Re:New bill threatens journalists’ ability to protect sources
by krapp on Friday May 01, 2020 @03:09PM
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This is because law enforcement, which is strongly pro gun, is also against encryption, because encryption makes blanket surveillance and evidence gathering more difficult. Politicians from strongly pro gun areas also tend, politically, to be strongly pro military and law enforcement.
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Re:New bill threatens journalists’ ability to protect sources
by enitihas on Friday May 01, 2020 @03:13PM
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Why is law enforcement pro gun though? Shouldn't they be anti gun logically, as it would make their job a lot more easier if there are fewer weapons outside.
Re:New bill threatens journalists’ ability to protect sources
by mrguyorama on Friday May 01, 2020 @03:22PM
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They tend to be pro-gun because they tend to be to the Right of the American political spectrum.
Re:New bill threatens journalists’ ability to protect sources
by leetcrew on Friday May 01, 2020 @04:46PM
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this is sort of circular though. the original question was "why is pro-gun consistent with anti-encryption in US politics?".
I suspect there's no satisfying answer to the question, as most people don't logically derive their political positions from first principles. there's no reason to expect them to be consistent.