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SH68137's avatar

Men will be governed by the strength that resides within them or by an external force. Either through scripture or through force.

Almost every man can endure hardship, but to truly evaluate a man's character, grant him power.

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Luigi's avatar

The tax stamp/ atf stupidification rules only apply to law abiding citizens. Are not now, nor ever have been, any part of any problem!

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None of the unconstitutional stupid ATF rules even apply to criminals! Never will! That's why they are called criminals! And most of the ATF stupidification rules are ridiculous. Example- use one too many foreign screws on a gun, and you become a criminal!

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Eugine Nier's avatar

> Since the invention of high explosives in the mid 19th century, we’ve been at a saturation point for the decentralized capacity for violence. Anyone who has wanted to commit mass violence, even without dying in the process, has been able to do so for all of modern history. Adding drones to the mix is like pouring a cup of water on someone in a swimming pool. Yes it’s more water, but you didn’t make them wetter.

> The only thing preventing violence from being 100x the current rates isn’t law or technological blockers

Frankly, yes it is. Modern explosives lead to an era of anarchist violence. Then forensics and investigative policing were developed.

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Open Source Defense's avatar

True, but that burst of violence died down without laws/policing having made it super hard to pull off the same kinds of attacks. Even today, it's pretty possible for a motivated wacko to build a bomb.

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Greg's avatar

But I doubt it will only be the government(s) for long.

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Open Source Defense's avatar

You're almost certainly right. But in terms of volume, governments will always out-kill private killers.

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SH68137's avatar

Gov't killings = Democide

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Greg's avatar

Oh yeah. Orders of magnitude. Many.

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