I would really rather not go there, thank you.
Has anyone told you Kirby that you are a evil capitalist? LOL!!
I know (hope) this is tongue in cheek, but the reality is that a govt ban drives up the price of any widely desired goods. For example, the so called War on Drugs has done little more than make the drug trade somewhat riskier and far more profitable and illegal drugs far more expensive then they would be in a competitive legal market. There are at least two reasons for this: Illegal selling of a banned good is risky, depressing supply, and competition is by force (defending a territory) rather than by price/quality.