On: Gun Control on the Blockchain?

This proposal started as a Chris Rock joke and has become mistaken for a serious part of discourse about guns. Any time someone brings it up, it's easy to know that that person hasn't taken the time to gain even a cursory understanding of how firearms actually work in human society.

So, let me state the obvious and dispel this notion: The last thing we want are unpracticed hands ahold of guns in our communities.

Basic competence with a handgun takes many thousands of rounds of practice.

I hope you did not think I was serious.

We would be much better off effectively banning guns in the US, but that's not going to happen.

PS: You can practice just fine using rubber (wax etc) bullets. (which are still very dangerous.) There not ideal, but basic competence works just fine.

I don't know whether you were serious, but some people who parrot this proposal are. And it's weird and scary.

And while I respect your opinion about gun legislation, I disagree about the effects of disarming the populace living inside the belly of empire.

I'm actually looking forward to traveling to places where guns are banned, but I don't think it's the right choice for the USA.

> We would be much better off effectively banning guns in the US, but that's not going to happen.

The government's guns, too? Yeah, let's freeze hell and make that happen!