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What Is The Proper Libertarian View on Threats? Dear Michael: It all depends upon whether or not that gun pointing constitutes a threat. If your “gun” is an armor piercing bazooka, capable of plowing through that wall, and all you need is for that “gun” to drop, or you sneeze on it in just the right way to launch the missile, then, yes, it should be banned and you’d be a criminal. On what constitutes a threat, see this: Block, Walter E. and William Barnett II. 2008. “Continuums” Journal Etica e Politica / Ethics & Politics, Vol. 1, pp. 151-166, June; http://www2.units.it/~etica/; http://www2.units.it/~etica/2008 1/BLOCKBARNETT.pdf ....
In The Free Society, Would Individuals Be Allowed to Own Nuclear Weapons? Dear Dr. Block. You argue that owning a nuclear weapon is illegitimate because you cannot limit it’s use to the “bad” guys. A possible objection to this as pointed out in this article https://www.google.com/amp/s/miseschrist.com/2014/05/11/nuclear-weapons-free-society/amp/ is that using something and owning something are distinct. A counterargument to this critique (in my opinion) is pointed out in this article https://voluntaryistreader.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/nuclear-weapons-in-libertarianism/ Basically the author, using your methodology argues that the reason why nuclear weapons are, in almost all cases, invasive is because they are necessarily pointed at someone (or someone’s property). Since pointing a weapon (any weapon) at someone is a threat of aggression therefore nukes are invasive, since they are almost always pointed at someone. ....
From: Walter Block <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 10:56 PM To: ‘chris ar’ Subject: RE: Nuclear Weapon Ownership. Dear Chris: Beautifully said. Thanks for your kind comments. Best regards, Walter From: chris ar Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 10:52 PM To: Walter Block <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Nuclear Weapon Ownership. Dear Dr Block. First of all, thank you so much for taking the time to respond, I really appreciate it. My name is Chris Armoutidis, I live in Greece, currently studying nutrition. I first found out about libertarianism around five years ago, you were the one who introduced me to … Continue reading → ....