Lefties are rapidly coming to believe it's time to repeal the 2nd Amendment and begin the great disarmament of American citizens.
To try to convince those who are slow to believe in the movement, advocates for gun control point to Australia as the model. But the gun confiscation program in Australia didn't really accomplish the intended result. Not only did some gun owners decline to turn in their firearms, guns are available for purchase on the black market.
The "black market" is short hand for the means through which buyers and sellers connect, and one in particular is the dark web. Tor is probably the most well known channel in the dark web. We've talked about Tor being funded by the U.S. government previously. But just because some government agency might have the means to monitor Tor, that agency might not necessarily want to intervene and miss out on future intelligence.
This topic was suggested by the Dailymail article, Thousands of Australians are buying guns and GRENADES on the dark web - and pay black market firearms dealers to sneak them into the country. However, a much more informative research project came from the Rand Corporation. For that one, click Behind the curtain - The illicit trade of firearms, explosives and ammunition on the dark web (PDF). Here are the objectives of that study, as set forth on page 12:
General objectives
1. To understand the modus operandi of buying and selling firearms and related products on the dark web.
2. To consider the viability of dark web markets for firearms selling, and more specifically, the extent to which these sellers may engage in scamming by taking payment for products they do not deliver, or may not possess.
Market analysis
3. To estimate the size and scope of the trade in firearms and related products on cryptomarkets, including:
a. Number of dark web markets listing firearms and related products and services for sale and number of vendors.
b. Range and type of firearms and related products advertised and sold on cryptomarkets.
4. To estimate the value of the trade in firearms and related products on cryptomarkets.
5. To identify shipping routes and most common shipping techniques.
Analysis of implications
6. To identify the potential impact of darkweb enabled arms trafficking on the overall arms black market, with particular emphasis on market dynamics and market actors.
7. To identify the potential implications of dark web enabled arms trafficking for law enforcement agencies and policy makers, at both the national and international level, including implications for existing international legal instruments designed to tackle the issue of illegal arms trade and transnational organised crime.
Read the whole thing if you want the details. But the point is that guns are available for purchase in any gun controlled country where the subjects have access to the dark web.
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1:56 PM 3/28/2018
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