▲ | protocolture 16 hours ago | |||||||
>How would law abiding citizen Joe Random from Nowhere even know where to offload that on the black market? Considering the state of copper theft, the large number of videos on facebook and youtube describing how to melt metals into bar stock, and the low cost of the tools I dont know why this would be considered specialist knowledge. Maybe if they needed aqua regia or something. | ||||||||
▲ | TulliusCicero 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
This comment reminds me of discussion when weed gets legalized in the states. There's always people going, "psh, this won't make weed any more accessible, it's already so easy to get, anybody can do it!" And yet, nevertheless, inevitably there are people who try it only because it's now legal and openly sold in stores. A lot of people simply don't want to do things they consider shady, no matter how easy it is. Maybe it being legalized doesn't make it any more accessible to you, but you aren't everyone. | ||||||||
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▲ | sandworm101 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
It isn't that easy. Anyone paying money for a homemade bar will test it first. The ancient gold will be very impure by bullion standards. The fact that it was horde gold will be found out very quickly. | ||||||||
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