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Your underlying logic is flawed. You can have a rifle, that's legal, but you can then sell a rifle outside the legal market to someone without a license. The ri
by icepat 3y ago
Your underlying logic is flawed. You can have a rifle, that's legal, but you can then sell a rifle outside the legal market to someone without a license. The rifle can be seized and sold on by the police.
The product is not illegal. But still you call that a blackmarket firearm. You call the market you sell it on, the blackmarket. A black market is one where the transactions are occurring contra to established legal frameworks. Gray market occurs when there's legal ambiguity (ie: research chemicals like LSD mimics that are sold for "soap making" when selling for consumption would be a crime).
- dubcanada 3y agoI was under the impression if a store exists, sells a product, that store is technically illegal, and it is never shut down (has existed for years) that does murk the waters quite a bit between gray and black market. That's why I believe it's much closer to gray than black. I adjusted the parent message to remove black market references. I agree with you.
- icepat 3y agoI know HN generally discourages frivolous replies, but that was both a good and productive back and forth. Not something you get every day. Thanks!
- LegitShady 3y agoIt's not legal ambiguity. No taxes have been paid on it. It's black market.