Comment by throwawayqqq11
Comment by throwawayqqq11 5 hours ago
> gun laws
... arent as vital as other freedoms like travel, anonymity, speech and contract. I dont like this conflation because i see it as a nasty and harmful bias.
Comment by throwawayqqq11 5 hours ago
> gun laws
... arent as vital as other freedoms like travel, anonymity, speech and contract. I dont like this conflation because i see it as a nasty and harmful bias.
All those other rights are backed up by credible capacity for violence. You need to distribute some of that credible capacity for violence among the populace in order to check the long tail of potential abuses the system (not necessarily the government, though there is much overlap) may engage in.
There's a discussion to be had about what the right amount is though.