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The 2nd Amendment argument has for two centuries focused around firearms -- weapons which discharge a projectile via explosive charge.
Enter the age of "cyber warfare." In this environment, could not code/apps be seen as "arms"? Especially if the government is using technology to oppress its citizenry, the citizens need to arm themselves to defend against such abuses of technology.
I am wondering if a 2A legal argument in support of the possession of digital contraband would hold up in court. The Apple-hosted cop-finder app for HK got me thinking this way...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-...acking-map-app-after-china-uproar-11570681464
Enter the age of "cyber warfare." In this environment, could not code/apps be seen as "arms"? Especially if the government is using technology to oppress its citizenry, the citizens need to arm themselves to defend against such abuses of technology.
I am wondering if a 2A legal argument in support of the possession of digital contraband would hold up in court. The Apple-hosted cop-finder app for HK got me thinking this way...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-...acking-map-app-after-china-uproar-11570681464