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Re:What America looked like before the EPA, in photos by tacomonstrous on Friday March 16, 2018 @07:37AM (#16599949)
Protect them with what authority and with what resources? Everyone raises their own militia against bad actors? What if the bad actor owns half the land in the region and all the guns?
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Re:What America looked like before the EPA, in photos by ekianjo on Friday March 16, 2018 @11:34PM (#16605479)
There is something called Rule of Law. That is where the government intervenes if someone or some organization fails to follow the Law.

> What if the bad actor owns half the land in the region and all the guns?

As far as I know the government has the biggest guns.

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Re:What America looked like before the EPA, in photos by tacomonstrous on Monday March 19, 2018 @09:08PM (#16625033)
>As far as I know the government has the biggest guns.

Not in the mythical libertarian paradise where all property is privately owned.

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