Originally Posted by Relentless

In this example, nobody got hurt as a result of the lost guns. Had your friend's gun collection been used to shoot up a school, rob banks, kill cops or harm the neighboring society in any way... his failure to secure those guns and decision to own them would have been a significant cause of danger to the other people in the equation. Even in this extreme example, he should have been fined and punished for failing to secure the guns he chose to own. The decision to own a gun and failure to secure it is what puts illegal guns on the streets.