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> British retailers are now talking about licensing the purchase of sulfuric acid. Banning or controlling something that could be used as a weapon is not the s
by driverdan 9y ago
> British retailers are now talking about licensing the purchase of sulfuric acid.
Banning or controlling something that could be used as a weapon is not the solution. As has been already demonstrated by controlling firearms and knives, criminals will just find an alternative.
- artursapek 9y agoReally? I think making guns extremely hard to get has been pretty good for NYC.
- zzazzdsa 9y agoGuns aren't a major industrial commodity chemical with hundreds if not thousands of valid non-violent civil uses, however...
- synicalx 9y agoI'd be more inclined to blame the reduction in violent crime in NYC on it's staggering large and well-equipped police force. If a criminal really wanted a gun in NYC, they probably aren't going to obtain one legally so making them harder to get only creates a minor inconvenience.
- synicalx 9y ago"Better apply for a gun licence and do my 3 weeks of training before I hold up that petrol station." - Said no one ever.