendering a ban moot in any case the result would be the same people who aren t criminals won t have firearms and bad guys will continue to have access to them one way or another and i don t see that as a necessary situation allan j heim allanh sco com uunet sco allanh
