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Originally Posted by smooth
Well, I'm not going to call you dense, bro, but I'm not sure how I can make my point any more understandable:
If the supply of a given item is held static (via regulations banning the manufacturing and/or sale of it), and the demand increases (due to increased population, demand, etc.), then the ability to acquire the item will be reduced over time.
Making it slightly harder for people to obtain these weapons was the point, as I understand it.
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I understand the concept you describe, however that is not what the ban did. It banned guns based on cosmetic features. Manufacturers changed these features to continue to produce these firearms. A gun with the same functionality still existed after the ban as before.
We may be arguing semantics, like after the band a telescoping stock could not be sold on the rifle therefore the function is different. A bayonet lug could not be included, therefore the function is different. However, I see the function of the working of the gun the same...same size bullet, same velocity, same mechanism to fire the bullet.