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Re: Any of you 'collectors' here have something to show for? [gotsand]
Thanks for your answer. I do not consider that question a cheap shot.
It was a question about irrational versus rational behavior.

Rational: Practice, Challenge, Competition
Irrational: The rush and the addiction to the 'feeling' of power when firing an auto, causing large destruction and damage (yes, been there, experienced the rush, the getting lost..).

I want to find out if semi-auto and auto weapon 'collectors' fall mostly in the irrational/primal group.
Especially when they do not acknowledge that fact and claim solely altruistic motives.
I consider this to be of concern.

Just take >Orpheus< here, he would probably start shooting, begin frothing at the mouth and not stop until he jam's or runs out of ammo....and then commit suicide in his altered state of mind.

There is great Neuroscience out there that explains the 'wiring' and processes governing our irrational self (and hence that of shooters).
The irrational path exists in every human's brain.
It is up to us if we start setting foot on it, which makes it much easier to go down that path (see alcohol).

Not sure why I get so involved, as we are also hard-wired to stick our heads in the sand until self extinction.

Penance, I guess.
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