Divine Angel said:

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

is it easier for potential terrorists to acquire one gun each if there are more guns in the community

A bit less expensive, perhaps, but the difficulty is unlikely to be more or less.

Lock things down all you like. If someone really wants a gun, they’ll get a gun.

It just might cost rather more.

I keep thinking about the Columbine shooters. Denied guns on their own, they enlisted an older friend to purchase guns from a gun show. Nowadays one can 3D print a weapon with instructions from the internet. Most pf them are probably pretty flimsy, but I have heard of ones capable of firing bullets.

Then of course is the dark web and friend-of-a-friend’s cousin’s roommate who can obtain guns.

do cost andor manufacturing processes affect the ease with which potential terrorists may acquire one gun each