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>you just create pressure for creativity and innovation to solve the problem that it's "too hard to make at home". As shown by "what about ammo" guide by IvanT
by notch656c 4y ago
>you just create pressure for creativity and innovation to solve the problem that it's "too hard to make at home".
As shown by "what about ammo" guide by IvanTheTroll et al, by which europeans are producing 9mm ammo economically at scale with completely unregulated components. Europeans trivially have a gun and full magazines of modern ammo within a couple weeks never leaving the Schengen area and without any black market interaction nor permits/licenses.
- closewith 4y agoAnd yet it hasn't emerged as a problem, because the friction and potential legal outcomes make home made firearms undesirable.
- notch656c 4y agoIt's not a problem in the sense organized crime buys manufactured guns with ease and the people making these weapons are likely primarily hobbyists or people merely seeking self defense unconnected to larger organizations.
- yellowapple 4y agoThat's half the picture. The other half is that the average European is less motivated toward violence or suicide than, say, the average American - and is therefore less motivated toward acquiring the tools for violence or suicide, by whatever means necessary. Basically: it's the intersection of ease v. motivation that's at play, not just the ease alone. Once that's identified, it becomes immediately obvious that there's a whole cornucopia of options besides trying to minimize ease (and failing, due to technological advances making it easier to sidestep artificial obstacles - 3D printing being the topical example).