Selling stocks short is close to being a basic right. It is a simple outgrowth of stock ownership and the right of individuals to contract with one another.
The public has no legitimate interest in preventing short selling. Of course, that has not prevented our intrusive, overreaching, moronic, self-righteous, impudent government from interfering in the past.
Short sell is a really good thing, I do not think anyone disagrees with this... As said over and over and over again on this post, it is NAKED SHORT SELLING that is the problem...
In fact, NORMAL SHORTING has been show to be a stabilizing factor in futures...