[92763] in Cypherpunks
Re: cypherpunks and guns
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (snow)
Thu Jan 8 04:13:15 1998
To: kent@songbird.com (Kent Crispin)
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 00:35:17 -0600 (CST)
From: "snow" <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@algebra.com
In-Reply-To: <19980107001651.29456@songbird.com> from "Kent Crispin" at Jan 7, 98 00:16:51 am
Reply-To: "snow" <snow@smoke.suba.com>
> On Wed, Jan 07, 1998 at 01:25:45AM -0600, snow wrote:
> > > I am fairly certain that as an irregular army soldier I could inflict
> > > a substantial amount of damage upon an occupying military. With maybe
> > > $20k in equipment and several hundred hours of training, you could make
> > If you were smart, you could do it for a lot less.
> That presumes the enemy is dumb. An amusing fantasy.
No, just that one could bootstrap your fight for a lot less.
As long as cops have guns and piano wire is unrestricted, ruthless
people will always have access to guns.
