08-18-2011, 02:30 AM
stanc Wrote:Yup, that sort of thing can happen.
Me, I look at guns as toys, something to be used for pleasure. Tools are something needed for work. :eek:
I'm similar. I think the most guns I ever owned at one time was six, or maybe seven. Most usually, it was only three: one each of rifle, shotgun and pistol. When I came across something new that I just had to buy, I generally sold the old one.
I greatly enjoy shooting, but the weapons used to shoot are tools to me, not toys, but I can understand the interaction. My father law calls the many thousands of dollars of wood working tools he has accumulated "his toys", so there certainly is overlap.
I guess I try to make my avocation more and more my occupation. LOL!!
My dream job would be to own a high end gun store! I don't want to be a gunsmith, because that requires me to work and not discuss! BUT....I'm definitely not a collector, I'm a shooter!
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt