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Posteritatis

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17. Oh yeah, I exempt the larval phase of any interest from that

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 01:29 AM

Dec 2012

Most people who really get eaten by a new hobby are pretty enthusiastic about it.

The friend I mentioned was like I described for probably a couple years before we went and briefly replaced him with a script. And in my own case of the definition the ability not to talk about an interest is important, or at least the ability to look at other things in life without hauling the issue at hand into them. I don't see having a collection as a sign of nuttiness, per se; it's the attitude that surrounds that collection that matters. (I say that as someone who's going to be assembling a moderately eyebrow-raising collection - not of firearms - in the next several years myself, but I'm also aware that that's not going to be Everything I Am And Do.)

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What is the typical DU members definition of a "gun nut" ? [View all] crazyjoe Dec 2012 OP

Give up asking meaniful questions for about a month! n-t Logical Dec 2012 #1

Sorry Joe. But if you are buying into any mentality which compels you to buy a gun Loudly Dec 2012 #2

You asked... Xipe Totec Dec 2012 #3

Here is my take ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #4

Thats a pretty good summary. nt HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #13

An excellent categorization guardian Dec 2012 #25

I never used that term but probably tblue Dec 2012 #5

I don't use that term and avoid name calling. janx Dec 2012 #6

Sorry to hear you were painted with the same brush rainlillie Dec 2012 #7

Joe, the odds are the shotgun is going to used against you or someone you love Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2012 #8

You need to site these stats you speak of. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #10

Absurd and false.. pipoman Dec 2012 #16

Tell that to Berserker Dec 2012 #19

Here's my take: Posteritatis Dec 2012 #9

I agree, although its normal to be exited about a new hobby or purchase. HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #14

Oh yeah, I exempt the larval phase of any interest from that Posteritatis Dec 2012 #17

Most of my DU friends don't use that term, or "gun grabbers" or any of the rest of these. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #11

I imagine not very different from the NY Posts or NY Daily News' definitions stevenleser Dec 2012 #12

A gun nut is someone like Ted Nugent veganlush Dec 2012 #15

Someone that places more value on a firearm then a human beings life. Rex Dec 2012 #18

Someone who thinks they need to be as well armed as the police or military Kaleva Dec 2012 #20

+1 BainsBane Dec 2012 #22

Larry Pratt neverforget Dec 2012 #21

If you rushed out and bought a Bushmaster (or clone) after Sandy Hook you are a gun nut Fumesucker Dec 2012 #23

What is the typical DUers definition of the typical DUer? renie408 Dec 2012 #24

My definition of a gun nut is Thinkingabout Dec 2012 #26

One who thinks that gun rights are Faux pas Dec 2012 #27

We share the same definition etherealtruth Dec 2012 #28

To me, when it crosses over into a compulsive fetish laced with conspiracy theories. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #29

Locking DURHAM D Dec 2012 #30