The difference is that guns are inherently dangerous: their main purpose is to cause destruction and harm, while encryption is not inherently dangerous. One person with access to a gun can head down to the mall or a school and wreak massive havok. Can you say the same about one person with an RSA-2048 algorithm?<p>I don&#x27;t think the comparison between guns and encryption is fair at all, if anything, encryption might be like the balaclava that the shooter uses to cover their identity.