[515] in Cypherpunks
Re: Police protection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mbriceno@aol.com)
Sun May 23 22:23:50 1993
From: mbriceno@aol.com
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Sun, 23 May 93 22:19:08 EDT
> I've never felt safer than in such places [where lawabiding citezens are
armed], and most would say
> most such places are desirable, compared to say Washington DC
> or New York where guns have been outlawed for ages. Except for
> of course, those in the hands of the state and the criminals.
>
> Why in the world would you say otherwise? --
>
> I think because he's thinking of places like Beirut, Somalia, Bosnia,
> and so on. You know -- places without any effective central
> government.
Perhaps my post needed some clarification:
I do not believe that a lawfull governmental police force becomes
unneccessary once we hand every citizen a gun.
Just as the police can not grant an unarmed public's security, an armed
populace alone is no guarantee for safe streets. Only the combination of a
well prepared public working together with a responsible government can make
our lifes truely safe from infringementes by anti-social individuals. I
beleive that if people were allowed to used crypto in all communication and
carry a gun at all times, crime-be it street crime or white collar- would be
reduced to levels far below the present rate.
--Marc
