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Not the ones who legally own 34 weapons. I've seen some folks whose main hobby is collecting and shooting weapons. Sure, not everyone has that obsession with weapons but my point was different. The choice of collecting weapons when one or two handguns would be sufficient for self defense implies quite a bit about who we talking about: adult men whose maturity got stunted in the stage of boyhood.

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I'm not seeing why having a gun hobby is bad. I am not sure you realize the benefits of doing a precision activity like this when you, by your own admission, have never utilized nor have been inclined to utilize a firearm. Properly utilizing and training with a firearm builds focus, mental acuity, strength, and a sense of responsibility. It can also be argued that it destroys a certain bit of naive innocence as well when you come to the realization of what exactly you are handling and what exactly you are on the other end of should you be attacked by someone with a firearm.

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