New bill threatens journalists’ ability to protect sources

Re:New bill threatens journalists’ ability to protect sources by enitihas on Friday May 01, 2020 @03:13PM (#23045499)

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.

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Re:New bill threatens journalists’ ability to protect sources by mrguyorama on Friday May 01, 2020 @03:22PM (#23045556)

They tend to be pro-gun because they tend to be to the Right of the American political spectrum.

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Re:New bill threatens journalists’ ability to protect sources by leetcrew on Friday May 01, 2020 @04:46PM (#23046288)

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.

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