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No, I'm asking you to explain why somene who has nothing to do with a "cost" is expected to pay said cost.
Unless you can show my specific responsibility for that cost, there's no way you can argue that I should have to pay the cost.
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Taxes (or subsidies) should be used in any product with substantial externalities
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So, given that libel and slander have substantial externalities, you would agree that people should have to pay a hefy licensing fee to exercise their right to free speech.
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There is no notion that the license will eliminate gun crime.
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I didnt ask you about the elimination of gun crime, I asked you how it would affect criminals, the people that create the 'cost'.