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I feel like it should be a pretty easy sell to say "For your (not inherently illegal to own) stuff to be confiscated, you must first be convicted of a crime."

> It really does seem to be a thing that is best handled by a ballot measure or referendum.

just wait until you find out about direct democracy

I don't see why our legislators need us to make excuses for them not doing what they were elected to do. Only half of the states allow ballot measures without the legislature's involvement. This is not a task we can accomplish without them.