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If people would understand that the government isn't going to come take your gun, maybe there should be a public registry of guns owned.
The point of the gun is to protect your family. So let the world know your home is "protected" by guns before criminals even break in the door. Just like home alarm systems have signs. Wouldn't you rather a criminal completely leaves you alone instead of having to fire your gun and having to fill out the police report paperwork?
And your guns should be in a locked safe, so not like criminals will start to target you to easily steal your guns.
And now neighbors know which neighbor might accidentally kill them.
And food delivery knows which homes to not approach for fear of being mistaken for a criminal and shot.
And the NRA keeps saying that gun sales are being done legally, so why not have a listing of guns owned? Would make it a whole lot easier for insurance to reimburse you if the gun is damaged in a home fire. Or return it to you if it is stolen. Same way bicycles can be registered with a serial number, or cars can get their vin etched into the windows.
This is a great way to have someone break into your house and steal your guns while you’re not home. People secure their guns differently based on numerous different situations/reasons making some easier to steal than others.
Plus, no one need to know that. I don’t want to be targeted by anyone (political / socially / physically / etc) simply for owning a firearm (if I do). No one need to know if I own a gun just like no one needs ro know if you’ve ever beat off in the shower.
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I don’t want ANYONE to know what system(s) I may or may not have in place; that’s just opening telling theives what exploits to look for in my system. The more generic looking the equipment is, the better.
Because then there’s a list of people to go after first if poop happens. Again, no one needs to know what weapons I may or may not have.
With that attitude, let’s just register EVERYTHING with the insurance company. I’m sure they won’t use analytics against you when they determine that people who own a 65+ in TV that isn’t wall mounted have 66% more injuries and jack up your insurance rate.
I could keep going, but I’ve run out of caring. Thanks for anyone reading this.
You do realize one of the big issue in this scenario you're describing where even criminals can know if the residents of a house have a gun, right? Criminals would infer those off the list are less likely to have one and target those people without a gun with greater surety.
Yes, that would happen.
I'm not sure if that really will play out where everyone gets a gun.
Right now not everyone has a security system (or at least just the sign). And not everyone has a dog inside. And not everyone has a car alarm.