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Re:Message encryption a 'problem' – UK home secretary by zebrafish on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:47AM (#14901166)
Granted, guns have serial numbers and there is a list of registered owners. My argument falls apart there.
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Re:Message encryption a 'problem' – UK home secretary by Zak on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @12:53PM (#14902776)
In most of the US, no registration or license is required to legally own a gun, and the Federal government is barred from attempting to create a registry.
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Re:Message encryption a 'problem' – UK home secretary by eric_h on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @06:27PM (#14906027)
They literally can't even use computers to match weapons to owners. It's all on paper.
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Re:Message encryption a 'problem' – UK home secretary by freehunter on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @11:42AM (#14901904)
Legal guns have serial numbers and legal gun owners are registered. My grandpa has a house full of guns with no official registration.

I wouldn't look to that as an example of a well-functioning regulation system.

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