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Building a virus, on your own network, probably isn't a crime.

We already have all kinds of laws to catch and punish people when they cause harm.



>Building a virus, on your own network, probably isn't a crime.

There are plenty of legal uses for a fully automatic AR-15 too, yet we still ban it.


Do we also ban instructions on how they work? Probably no?


> There are plenty of legal uses for a fully automatic AR-15

Such as?


Unconstitutionally. Repeal the 1986 Hughes amendment.


Although invisible, society has benefited immensely from the fact that most recklessly unhinged criminals are also dumb.




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