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by huijzer 479 days ago
> But there are plenty of people who are sent threats and insults every day, just because they are politically active and giving them a way to protect themselves is important for our democracy.

I think this logic is flawed. By that same logic, the solution to terrorist attacks in cars would be to ban cars.

My point is that the countermeasure sounds disproportionate to me.