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There has to be some line where we say that an item is too dangerous for any random individual to own. Glassware should be unregulated, but if someone wants a n

There has to be some line where we say that an item is too dangerous for any random individual to own. Glassware should be unregulated, but if someone wants a nuclear bomb, I want to know who they are and what they plan on doing with it.

sneak 7y ago
Do you know the names of the people in your own country who have nuclear weapons? Do you have access to the information about what they intend to do with them? Is it, perhaps, illegal for them to even tell you?
- qtplatypus 7y ago
  In the US the person who has nuclear weapons is Dan Brouillette.
  - sneak 7y ago
    He’s the Secretary of the DoE. He has no weapons. Even if he were the Secretary of Defense, he would have no weapons. They merely command people who command other people who have such weapons. You don’t know the names, plans, or motivations of any of those people.
    - qtplatypus 7y ago
      The department of energy is responsible for the nuclear weapons program and the nominal owner of the weapons.
salawat 7y ago
Noted. For consistency sake however, I find having meaningful input or influence on the legislative process dangerous. Therefore I want to know who you are and what you intend to do with your vote or political aspirations. No lying now; that's illegal, and we'll arrest you if you do. It can very easily cut both ways, and lead to very fundamental rights which we hold dear being infringed upon. The more indirect the level of control, generally the greater the potential for abuse or de facto banning. The best regulation is the one we don't have to make, because we can manage to work it out between one another. This has the bonus of not sending a message to our descendants that we do not care for their eventual civil liberties, and what they do given they will be in a far better position to utilize them then than we are today.

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There has to be some line where we say that an item is too dangerous for any random individual to own. Glassware should be unregulated, but if someone wants a n

by chickenpotpie 7y ago

sneak 7y ago
Do you know the names of the people in your own country who have nuclear weapons? Do you have access to the information about what they intend to do with them? Is it, perhaps, illegal for them to even tell you?
- qtplatypus 7y ago
  In the US the person who has nuclear weapons is Dan Brouillette.
  - sneak 7y ago
    He’s the Secretary of the DoE. He has no weapons. Even if he were the Secretary of Defense, he would have no weapons. They merely command people who command other people who have such weapons. You don’t know the names, plans, or motivations of any of those people.
    - qtplatypus 7y ago
      The department of energy is responsible for the nuclear weapons program and the nominal owner of the weapons.
salawat 7y ago
Noted. For consistency sake however, I find having meaningful input or influence on the legislative process dangerous. Therefore I want to know who you are and what you intend to do with your vote or political aspirations. No lying now; that's illegal, and we'll arrest you if you do. It can very easily cut both ways, and lead to very fundamental rights which we hold dear being infringed upon. The more indirect the level of control, generally the greater the potential for abuse or de facto banning. The best regulation is the one we don't have to make, because we can manage to work it out between one another. This has the bonus of not sending a message to our descendants that we do not care for their eventual civil liberties, and what they do given they will be in a far better position to utilize them then than we are today.