>there's strict limits to how cheap you can make guns while their still being safe We are nowhere near that limit. Handguns are hundred year old technology wi

>there's strict limits to how cheap you can make guns while their still being safe We are nowhere near that limit. Handguns are hundred year old technology with few parts requiring good machining tolerances and lend themselves well to being manufactured in the cheapest places on earth. The fact that a bottom dollar handgun in the may cost as much as a bottom dollar replacement engine for a piece of power equipment that has many more parts, many more features requiring fairly precise machining, requires far more assembly and is many times larger is a testament to the cost of complying with industry regulation.