Your philosophy is usually bigger than the here and now. Last week I got into a conversation with a couple of colleagues, one I know pretty well and the other not at all. For starters they don't like the second amendment. I mean, they think it should be repealed or ignored.
I put it to them that I owned one rifle. I have never threatened anyone with it, it is locked away, and I have been convicted (much less accused) of a violent criminal offense. Would they take away my means to protect myself, my family, or others around me? There was a lot of back and forth about what a militia was, how far could I go to protect myself, and what about non-lethal protection but in the end both admitted that MY ownership was not a threat to their well being or society.
So I told them I actually owned more than a rifle. I own several dozen weapons including black rifles, high capacity handguns, and thousands of rounds under lock and key. They went off like shaken bottles of warm soda. No way should I be allowed more than a couple of guns, no "assault" weapons, and I had no reason to have more than only the bullets in the gun (with low capacity magazines).
I pointed out how flawed their philosophy was. One gun is safe, two guns are safe but even under the same security my real number of guns is unsafe, illogical, and should be illegal. One or a hundred, the risk is the same. They left shaking their heads. I guess that is what thinking looks like when it is in progress.
What say you?