Simple - and serious - question - why is anything other than a handgun, shotgun or rifle needed?

[OneGrassRoot]

87. I hope it's okay to piggyback here with my own question re: military veterans & guns

I wonder if there is a difference in how weapons are viewed by military veterans who have been in the theater of war versus other gun "enthusiasts"?

And, I wonder if there is a difference in how weapons are viewed by those same veterans based on age?

For example, most military members I know who are over 40 and have personal weapons don't glorify them. Yes, they want to protect their right to have them, but they don't gloat and preen over them as many people do with cars and other possessions. They see it as what it is: a weapon, and thus not to be taken lightly.

The other people I know who are avid gun collectors have never served in the military; heck, some of them aren't even avid hunters. Yet they have the AK-47's, Glocks and other guns, and fawn over them.

It's not only men; I know women who, even though they may not have a big collection, they have this weird ego attachment to their weapon, rather than a pure respect for it, imho.