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Originally Posted by trollface

It's not that simple imo, history has shown banning/restricting things only work on ppl that already follow the law or it just makes it a tad harder for acquire said thing that's banned.

- Weed was banned
- Prohibition was a thing
- Fireworks are banned
- Making bombs is hella illegal

Things are smuggled each and every day across borders, I don't think a ban is going to stop anyone from smuggling a few parts at a time. Might just create another lucrative business. Bans might work if you catch it super early, but there is no way in god's green earth you can recall the hundreds of thousands? millions of XYZ sitting in granddad's cabin in Alberta.

I guess one could argue it would slow it since the supply would be lower, but I have a feeling that problem only inconveniences the shooters just a little, not a deal-breaker. If they want to kill someone, they're going to find a gun. Not be bummed out cause it's harder to get now.

Look at it this way, if bans worked absolutely, where the hell is all this Fentanyl/X/Coke coming from? That shit is banned. I think bans work if you catch it early, or makes it hard enough to acquire where there is no business case for trying to acquire it anymore (No money in it, not worth the effort). When someone is wanting to murder someone at airport, I don't think there is much deterrence you can put up at that point. That's at the extreme of the extreme.

There are a few countries that have done it, but the culture and circumstances make it very difficult to compare apples to apples.

I don't know what the answer is but it's not that clear-cut or easy to do.

Bc goverment banned flavored vapes from being sold at most stores and banned vapes that have more than 2 mg of nic and it worked. What we used to sell in Juul in a day we don't sell in a month.

After the Oklahoma city bombing the US restricted sales of fertilizer and that has also worked.