Killing someone is not illegal; it's just illegal for folks like you an I. There's a whole school of thought that asserts that The State holds a Monopoly on Vio

Killing someone is not illegal; it's just illegal for folks like you an I. There's a whole school of thought that asserts that The State holds a Monopoly on Violence [0] (which includes killing). It's been discussed here on HN periodically. [1]. But you're totally right: it's a sort of regulation of the market. (Note: 'Murder' is killing someone WITHOUT legal justification. With legal justification, killing someone is not murder, by definition. By definition, something that is illegal is illegal). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=state%20monopoly%20violence&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...