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I'm sorry for bothering everyone but I need some help with a research paper I'm doing for a class at CSUF. The class is called Economy and Politics. I was intrigued by the political nature of how new producer regulations are formed.
I started to think about an article I read many years ago about the Gun Control Act of 1968 I believe. In the article the author claimed that the NRA and domestic producers of firearms colluded with the members of congress who did not believe there is a personal right to the private ownership of firearms in the Second Amendment to eliminate competition from foreign imports into America. If true this would create quite a paradox. A battle between so called Pro-Second Amendment producers and Free-Market capitalist. Two cornerstones of American culture.
I then started wondering if the (Saturday Night Special) regulations against low-end handguns passed by the various states, and California in particular, were really attempts to outlaw handguns. Or were they attempts by the gun lobby to eliminate competition by making it hard through regulation for new competitors to enter the firearms market? After all, Bryco still makes handguns in California.
Has anyone ever written on this subject? Has there ever been work done on the effects of regulation on firearms producers?
Thank you for your time.
Dean Cascio
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