I don't understand why there is so much talk about guns here lately. Unless someone comes up with a weapon that has some very unusual economic properties, individuals cannot hope to compete with governments in the domain of deadly force. If we have to resort to physical violence, we've
Tell that to Lincoln, Duke F., Kennedy, &etc. No, we couldn't win thru the overwhelming use of force, but force properly applied could at some point prove useful.
already lost!
There are some of us who feel that if we "lose", it would be better to go down fighting than to live in the kind of world where we can't protect our privacy with crypto.
Think about it: if we can defend ourselves with guns, why would we need crypto?
Different realms. Crypto deals with transient/ephemeral(sp?) things like bits & words & numbers. Arms work in a more physical world of Rapists, Theives, & Dictators.