Reply #4: Certainly - it's possible to have an irrational love of anything. [View All]

[dmallind]

People with dozens of cats in a small home, or entire rooms set up as shrines to celebrities they have never met, etc. Guns are no exception, and I can't recall anyone saying they were.

But merely owning or even collecting them is not irrational. Just like a farmer or owner of a large estate can rationally have dozens of cats, and a celebrity's mother can rationally plaster photos and awards etc over an entire room, so can those who have the interest, money, and capability to safely store and handle a collection of guns do so rationally. When cats, celebrities, or heck yes guns, crowd out essential spending, space or attention to the necessities of life, only then do we have an irrational obsession.

FWIW if anyone is curious I am personally in little realistic danger of any of the above. I have one dog, no celebrity knickknacks of any kind, and all the guns I have ever owned fit inside one small. portable shelf-top safe.