# Confiscation of guns: What do gun owners fear exactly?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 10, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confiscation-of-guns-what-do-gun-owners-fear-exactly/827510 "2019-01-10T05:53:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confiscation-of-guns-what-do-gun-owners-fear-exactly/827510/26 "2019-01-10T15:40:11Z")

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This post from another thread seems relevant here:

> [@Staunch conservatives requesting public funded benefits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staunch-conservatives-requesting-public-funded-benefits/827268/54):
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> This is why education camps will be necessary.
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> We will need emergency legislation declaring the republican party a treasonous, terroristic political wing that is the enemy of the American people. This will only be possibly when the Republican policies bankrupt the average American, which is why we need a great depression. But even then, you’re average Jerry Springer-watching, Joe Rogan-listening Ameritard still might not get it. The military (centrist) can take over and demand behavior.

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