Question of the Day: When Do You Go From Gun Owner to Gun Nut?

By Dan Zimmerman

Reader Robert H. writes:

My girlfriend (who isn’t opposed to firearms) thinks I’ve crossed the line when I told her that I’m only three guns away from a decent collection. I defined that as at least one each of the following:

• full-sized modern pistol
• compact CCW pistol
• 1911 in .45
• .357 magnum revolver
• home defense shotgun
• hunting shotgun

• hunting rifle, bolt-action
• AR-15
• AK-pattern rifle
• Battle rifle (.308 in semi-auto)
• .22LR plinking rifle
• lever-action rifle in centerfire

I told her that by my definition, I don’t consider myself a certifiable “gun nut” until I have set up at least one NFA trust to acquire silencers or SBR’s. She just shook her head and laughed at …read more

Via:: Truth About Guns