INSIGHT INTO THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GUN CONTROL CAN BE GAINED BY EXAMINING THE APPLICABILITY OF CRITICISMS OF VICTIMLESS CRIME LAWS TO GUN CONTROL LAWS. VICTIMLESS CRIME LAWS PROHIBIT CONSENSUAL TRANSACTIONS OR POSSESSION, AND THUS GUN CONTROL CRIMES ARE VICTIMLESS (COMPLAINTLESS). FURTHERMORE, SINCE THEY DEAL PRIMARILY WITH GOODS, GUN CONTROL LAWS ARE SIMILAR TO LIQUOR AND NARCOTICS OFFENSES. NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF VICTIMLESS CRIME BILLS FALL INTO SEVERAL CATEGORIES: EXCESSES IN ATTEMPTING TO ENFORCE THE LAWS; DISCRIMINATORY ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE CORRUPTION IN ENFORCING THE LAW; CRIMINAL PROFITS FROM ILLICIT GUN PRODUCTION AND SALES; BUREAUCRATIC ABUSES BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; OVERLOADING OF COURTS AND CORRECTIONS; AND LOSS OF RESPECT FOR THE LAW. SPECIFIC DISADVANTAGES INVOLVE THE LACK OF A COMPLAINANT AND LOW PUBLIC VISIBILITY WHICH MAKES ENFORCEMENT DIFFICULTY AND CAUSES GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL IN MANY CASES TO RESORT TO EXCESSES SUCH AS ENTRAPMENT, UNCONSTITUTIONAL SEARCHES AND SEIZURES, AND OTHER TACTICS THAT THREATEN INDIVIDUAL SECURITY AND PRIVACY. SUCH EXCESSES ARE ESPECIALLY LIKELY WHEN AGENTS USE SURVEILLANCE, UNDERCOVER WORK, AND INFORMANTS--ALL OF WHICH ARE IMPLIED IN ENFORCING GUN CONTROL LAWS. THE LACT OF A COMPLAINANT ALSO FORCES THE POLICE TO SEARCH FOR ANY VIOLATIONS THEY CAN FIND AND OPENS THE DOOR FOR DISCRIMINATORY ENFORCEMENT BASED ON FACTORS LIKE RACE AND POLITICAL PERSUASION. WITH PROHIBITION OF GUNS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY SPROUT UP AN ILLEGAL FIREARMS BUSINESS AND RELATED ILLEGITIMATE BUSINESSES. FURTHERMORE, SPECIALIZED UNITS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE LIKELY TO BE ESTABLISHED TO TARGET THEIR ACTIVITIES AT GUN CONTROL ENFORCEMENT. HISTORICALLY, THESE SPECIAL UNITS OFTEN HAVE PROVEN TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND RELATIVELY AUTONOMOUS LOBBYING AND PROPAGANDA ORGANIZATIONS. FINALLY, THE EFFORT TO ENFORCE WILL DIVIDE AGENCY RESOURCES. OVERALL, THE ENACTMENT OF A LAW WITH SO MANY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES WILL RESULT IN LACK OF RESPECT FOR LAW, AND MORE NOT LESS CRIME. RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO ANALYZE THE IMPACTS OF GUN CONTROL LAW. FOOTNOTES ARE GIVEN.