tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post1209482818870334969..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Confiscating Guns Is Very ExpensiveClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-65663800618632424912015-05-11T07:57:29.459-06:002015-05-11T07:57:29.459-06:00Without question, there are many people who need d...Without question, there are many people who need disarming. But every such effort has costs. If it cost $100,000 to disarm that meth head, might there be a better use of those funds?Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-86933829447233798282015-05-11T00:07:30.706-06:002015-05-11T00:07:30.706-06:00The question is not the cost of confiscating the g...The question is not the cost of confiscating the gun versus its market price; it’s the cost of the gun versus the cost of what crimes the owner might commit with it.<br /><br />A crappy Phoenix Arms .22 costs about $125. What would taking it away from a paranoid meth head be worth?<br /><br />(I hope no one is going to argue there is no point in even trying to keep guns out of the hands of known criminals and lunatics.)<br />Rich Rostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262703348236110420noreply@blogger.com