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ah--i wasn't working off that statistic. and now that you note it, i can't imagine how it'd be established one way or another. as for tracking down data, it's kind of difficult to just pull numbers pertaining to these flows out of the air that are legit---the most accurate numbers track flows from specific firms to specific endpoints and so cannot account for the---um---informal traffic. the sources for that would likely be various agencies on both sides of the border concerned with interdiction or dealing with the consequences of all these people who are strapped. and that' s spotty affair, those numbers, by necessity. i suppose there could be some clandestine statistical database but i've never heard of such a thing---just because most folk who want to participate in clandestine networks and/or activities have a kind of commitment to the whole being-clandestine thing.
so one's left with intuitions, really.
i don't have a particular iron in this fire. were i to argue for stricted gun control, it wouldn't be on these grounds anyway.
interesting to see nonetheless. it's like running into a rearguard action from another battle film.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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