There are many dangerous things in the world and plenty of reasons why they are unsafe. Most of these things are either illegal or highly regulated, which protects us from a good deal of danger.

However, that is not always the case, as not all danger is obvious. When one Reddit user asked people online about the most dangerous yet totally legal things that they own, netizens filled the thread with answers. Scroll down to find out what they shared!

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own My books. They are full of ideas! And as a society, we seem to becoming afraid of ideas.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own Your car. A two ton hunk of metal capable of reaching speeds of over 100mph, that can disintegrat humans on contact. And they are everywhere, some being driven by utter morons who pay the bare minimum of attention while doing so.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own 1939 Sheldon 56" metal lathe. It was built before they invented safety. It will happily rip your arm clean off then slap you in the face repeatedly with your own arm.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own I am a vet who helps people say goodbye to their pets at home. I work out of my own home, and at any time have enough [medical substances] on hand to kill a half dozen horses. Locked in a safe that's in a safe in a locked cabinet in a locked room.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own 1927 chainsaw. Not a single safety feature on that thing. It scares people just sitting there, not running.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own Mandolin slicer. Everyone I know who has used one has had an accident using one.

I have cutting gloves. I love some low effort julienne veggies.

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#7

23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own Garage door springs.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own I have enough pesticides in the truck in my driveway to kill the entire neighborhood.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own Jumper Cables.

I'm well aware how to use them, but there are many ways they can be misused; some on purpose.

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#10

23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own Bleach.

Just by adding 1 other legal thing I can make an explosive, or enact chemical warfare.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own Staircase and bathtub.

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#12

23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own Alcohol.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own The break quit working on my miter saw so I took the guard and everything off is now just a spinning 14” wheel of death.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own Descending order: Ladder, motorcycle, chain saw, tree stand, various firearms, whisky, cars, bacon, bathtub, couch.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own My gas stove. If I left it on without the spark and filled the apartment and spark was lit then the whole apartment complex goes down.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own My mind.

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#17

23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own Legos. Ouch.

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#18

23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own Gasoline and propane.

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#19

23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own Insulin.

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#20

23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own My Belgian Malinois.

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#21

23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own Free access to the internet, probably.

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#22

23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own GMC Yukon XL.

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23 Examples Of Dangerous But Perfectly Legal Things That People Own A copy of The King In Yellow.

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