Quote from: TerminatorXL on April 27, 2015, 08:01:30 PM

Quote from: Quickseller on April 27, 2015, 07:48:32 PM

[gun stuff]

Citing the Cato Institute is a bit like citing BP re. advantages of offshore drilling. Also confusing cause & effect.
The reason those places opted for stricter gun control is because of violent crime rate. Don't want to go off on that tangent, love guns myself, but not in this thread.

How would you feel about me citing forbes? They say that many (40%) of guns used in violent crimes were acquired via illicit means (illegally), and another 37% acquired the gun they used for their violent crime from family or friends (for a total of 77%). They also say that violent crime has heavily declined when gun sales are strongly up.

I know there have been a number of studies that correlates higher gun violence with higher gun control laws, with violence increasing after stricter gun control laws go into effect.

The point I am making is that if you have more guns used in violent crimes when gun sales are (nearly) banned, then why would it not be the case that more scams would occur with purchased accounts if account sales were (nearly) banned.