The societal damage caused by guns is 3-orders of magnitude greater than the damage caused by crypto. This says nothing about the benefits, which I&#x27;d argue are much greater still.<p>A couple of hundred years ago the second amendment was a critical and important component of America, because it allowed the people to protect themselves against the government. That threat of direct violence is now much less, but in it&#x27;s place the government now threatens our freedom by threatening our privacy. And this is a very real threat. And damage that this would do is far far greater in an information society. Huxly&#x27;s 1984 wasn&#x27;t a book about physical combat fought with guns it was a war fought with information.