User blog comment:Catfishperson/American Politics Polls./@comment-26339514-20160302004339/@comment-26119768-20160302044853

Prohibition is actually a great example! What happened when the "noble experiment" came into effect? Criminals and gangs started selling alcohol, unregulated alcohol flooded the market, some of it not fit for consumption, and all in all, it failed miserably. I would guess the same would happen if guns were banned. Criminals would get a hold of them, sell them, and some genius looking to make a profit would start selling home-made, potentially unsafe weapons.