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Small Business

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Many people advocate for small business and supporting local businesses. I generally oppose small business for two reasons:

1) Small business is wasteful and inefficient
2) Small business is hard to regulate

Business should be impersonal and professional. There should be standardized policies that are followed in all cases — along with policies dealing with exceptions when appropriate. Personal relationships should have no bearing on an economic relationship.

Any business can be run by dishonest individuals. A large business while potentially dishonest with have standardized procedures that government can and should regulate. It’s harder for a large business to hide their bad actions.

14 Gun Racks That Don’t Look Legal, and One That’s Just Cool

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As long as it's unloaded, a handlebar gun rack on a bike is legitimate, and actually a pretty good place to haul a gun a bike back to the woods, as you can ensure it's secure while your biking.

Plus, the refrigerator idea is just a good one, although one might wonder why you have a padlock on your refrigerator in the basement.

Government Gives Gas Stations Some Competition

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Interesting idea, although I can envision a few problems with regulatory conflict. Government is terrible at regulating government, it always seeks to bail out failing governments by bending the letter and intent of the law to provide a little more revenue. Ask the City of Albany about how well government-run facilities are regulated by the state, especially when it comes at an economic cost.

How Do Silencers Work?

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We need more deaf people in New York. In Albany logic, deaf people collect Medicaid and other federally-funded welfare money, and that's free federal state money flowing into NY State. Having to wear ear-protection when shooting firearms is stupid, when existing technology could greatly quiet them.

That said, I love how quiet my GAMO Air Rifle is.... it's too bad shotguns and rifles can't use suppressors in New York and that they aren't allowed as standard equipment on firearms like they are on most air rifles.