this is sort of circular though. the original question was "why is pro-gun consistent with anti-encryption in US politics?". I suspect there's no satisfying an

this is sort of circular though. the original question was "why is pro-gun consistent with anti-encryption in US politics?". I suspect there's no satisfying answer to the question, as most people don't logically derive their political positions from first principles. there's no reason to expect them to be consistent.