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by linkregister 29 days ago
In the US, attaching legislation like that to firearms instructions would doom its success. It sounds like a great idea to ratfuck a potential bill. No Republican would be able to pass a bill that bans local agents from helping citizens exercise their 2nd Amendment rights.

The politics are probably different in other countries. We're still seeing Chat Control efforts in the EU.

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That is the one of the main reasons they passed the law to limit 3-d printers.

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/keeping-new-yorkers-safe-go...

Now where I could agree with you is if you made the argument on a state-by-state level. Pretty sure what you said would hold up in Texas

https://xkcd.com/504/

> I think the crypto community took the wrong side in that fight. We should have lobbied to keep it counted as weaponry.

> Why?

> Once they get complacent, we break out the second amendment.