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The numbers and analysis are interesting, but the article seems to me to have some anti-NRA, pro-gun/arms control bias. I think they're usually fairly neutral.
by benhodges 13y ago
The numbers and analysis are interesting, but the article seems to me to have some anti-NRA, pro-gun/arms control bias. I think they're usually fairly neutral.
I predict we'll see another re-hashing of the gun control / second amendment debate here in the comments.
There have been a few submissions lately that make me wonder if Hacker News is headed in the direction of Reddit. I don't mean to pick on yours particularly, the timing was just convenient.
- rdl 13y agoYeah, I agree it wasn't the best priceonomics blog post. I'd be fine with a really strong/insightful analysis of the firearms or weapons industry (the way all their other posts have been in the past), but this one looks mostly political. Interesting "priceonomics-worthy" aspects of the global arms trade would be: 1) Longevity of weapons -- I mean, I saw maxim guns in Afghanistan. 2) The weird market in EUCs, embargoes, etc. 3) Stuff like Brown Moses/CJ Chivers where they analyze the weird origins of weapons used in current conflicts (e.g. Syria and Libya) -- weird low-volume US prototypes found in Libya, and Croatian knockoffs of other designs as part of some "elimination of stocks" by post-Balkan countries. The NRA/domestic politics parts are the least interesting. Outside of small arms, the NRA has basically no relationship to the munitions industry, either.