More like guns either kill people or look pretty on a wall; encryption not only can't kill people, it also prevents people from stealing.
Even a nutjob armed with the latest encryption, still needs a gun to kill people.
Even a nutjob armed with the latest encryption, still needs a gun to kill people.
To be fair, it can also prevent people from being killed in extremely oppressive regimes, just by association with 'x' out-topic (e.g.: the gay community).
I dunno, I'm pretty sure a determined enough assailant could beat someone to death with a hardcover copy of PGP Source Code and Internals.
or defend their owners, or hunt, or...
If I had to bet, I'd say at least 25% of US guns have been used within the past year, and 99.9% of those will not have been used to kill others.