Hmmm, well Spiders are generally not bad things, they tend to kill insects that are a pretty deterimental to humans and their interests. A few spiders in or around your garden can solve all kinds of problems.
That said, I've killed them, but tend to put them outside or whatver. For all the horror stories dangerous (to people) spiders seem to be a distinct minority.
I do confess they do make me uneasy at times though, but I chalk it up to more or less looking at/encountering something that is both predatory, and totally alien to me, even if harmless due to our relative size in most cases.
Giant spiders is one of the more superficially plausible threats in the "stereotypical rogues gallery" given spiders the size of humans or bigger I'd imagine even the run of the mill garden spider wouldn't be fun to deal with, as they are predators.
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When it comes to Erin she doesn't seem above lying on ATF paperwork, and I'm also not 100% sure she was ever officially diagnosed with anything. It's sort of like how with my problems (brain damage, institutionalized as a minor) I can actually answer 'no' to most questions like that (I've checked) as I've never been institutionalized as an adult OR considered to be insane or delusional in a legal sense.
I'll also say that most people that I know don't buy their guns by just waltzing into a store, they usually know the dealer selling fairly well. The paperwork typically doesn't come up that much, but then again I'm usually dealing with things/people that tend to stand opposite from the whole "criminal/deulusional gunman" crowd.