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mattmaroon12/09/20243 repliesview on HN

I disagree. Analogous would be how we have very limited regulations on guns, but you can’t just have a tank, fighter jet, or ICBM.

Some tools are a lot more powerful than others and we have to take special care with them.


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oblio12/10/2024

> Analogous would be how we have very limited regulations on guns

This is strictly limited to the US. In most advanced democracies you need a stack of papers to get even a small handgun.

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thrwthsnw12/09/2024

There are private citizens that own and operate all of those things.

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tick_tock_tick12/09/2024

> but you can’t just have a tank, fighter jet, or ICBM.

?? You 100% can in the USA it just costs a lot of money.

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