To start with, I think it's a mistake to think of guns as a well-framed game by themselves. More dimensions.
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Guns are the capstone of an arms race. Slightly less convenient death engines will always be freely available.
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"Anyone who can pick up a cast iron frying pan owns death." -- William Burroughs
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Now consider in that light the 3-sided conflict between C = citizens, S = state, P = psychopaths.
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P is always going to be the enemy of C and S, and P will always seek the most effective weapon.
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But the relationship between C and S is a lot more complex; their interests don't necessarily align.
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And this is where most of the dynamics arise. Sheepdogs and sheep? Capitalists and proletariat? Kings & serfs?
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Offloading all responsibility for ownership of the means of killing onto S creates a principal-agent problem.
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I'll stop there.
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