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		Turing_Machine on May 1, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the NRA hates smart guns The IRS uses the threat of prison to persuade you to pay your taxes. That doesn't make the IRS "designed" to put people in prison.

DanBC on May 1, 2016 [–]

But in that analogy prisons == guns and the IRS == the person holding the gun.

Prisons are very much designed to put people in prison. That's why they're all full.

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