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Hugh_Lebowski

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5. Well, I'm no fan of guns, but ...

Thu Jul 7, 2022, 10:09 AM

Jul 2022

The base models may be nearly identical, but people kit them out differently, using different attachments (scope vs. laser sight, that type of thing).

Different brands may have different compatible attachments, different weight/balances, different feel when shooting, different ranges, differing accuracy levels, etc. Even when their looks/style are outwardly very similar.

One could make the same argument about, say, acoustic guitars. If you own one, well, that's enough, you can play guitar. But many, many people who own 1 acoustic guitar ... own other ones, often, many other ones.

Why? Cause they don't sound the same, feel the same, play the same, etc. Also, people get more money and decide to upgrade from the cheap one they bought years ago, or inherited, or whatever ... to something nicer.

If you buy legitimately identical guns that seems silly, but I can think of reasons one might. Maybe it's your absolute favorite and you see it's on closeout so you buy a spare in case the first gets lost or stolen, that type of thing.

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Like Many Other DUers, I Have Relatives Who Are Right-Wingers [View all] MineralMan Jul 2022 OP

Gun hoarders. CrispyQ Jul 2022 #1

Indeed! LOL! MineralMan Jul 2022 #7

The photo was taken by a European photographer who travelled around the USA CrispyQ Jul 2022 #13

Fascinating! MineralMan Jul 2022 #16

A $20 per gun yearly tax feels pretty rad about now for some reason, I can't put my trigger on it? Brainfodder Jul 2022 #41

If they are all loaded, they are threat multipliers Moostache Jul 2022 #2

Not really. If you are in a fixed location, MineralMan Jul 2022 #8

Also,... ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #39

K&R, I can understand shotguns for sport shooting but not PGRs (pistol grip rifles) !!! uponit7771 Jul 2022 #3

Well, depends what sort of "sport" shooting you're doing, really. MineralMan Jul 2022 #9

We have television shows showing interventions of hoarders CrispyQ Jul 2022 #4

Yeah, well, gun hoarders don't really want a crew MineralMan Jul 2022 #11

Well, I'm no fan of guns, but ... Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2022 #5

Yes, those awful mass guitar murders kcr Jul 2022 #10

Hmm...that sounds like a good excuse, rather than a reason. MineralMan Jul 2022 #12

I've Got 13 Guitars ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #40

To me this is good reason to make guns really friggin expensive Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2022 #43

Excellent Idea! MineralMan Jul 2022 #46

Collecting guitars isn't quite the same as collecting guns, though. Ocelot II Jul 2022 #38

Again, I'm no gun fan in any way, I've never owned one, but I know people who do Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2022 #44

But just think how *manly* you'd look if you carried an AR-15, finger on the trigger, Ocelot II Jul 2022 #6

I don't know. I have a full beard, which is ample evidence MineralMan Jul 2022 #15

But the combination of the beard *and* all those guns! OMG! Ocelot II Jul 2022 #45

Its an idol. milestogo Jul 2022 #14

BiL is a huge collector Amishman Jul 2022 #17

Yes. Well, my question for your BiL would be the same. MineralMan Jul 2022 #18

I once saw Rambo shoot two machine guns at once. Qutzupalotl Jul 2022 #19

Point and shoot. Works for cameras, but not so well MineralMan Jul 2022 #21

Collecting is a hobby. maxsolomon Jul 2022 #20

Well, I think he's going to have a lifetime to contemplate MineralMan Jul 2022 #22

I Don't Think RobinA Jul 2022 #23

Oh, I understand the mindset just fine. MineralMan Jul 2022 #24

They all think they are Burt Gummer... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #25

I had to look that up. MineralMan Jul 2022 #26

Right down to the "I'm the good guy with a gun(s) who's gonna save the world"... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #30

I never saw any of those movies. MineralMan Jul 2022 #31

If you're talking about Burt Gummer, he's in Tremors... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #36

Yeah, I learned that when I looked up the name. MineralMan Jul 2022 #37

As investments in the resale market? mainer Jul 2022 #27

Hmm...maybe. MineralMan Jul 2022 #28

It's a sickness... slightlv Jul 2022 #29

Well, it's more a symptom of something than an illness itself. MineralMan Jul 2022 #32

You know, MineralMan, of course, slightlv Jul 2022 #35

The way it was explained to me here on DU is this... Midnight Writer Jul 2022 #33

Well, I have lots and lots of wrenches. MineralMan Jul 2022 #34

We have old friends in California who collect butter churns and guns. Hortensis Jul 2022 #42