That doesn't make them at all the same. Just a few differences: * Crypto has not killed people, guns cause mass shootings at schools, malls, and movie theaters

That doesn't make them at all the same. Just a few differences: * Crypto has not killed people, guns cause mass shootings at schools, malls, and movie theaters. * Crypto makes certain classes of theft impossible. Guns make revenge possible, and threats possible. Guns do not make any classes of theft impossible. * Crypto increases our civil liberties (freedom of assembly, speech), and overall safety (bank website is trustworthy). Guns decrease our confidence that our kids won't be shot at school, that we won't be attacked at a movie theater or a bar. * If everyone has crypto we truly are safe. If you let everyone have a gun, would you feel safe? The best you can hope when that one crazy person shoots your family member is that you shoot them back, but you don't get your family member back do you? Guns don't _prevent_ crime effectively but crypto sure does. They can deter, they can administer payback, but they are generally a destructive force vs a preventative one.