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Originally Posted by All Systems Go
Except that if they're willing to hand them over they probably aren't the people that need to be disarmed in the first place.
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A lot of people are injured in firearm accidents though, or in shootings where the owner is not the shooter. There are millions of guns which are old and potentially dangerous (erm, you know what I mean - dangerous to the user).
Alternatively, Person X had a checkered past. They have a gun which was used to hold up a convenience store ten years ago. Maybe it was even fired at someone but did not result in a death. They've got a gun in the house they don't want. Their kids are getting to the age they'll break open into the gun locker but getting rid of it might be problematic. Or Person Y might have a short-temper and bought the gun when pissed off about something in a dispute which ended peacefully some time ago. Their family don't want them having a gun in the house because they know next time they get into a rage someone might die.
In either of those cases society probably benefits from a safe disposal of the weapon.