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CosmicSex said:
VAMatt said:

That is a super extreme case, and completely ridiculous.  

With that said, I don't think I mind private nukes.  

So there is a theory that exists in the realm around the Search for Intelligent Life know as the Great Barrier that states that advanced intelligent civilizations like our own have to contend with many different extinction causes.  One of the most prolific is self destruction. If you really think the human race is mature enough to have privately owned nukes:

Governments are far more irresponsible than private persons and organizations.  They're the cause of nearly all major problems, outside of natural disasters, that have ever occurred.  So, if governments can handle nukes (to be clear, I do not trust government with nukes, but they haven't killed us all yet), certainly private entities can as well.