Why I keep guns in my home.

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211. I suspected you would just like most people who have little understanding ...

of the gun culture. Most of the regular shooters I know who have been shooting as long as I have also have a collection of firearms. Some have a smaller collection and others a much larger one.

Be aware I accumulated my collection over 40 years and I rarely sell one of my weapons. I also know some regular shooters who are a firearm at a gun show and shoot it for a couple of months. After they grow bored with this firearm they return to the show and trade it with a dealer for another firearm or sell it as a private seller to another individual at the show.

I keep my firearms for decades and most have had thousands and thousands of rounds run through the barrel. I will only sell a firearm to a person who I personally know and who has a Florida concealed carry permit.

By the way I do not find the term "gun nut" insulting in the least and I do understand how others who have little familiarity with people who enjoy the shooting sports might view me as dangerous. Perhaps they are right but I have a spotless police record and held a government security clearance from the time I was in the Air Force in the mid 1960s until I retired seven years ago.

However I am not defending myself from any criticism. Your opinion of me is interesting but largely irrelevant. You have a right to your views and I have a right to mine and that's the way it should be in a democracy as long neither of us is violating any laws.