I’m with you. I understand all the arguments, but still see it as more paternalism. Seattle Housing Authority has had one of these bans for a couple of years. I will have to check to make sure, but think they also have a gun ban. Remember that a lot of these buildings are in bad neighborhoods, where elderly residents have to walk to do errands, etc.
I am still trying to find out if SHA has a weapons ban. All I have determined is that HUD leaves the decision up to the localities.
I still see this stuff as a social engineering issue. It’s very similar to the problem of people buying food others deem unnutritious with EBT. Ideally, people are paying for their own food, end of problem, but until we live in a perfect world...