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In reply to the discussion: 20 years of data show Austrailias gun control laws work [View all]Marengo
(3,477 posts)Do you publish lists of the valuable items contained within your home in public venues? Yes, homes contains things, but the public at large doesn't know what specifically those things are. Some homes contain nothing of real value, others the opposite. Some of the equipment I use in competitive target shooting has a high dollar value on the secondary market. I'd rather this information not be known to the general public.
"If you're so sloppy about keeping your guns secured, and if they're so dangerous and so easily vulnerable to theft as you fear them to be"
You are missing the point entirely, either from willful obtuseness or a profound lack of comprehension. It is my assertion that publishing a list available to anyone may possibly make my home more vulnerable to attempted theft, and therefore a greater threat to public safety. It that sense, your proposal place the safety of my person and property in greater danger. Nearly any storage system, for any any type of valuable item, can be defeated by a determined thief if given the time and opportunity. That being the case, why strip the added layer of security of privacy?
"...then the public absolutely has a right to know that you can't keep control of your deadly property."
I've asked you once, now I will try again. What do you know of my storage system?
...your ownership of your precious guns guns guns is no more a privileged matter of secrecy than is any random homeowner's address
And once again I will ask you does your home ownership record include a detailed roster of the items contained within that property?
If not, apparently your assertion is incorrect.