Mutually Assured Disaster: Open Carry Plus Stand Your Ground Gun Laws

In which we take a closer look at what might happen if we’re all “good guys” carrying AR-15s. A little game theory, the Cold War, and some ancient Roman history are employed to bolster the case that you generally want less things that go boom — guns or nuclear weapons.

I recently wrote a Medium piece about an under-appreciated Star Trek TOS episode Mirror, Mirror. You should watch it for yourself, but I’ll summarize the main points. Through a transporter error, Kirk and crew are beamed into a parallel universe…