When you say Gun Nut, who do you mean?

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12. It has little to do with the number of guns or degree of contact with guns.

What makes a gun nut a gun nut is irrational fear of being personally attacked that goes beyond real-world risks, especially when it goes as far as buying into crazy conspiracies that someone's coming to throw you into a FEMA death camp, so you have to be armed to protect yourself.

What makes a gun nut a gun nut is acting as if even the most modest, sensible effort at gun control is a slippery slope toward total confiscation of all guns.

What makes a gun nut a gun nut is willful disregard for the "well-regulated militia" part of the second amendment, and disregard for the huge difference between what was meant by "arms" when the Constitution was written, and the kinds of "arms" available now.

What makes a gun nut a gun nut is having too much sense of your own self worth wrapped up in the guns you own and your skill at wielding them.

What makes a gun nut a gun nut is spending too much mental energy on imagining the various scenarios in your life when you might play the hero with your gun, while spending far less time thinking about much more productive ways you could save lives and live longer yourself.