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Maximum freedom. The means of projecting force should never be held entirely by the state.

• azinman2 5y ago
  I’m hesitant to even get into this into HN, so I’ll try to keep this very narrow. You say maximum freedom, but already the biggest means of “projecting force” (here it seems you literally mean as a projectile) cannot be 3D printed and is only in the hands of the government.. tanks, attack aircraft, missiles, nuclear weapons, etc. So how does a 3D printed gun give maximum freedom, especially when you can buy legal equivalents, and the real “maximums” aren’t possible?
  • rpmisms 5y ago
    It's the current local maximum. The point of civilian gun ownership is to keep the means of offense and defense in the hands of the people. Think socialism, but instead of companies, it's guns.
    • dzhiurgis 5y ago
      That just reads as terrorism to me
      • rpmisms 5y ago
        Well, yes, governments generally tend to categorize civilians who violently disagree with them as terrorists. John Brown was a terrorist, too.
    • azinman2 5y ago
      But that’s already the case. A state is just a bunch of people. Without public support, states fail. Public opinion is far, far more powerful than weapons, and open source 3D printed guns will have the most positive impact only for criminals. If there really was some revolution where ordinary citizens required guns, there’s already more legal guns than people in America.