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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

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.

minikites 7y ago
>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?
- LyndsySimon 7y ago
  Like this? https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/deadly-diy-homemade-guns-hit-sydney-streets-in-record-numbers/news-story/5fdb4a462ef3c50afc70522879813fe7 https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/deadly-diy-homema... https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/homemade-submachine-guns-seized-near-edmonton-1.3558129 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/homemade-submachine-guns-seize...
  - minikites 7y ago
    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.