tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post2582092913854996414..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Mike Weisser's Open Letter to Wayne La PierreAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-224339317416404032013-05-10T12:43:24.798+02:002013-05-10T12:43:24.798+02:00Just think about it for a minute. All the guys wh...Just think about it for a minute. All the guys who sell used guns privately, do you think the usually have fewer guns now than they did a year ago. No, they usually buy more than they sell. That's the nature of an obsession with a fetish item like a gun. Some of the replacement guns are bought new.<br /><br />Here's a simpler case. A guy sees a new gun he wants. In order to offset the cost, he sells one of his older guns that he's not so hot about any more. You see?<br /><br />So, yes, private sales of used items stimulate the market for new items.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-35415643694363024762013-05-08T16:24:55.780+02:002013-05-08T16:24:55.780+02:00MikeB: "The private sale of USED weapons stim...MikeB: "The private sale of USED weapons stimulates the marked for NEW weapons, don't you think."<br /><br />No, I don't think that. How about finding me one quote from an economist to support this? In any industry (or is this another case where “guns are different because they are different”?)TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667036856347626234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-4957648732591083562013-05-08T15:06:02.401+02:002013-05-08T15:06:02.401+02:00Most of mine are used. Why pay full price for som...Most of mine are used. Why pay full price for something that stays functional for a long time with a little care? Of course, my first gun was a new-in-the-box revolver that I ordered on-line. Since it's a muzzle-loading black powder revovler, there was no background check.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-39779853768655562792013-05-08T12:05:49.836+02:002013-05-08T12:05:49.836+02:00That doesn't really work, TS. The private sal...That doesn't really work, TS. The private sale of USED weapons stimulates the marked for NEW weapons, don't you think. Do you know anybody who has fewer guns now than he did a year ago or 5 years ago?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-41176307936146782472013-05-07T19:37:20.751+02:002013-05-07T19:37:20.751+02:00Let me get this straight, he says the NRA opposed ...Let me get this straight, he says the NRA opposed the bill because of corporate profits? Does he understand that this bill was about the private resale of USED firearms? That is like saying Walmart profits from the resale of their items on the unregulated Craigslist market. Just dumb. It's only purpose is to rile up the left- the only ones who respond to invoking the corporate boogie man. The actual effect, if you think about it, is the exact opposite. Guns are robust. They last a long time, and the technology is very slow to advance. That makes for a strong used market that competes with the new market. This bill hampers the used market by adding cost, time, and severe legal liability. Ironically, it's the FFLs that benefit (like the author of this screed), because he gets a take in used sakes, AND the law forces two potential customers into his shop. "oh, do you need a holster for that 1911 you just bought from your buddy? How bout some ammo (if I had any)?"<br /><br />This is a perfect example of the NRA sticking up for individual gun owners. The fact that you guys keep spouting the same nonsense tells me you have no respect for your audiance's ability to think. I guess that is the audience lawrence O'donnell and company are used to talking to.TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667036856347626234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-47998433256968781622013-05-07T16:20:48.429+02:002013-05-07T16:20:48.429+02:00This is the same fellow you quoted in an earlier p...This is the same fellow you quoted in an earlier piece. He's saying the same rubbish here.<br /><br />Mike and Mike, owning a gun is a right that belongs to everyone. A person must do something seriously wrong to have that right curtailed. That's true about every right, by the way.<br /><br />It's easy to cloak yourself in the belief that your proposals will keep people safe, but when we consider that the majority of firearms deaths are suicides and many others are criminal-on-criminal violence, things don't look as simple. Suicidal people will find a way, as Japan, Canada, and Ireland illustrate. Criminals also find a way, and as long as they keep it amongst themselves, I'm not going to get all broken up about that.<br /><br />But let's also note the two regions in U.S. territory that have the highest rate of homicide: the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Those two also have the most onerous restrictions on legal firearm ownership and carry. Chicago competes in both of those categories, of course.<br /><br />Now we can argue about how guns get into those two cities, surrounded by or near to freedom-loving states, but if gun control works, surely an island can manage it.<br /><br />Get back to me, either one of you, when you have something to offer that would even work. We'll discuss how it fits with basic rights at that point.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com