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"PDW" wrote in message
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OzOne wrote:



Admittedly we got in early, and now are working on getting the illegal
guns off the streets, along with the owners.


Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Are you seriously suggesting that nobody
has
bought a *new* gun since 1996, Oz? What I've heard is, the number of guns
sold
post 1996 is now greater than the number handed in.


That is a typical response to stricter controls on certain types of guns,
Pete. Same thing happened here after the so-called 'assault weapon ban' was
enacted. Everyone who ever thought they'd want one scrambled to buy up the
last of them. Or so it seemed. Fact is that the importation of Chinese and
Russian guns flooded the market and ultimately the speculative investors
(who believed they'd make a killing--no pun intended--through buying and
selling them) found themselves stuck with lots of guns and no market. Since
the lapse of the 'ban' the market for paramilitary weapons has all but dried
up.

Max