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It should not be assumed, for things that have valid, legal uses, that illegal uses will be the de facto use. That kind of thinking is a side-effect of the fear-driven society we are currently living in. Knee-jerk reactions are almost always wrong.

Yes, this could make it easier to shoot a person (it makes it easier to shoot anything); but there is no evidence that it will make it more likely that a person will be shot. Even if this was used to facilitate a murder (unlikely, given the cost and the background checks for gun ownership), you have to prove that the murder would not have been committed if this technology didn't exist.

I think that would be difficult to prove.



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