[MCRed]

I'm not sure which "other side" you're targeting with your argument, but as a gun rights advocate its' completely consistent to be a privacy rights advocate-- and basically a human rights advocate.

That it doesn't hurt another, do what thou wilt. Thus gay married farmers should be able to defend their marijuana crops with fully auto AK47s. Marijuana, guns and gay sex don't do bad things to society. Only people can misuse them.

[doktrin]

> I'm not sure which "other side" you're targeting with your argument, but as a gun rights advocate its' completely consistent to be a privacy rights advocate-- and basically a human rights advocate.

I can't speak for the parent, but I'd imagine s/he has observed a correlation in that the political "right" seems to be more in favor of an encryption backdoor than the "left". The "right" is also unequivocally more enthusiastic in its defense of 2a rights.

To support this notion - at least insofar as being an indicator of public sentiment - I would point to the Republican primary field which has almost unanimously spoken out in opposition of Apple's decision. Their two Democrat counterparts have thus far been more reserved about the matter.

[Karunamon]

From my perspective, most of the crowing I see about how Apple is terrible for not immediately capitulating is coming from the American right wing, a political bloc traditionally associated with gun rights.