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In reply to the discussion: Here Are All the Weapons Police Found in George Zimmerman’s Florida Residence [View all]The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)I popped over one Saturday for some target shooting and we had a table full of guns and ammo to test out. Was a blast (I don't own a gun so rarely get to go shooting, but I do enjoy it).
When not in use the lock em up in the gun cabinet. Used for hunting, target shooting, skeet shooting. I still have deer meat in our freezer here my nephew gave us from last year (not overly fond of deer myself, but the mood does hit once in awhile).
My bro-in-law has many older guns (he enjoys collecting them) and a few of the newer ones. Shooting is fun. Different guns don't only have different looks - caliber, precision, recoil, mechanics, etc. If I ever move out to the country can see myself getting quite a few different ones.
I don't see people owning a slew of guns as any more crazy than folks who own a slew of different video games (especially those of the same type/genre...how many pac man variants were there??).
To assume that people have a bunch of guns because they want to do mass shootings is just plain either ignorant or bias based on stereotypes we hold based on what a tiny tiny fraction of people do. Not very scientific or progressive.