Allowing anyone to own guns is not simply an exercise in freedom, because the freedom to own a gun places severe restrictions on the lives of everyone who gets shot as a result, and on the lives of everyone who must impede their own lifestyles to mitigate such a risk.
One could argue that teaching people to live responsibly and punishing them when they fail is protecting them from themselves.
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Or making selves self-protective

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Whatever you want to call it, it still requires the state's infringement of the individual's autonomy. So we both agree that violating autonomy is crucial to addressing this problem, we only disagree on the precise extent.
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