Too many Guns?

[Ignition Override]

Having 'almost enough' guns, as I've told my wife,

keeps some men out of the t****e bars, casinos, and a good selection allows us try to catch up with Womens' Many pairs of shoes.

And I also told her to her face that she can't easily sell used shoes, but we can usually sell used, attractive guns (FTF) for at least 70% of their original cost.

 

[Old Dog]

Having 'almost enough' guns, as I've told my wife,

keeps some men out of the t****e bars, casinos, and a good selection allows us try to catch up with Womens' Many pairs of shoes.

And I also told her to her face that she can't easily sell used shoes, but we can usually sell used, attractive guns (FTF) for at least 70% of their original cost.

Not to mention the fact that you can take a whole bunch of your guns at one time to the range, in contrast, she can only wear one pair of shoes at a time... I went into my wife's closets (that's right, she uses three, including one large walk-in) one night and started counting the wife's shoes... I stopped about at 45 pairs, and that was only one closet.

Too many guns, to me, would be if:

- one owns so many, does not maintain a current inventory of each,
- nor organizes accessories (i.e., magazines, holsters, attachments such as optics, lights, grips, etc.) for each gun,
- does not update one's will and/or trust,
- and in general, leaves a massive, painful labor-intensive mess for one's heirs and the estate executor to sort through...

 

[Mark_Mark]

Not to mention the fact that you can take a whole bunch of your guns at one time to the range, in contrast, she can only wear one pair of shoes at a time... I went into my wife's closets (that's right, she uses three, including one large walk-in) one night and started counting the wife's shoes... I stopped about at 45 pairs, and that was only one closet.

Too many guns, to me, would be if:

- one owns so many, does not maintain a current inventory of each,
- nor organizes accessories (i.e., magazines, holsters, attachments such as optics, lights, grips, etc.) for each gun,
- does not update one's will and/or trust,
- and in general, leaves a massive, painful labor-intensive mess for one's heirs and the estate executor to sort through...

I would love to poll my Seattle neighbors about guns. I bet there are a few gun nuts around! probably driving a Prius to blend in

 

[Arkansas Paul]

How can you tell if you have too much money.
Impossible because you can't have too much.
Same with guns.

 

[Mark_Mark]

How can you tell if you have too much money.
Impossible because you can't have too much.
Same with guns.

I mean… the simplest answer is always the truth

 

[Legionnaire]

How can you tell if you have too much money.
Impossible because you can't have too much.
Same with guns.

I have to disagree with you on this one. Big difference between an intangible asset (money) and a tangible asset (guns). In general, wealth provides freedom. But tangible assets are also encumbrances. Say I have $1,000,000 dollars. A lot of freedom there. Then I use part of it to buy a $300,000 house. My wealth hasn't changed, but my mobility certainly has. Too many guns become "stuff" that you or someone else now has to attend to.

I like your sentiment but disagree with you in practical terms.

 

[FL-NC]

The mission of The Hight Road does not encompass the discussion of addiction, paranoia, phobias, etc.

But it's not just the off-mission consumption of band-width that is a concern here. The advancement of responsible firearms ownership is not supported when we post publicly statements that would reasonably be expected to create the impression, or to furher substantiate existing suspicion.,that many gun owners, take a frivolous view of gun ownership, and that many of them crave the accumulation of things that they themselves will not even try to justify--or that they may just be simpleminded.

That's to say noting of the risk takeen by thse who post such material. This is not a private venue, what is posted here is discoverable and permanent, and it is safe to say that whatever may be used to the disadvantage of a poster just may well be, tomorrow, or in some discussion well down the road. Posters--or senders of email, text messages, tweets, or letters, etc.--should think before doing so.

Those who have had something that they have written "privately' end up in the office of an unfriendly United States Senator will probably understand this better than others.

This sounds like far-reaching fear, chicken-little-in-a-tinfoil-hat style. By this thinking, conversations like what is on this site and similar sites should probably be moved to the dark web, for the safety of members.

 

[Kleanbore]

This sounds like far-reaching fear, chicken-little-in-a-tinfoil-hat style

No problem until there is a reason for a problem. That's why it is mentioned in our rules, and it's why we have a sticky on the subject.

conversations like what is on this site and similar sites should probably be moved to the dark web, for the safety of members.

Where do you think that would be?

 

[Ignition Override]

Too many can’t be five, ten, twenty-many. A buddy has a hundred-many in a walk-in safe.

“Too” many is for beginners, who don’t relish the multiple spices of life.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Too many can’t be five, ten, twenty-many.

“Too” many is for beginners, who don’t relish the spices of life.

I remember when I started buying my own guns. Had a Glock 23, Marlin Model 60, Jimenez JA.22. I thought I was out of control and had a gun buying problem.

 

[Robert]

This has wandered off topic and there are too many non THR posts to prune out. Let's call it a day