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I have a friend that was a gun collector and his guns were well secured...because they were very valuable...but that did not keep a thief from breaking into his home and stealing his entire collection. The thief was never caught and none of his guns were ever recovered. But if it ever turns up that one of his guns that was stolen about fifteen years ago was ever found to be involved in a crime to punish him would be a total injustice.
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Was your friend fined or punished in any way for allowing those guns to fall into the hands of a criminal? Where do you think criminals get guns? Very few if any criminals on the street committing violent crimes are capable of manufacturing their own guns. The pro-gun lobbyists are very fond of pointing out that the vast amount of gun related crimes are not committed by people who legally own guns. The fact is, most guns on the street were legally purchased originally... 'lost' intentionally or unintentionally and allowed to enter the black market where criminals have access to them.
One solution is to make owning any guns illegal. I am very much against that. People who responsibly own and secure their guns should be free to use them in any way allowable under the law. However, when someone decides to buy 25 guns and keep them in an unlocked showcase or has a firearm stolen out of their night table... they should be held to a very strict standard and punished severely for allowing their guns to find their way into the hands of criminals who would use them.
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In addition National Guard Armories have been broken into and weapons stolen as well as gun stores have been broken into and weapons stolen...so are the National Guardsmen and store owners to be punished if any of the guns are found to have been used in a crime. A ridiculous concept.
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If you have any links to those events please post them. I'd be very curious to see what penalty was enforced against the National Guardsmen responsible for securing those guns who failed to do so and allowed them to become lost or stolen. I'd expect that they faced very significant penalties and an extremely rigorous investigation took place to identify any breach of security so that it would never happen again. I look forward to reading the news articles detailing these events that you are aware of...