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Originally Posted by Ikari  You simply do not understand individual rights. Your arguing collectivism, not rights. |
Thats a mighty awkward statement, given the externalities analysis is based on supply/demand and therefore ultimately methodological individualism.
You'd only have a point if I was arguing "you should not have guns because the government knows better". I'm not. I'm only describing market failure and the need to correct for sub-optimal prices. You still have your free will, you just will face the correct price if your preferences sway towards gun ownership
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You claim I am costing people money, that I am coercing people through the exercise of my rights. I'm saying, show me that.
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You're asking for irrelevance. We only need a distinction between private and social costs. We achieve that because gun demand leads to crime. You're still failing to refer to supply/demand and the nature of market failure.