Reply #53: I'm sorry you don't know

[iverglas]

diamonds being expensive due to natural scarcity

... what you're talking about.

Do you do nothing on the internet but make cryptic pronouncements about firearms?

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=diamonds+scarcity&meta=

Nearly 12,000 things to read about diamonds scarcity; should get you started.

Why on earth do you imagine that I chose diamonds as my "f'r instance"??

Could it be because they are not naturally scarce, and their price is artificially sky-high because their availability is tightly controlled?

legal machine guns being expensive due to an artificial scarcity.

I gotta admit, the concept of "legal machine gun" kind of eludes me. Would the dangerously and viciously loony individual in issue in this case really have been able to purchase a machine gun legally, if only he could have found one and had enough money?

If so, then I guess I'd need another example for my "banned firearm" scenario. Surely there is *some* banned firearm in the US ...