The Scarcity Theory
Opportunities are perceived as more valuable when availability is limited.
The Scarcity Theory is the driving force of marketing that bombards us daily:
“Buy this exclusive offer.”
“Free for a limited time!”
“Hurry while supplies last!”
Consumers fall for those words because we believe the supply is limited, whether or not this is true. We buy products that are on sale for no other reason than they are on sale! People will stand in line for hours in the rain to buy their much-desired item – which is now in limited supply and on sale.
Gun Control
The cry of stricter gun laws raises higher each time a mass murder occurs.
"Ban all guns!!"
A look at history will tell us that banning guns may not be a good idea. When freedoms are taken away they become more valuable. In other words...
Freedoms will not be relinquished without a fight!1
If you want a revolutionary uprising, then ban all guns!!
Revolutionary - someone who had a taste of freedom and a better life -- and lost it.
Revolutions begin after freedoms are taken away. The masses feel cheated when economic and social improvements disappear, and erupt into violence in an attempt to regain their previously-established status.
The civil rights movement of the 1960’s gives us an excellent example.
After World War II, Black families were making wages nearly equal to White families. The economic gap between the two races was quickly closing. The economy was growing and everyone was prospering.
In 1954 the Supreme Court, in Brown vs. Board of Education, ruled all public schools were to be desegregated. This was intended to be a forward step into equal education, but the plan backfired in disastrous ways.1
Once again colored people were victims of violence, targeted by non-colored parents who did not agree with desegregation, and wanted their children to go to all-white schools. This was a time of major upheaval for the education system; children were bussed across town when their neighborhood school was two blocks away. It was a crazy time, and it was also a violent time.
In the four years after the Brown decision, 530 acts of violence were committed against African Americans, including direct intimidation of parents and children, bombings, and burnings of homes and neighborhoods. Peaceful sit-ins were destroyed by gate crashers and policemen. The income of the African American family quickly slid to 74% of a similarly-educated white family.1
It is more dangerous to have a freedom for a while than to never have it at all.
Once again treated as second-rate citizens, tempers and emotions escalated, and by the 1960’s, the Civil Rights Movement was in full swing.
Freedoms become most valuable when they are threatened to be taken away.
Emotions, economy and motivation play important roles in our freedoms; we enjoy a freedom, we protect that freedom, and become angry if it is threatened or removed.
When an item is perceived to be scarce or nonexistent, or there is decreased access to that item (freedom, money, and yes, guns), people have a natural tendency to desire more of that item.
Censor a product, and people buy as much of it while they can. Limit access to information, and people want more of it.
Guns are like drugs.
If you want a gun, any kind of gun, you can find it. Just as banning drugs do not impede the drug dealers and the people they sell to, banning guns will not stop people from acquiring them. Making something illegal just makes it more desirable to some people. The Scarcity Theory at work.
The point of this is that if you want a revolution in this country, take away our second amendment right. The right to bear arms has been a part of America since its beginning. I believe it was intentional on the part of the authors of the Bill of Rights to make bearing arms second only to freedom of speech.
Our founding fathers knew the importance of protecting home and family.
Let us step back and think about the consequences of our actions before we make any rash decisions about gun control. The answers to a peaceful resolution lie as much in responsible use of firearms as it does in how we treat the people around us.
Happy and contented people have no need to harm others. People are happy and contented when the people around them act with kindness and compassion.
Don't wait 'til your rights are gone before you know what you've got.
Protect your American rights as if your freedom depended on them - because it does.
Peace,
C.W. Pickett
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