If Gun Ownership Were Outlawed

<p>Unrealistic thought experiments can be mind-expanding precursors to practical brainstorming. In that spirit, I have described&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/@mnemko" rel="noopener">a number of thought</a>&nbsp;experiments. Today? What if guns were outlawed.</p> <p>After yet another rash of urban &ldquo;gun violence,&rdquo; the government rushed through a law that banned owning a gun. Passage was accelerated by the lobbying of squeaky-clean proxies for black marketeers.</p> <p>Immediately, said marketeers blanketed zip codes that had high percentages of legal gun ownership, offering residents premium prices to buy their guns, which of course, the marketeers immediately resold at a big profit to the myriad people who wanted to prevent home invasion and the like, whether or not the gun was legal.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@mnemko/if-gun-ownership-were-outlawed-02dd892b4e53"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>