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I agree with your general premise and thesis, but the gun deaths from guns statistic, while pedantically accurate, ignores the context shown here: http://smart
by late2part 13y ago
I agree with your general premise and thesis, but the gun deaths from guns statistic, while pedantically accurate, ignores the context shown here:
http://smartgunlaws.org/gun-deaths-and-injuries-statistics/ http://smartgunlaws.org/gun-deaths-and-injuries-statistics/
Firearms were used in 19,392 suicides in the U.S. in 2010, constituting almost 62% of all gun deaths
Analogy with not using encryption?
- chris_mahan 13y agoYeah, I'm familiar with that. Since committing suicide is against the law, then does my analogy hold? Now using encryption or not using encryption does not matter in the context of being monitored by the NSA.
- late2part 13y agoSince you've brought up the topic of poorly enforceable laws, when was the last conviction. My reference re: not using encryption is that it is akin to suicide.
- chris_mahan 13y agoWell, if you have life insurance and you commit suicide, your beneficiaries won't be able to collect (in most cases, there are a few policies...) because suicide is against the law. It may be the reason suicide's illegal.