Gun Violence

The State is determined to take your guns from you. Or, if you don't have a gun, to make it illegal for you to ever get one, or to let your neighbor protect you with his. This is the State's solution to violence, and has been for hundreds of years, and, as is evident in Washington DC, this plan isn't working out quite so well. So, as my girlfriend often asks, what is the free market solution?

In order to solve a problem, we must first look at the cause. No matter what your position is on drugs, the one clear fact we know is that the current state of affairs is very similar to alcohol in Al Capone's day. If a product is illegal, a violent subculture will spring up around it, at every step in the supply chain. As much violence as there is in a cocaine territory war, there was in the wiskey wars in Al's day.

Since we know this is the case, the first step in making us safer from violence is to make these products legal. When was the last time Budweiser and Miller had a shoot-out? This would have the added benefit of making the products safer. I at least know what's in my Bud Light. Not quite sure what's in those pills kids pop at parties.

And then there's self defense. Just like in Washington DC, laws that ban weapons used for self defense--Surprise!!!-- usually end up making victims defenseless. Criminals, by definition, break the law, so making guns illegal does not stop them. The law abiding citizens DO follow the law, and they don't have a way to protect themselves from criminals. When the State passes gun control legislation, they don't decrease the number of criminals that own guns, just the number of legal citizens who do. Gun control ensures that the person or home being victimized does not have a gun. Lack of "gun control" means it's a toss up. What would you risk?