Obviously the criminals get their firearms from somewhere else since they can't be purchased legally inside the city, but you'll never eliminate every possible source. Even if you put up a massive wall and have 100% success in eliminating smuggling (which is obviously impossible) these things just aren't that hard to manufacture locally using commonly available and benign tools and materials. Criminals will still have them, and regular citizens will have an even harder time defending themselves.
>these things just aren't that hard to manufacture locally using commonly available and benign tools and materials
So this should be a big problem in nations with strict firearm laws, correct?
Re:It is now 100 seconds to midnight
by LyndsySimon on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:18PM
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The first article doesn't list how many firearms are supposedly "hitting the streets" and includes this quote:
>Mr Plotecki said that while there was no evidence the homemade guns had been used by local extremists, it was a concern for the future.
The second article is about the seizure of four firearms.
Truly a menace.
Which is why we need national action. Criminals in Chicago buy firearms in neighboring Indiana, criminals in New York City buy firearms in neighboring Connecticut.
The parallel to atomic weapons is similar. If many nations own atomic weapons, it's easier for an unstable/untrustworthy state to acquire them.