These old, life-long politicians all have 3 things in common:
1. They see something they don’t understand, they try to ban/regulate it.
2. They do not comprehend the radical changes in our society that the internet has created. Namely free transfer of information; data.
3. The pace of technology will now outpace their ability to ban it.
Once it’s digital, it’s out there, and you can’t stop that.
Once they figure this out they will move to really clamp down on the internet. They will say it is “dangerous.”
The power is shifting towards the people and they will not stand for that.
Isaac Asimov wrote a sci-fi short story called “The Dead Past” waaay back in the 50’s that dealt with a “Time Viewer” he called a ‘Chronoscope’. The situation closely resembles this one with 3D printing of firearms.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Past