Nice preemptive strike. LOL.
Anyone who disagrees with the article probably has not read it, is too full of resentment to appreciate it, or has no understanding how markets really work.
Cool.
But, silly.
Ignore the politics and see what you end up with. It'll be an entirely different system than the one you cherish. John Lott et al ought to reflect upon that.
"Ignore the politics and see what you end up with. "
Well merchants will respond rationally - if politics demand that they sell at a loss, then they won't sell, and shortages will result.
Politicians can either leave it alone, or create shortages. That's it. Most of them will opt for the former, while pretending to take action to magically reduce prices and increase availability.
That is correct. Since the majority of people don't know or care a whit about the principles of economics, they are going to be listening a lot to the "get something for nothing bunch" and that's who they will vote for.