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We need bullet control. Control the bullets. Each bullet need to cost five thousand dollars! -- nm

Posted by Chris Rock (aka con_carne) Jul 24 '12, 07:53

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semi-serious answer: they tried that here (not quite to that level). now people just make their own. - mafic Jul 24, 07:55 1
- That was my first thought when I heard that argument. Make the bullets cost more.....people will just start making their own. -- nm - miffed67 Jul 24, 08:32
I've heard that argument being made to control small arms violence in the third world. - loosilu Jul 24, 07:54 7
- Only the wealthy should be able to kill people anyway. -- nm - mara Jul 24, 08:00 2
  - I thought the parallel argument is - raise the price, but give everyone one free bullet -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 08:01 1
    - that's socialism...you know, it would make coming to the polls to vote or to the Post office to pay taxes more interesting -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 00:58
- In poor, corrupt countries with thriving informal and black markets? -- nm - Roger More Jul 24, 07:58 3
  - now that I saw mafic's post about making bullets, I'm sure a cottage industry would spring up. -- nm - loosilu Jul 24, 07:59 2
    - You make it sound so cute. "Come buy our quaint, old-timey bullets of yore!" -- nm - Roger More Jul 24, 08:02 1
      - In the land of the bulletless, the man with a smelter is king. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 08:10
I wonder how much 3,000 rounds of ammo for an AR-15 runs? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 24, 07:54 5
- you can get it online for around $0.50 per round. (a quick google search) - tRuMaN Jul 24, 07:56 3
  - a 1000 round box of loose ammo is $400 at one site. - tRuMaN Jul 24, 07:57 2
    - "Oh no! Dum-Dums!" -- nm - Obligatory Roger Rabbit Reference si Jul 24, 07:57
    - *knock*knock* -- nm - FBI Jul 24, 07:57
- Google it. - Beryllium Jul 24, 07:55

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