re ban all firearms in article apr sco com allanh sco com allan j heim writes papresco undergrad math uwaterloo ca paul prescod drugs are banned please tell me when this supply will dry up drugs are easier to manufacture easier to smuggle easier to hide no comparison then let s use another example alcoholic beverages bottles of whiskey are larger heavier and more fragile than bags of drugs barrels and kegs are larger and heavier still and are difficult to manipulate yet a lot of people managed to get very rich off of the smuggling of booze into this country during the years of prohibition there was a demand so an entire industry formed to supply it if alcohol were again banned today it would be much more difficult to manage a large scale smuggling operation the cops now rank just a narrow notch below the military in communications intelligence gathering and firepower in a similar vein the amount of marijuana smuggled into this country has greatly decreased this is because its value per pound is very low when compared to cocaine or heroin it s simply not worth the risk it s uneconomical now most reefer is domestic there is less pressure on the domestic producer showy raids notwithstanding and thus it is economical of note though domestic reefer is now very strong so a small volume goes a long way you cannot make alcohol stronger than proof not a good dollar pound deal 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
