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maxsolomon

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20. Collecting is a hobby.

Thu Jul 7, 2022, 11:16 AM

Jul 2022

I have one: records. I can only play one at a time.

I know a guy who collects pocket knives. My Dad collects Mud Men figurines.

At some point (3 firearms?) it becomes like that - the arsenals aren't for self-defense.

Crimo's arsenal was about making himself powerful.

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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