Re:A Primer on DarkNet Marketplaces
by freen on Monday November 14, 2016 @09:17PM
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Long and short of it is this: black markets have fundamentally higher barriers to entry and substantially higher costs.
An AR-15 in Australia costs as much as a very very fancy car. Moreover, the people who will sell it to you are deeply risk averse.
Sure, criminals will have them, but it will be an entirely different class of criminals, specifically, those that benefit from low "random violence" environments.
Re:A Primer on DarkNet Marketplaces
by elcct on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @03:35AM
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If there is a market there will be people willing to satisfy. I am sure someone who can't afford AR-15 would be able to hire a pistol for a price that won't break his bank.
An AR-15 in Australia costs as much as a very very fancy car. Moreover, the people who will sell it to you are deeply risk averse.
Sure, criminals will have them, but it will be an entirely different class of criminals, specifically, those that benefit from low "random violence" environments.