# 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:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confiscation-of-guns-what-do-gun-owners-fear-exactly/827510/267 "2019-01-15T00:12:23Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> When people talk about the government sending people door-to-door to confiscate guns, I’ve always assumed that every gun owner would deny having any. Right? So, what then?

No Knock searches, doors smashed down. Houses tossed. Owners handcuffed on the floor until search is done. Dogs shot. Cats escaping. Anything else potentially illegal seized. Perhaps computers - they might have a gun inventory.

Jobs lost, lives ruined. Bankruptcy.

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