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> personal weaponry It's really only just the US being an outlier here. There's no other western country where people think it's normal or a fundamental right
by brnt 3y ago
> personal weaponry
It's really only just the US being an outlier here. There's no other western country where people think it's normal or a fundamental right to carry automatic weaponry.
I therefore cannot see the comparison to encrypted communication. Everyone communicates, increasingly through software. To keep things that once were private private, encryption is a key ingredient.
- catiopatio 3y agoThere’s also no other western country with anything nearly as strong as the first amendment. Not sure what your point is. (Also, the production of new automatic weapons for the civilian market has been illegal since 1986, and civilian ownership of automatic weapons is heavily regulated).
- brnt 3y agoThe point is that it's a comparison that holds only in a tiny part of the world, which means to comparison is meaningless.