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In response to "We need bullet control. Control the bullets. Each bullet need to cost five thousand dollars! -- nm" by Chris Rock

I've heard that argument being made to control small arms violence in the third world.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Jul 24 '12, 07:54

maybe it would work there?

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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

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