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10. Airbags are standard, fire extinguishers cost 20 bucks.

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 10:50 AM

Dec 2012

and guns can cost 200 to infinity. You make an investment, you want to see it pay off. It's human nature in America.

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When you buy a hammer and saw or other tool you intend to use them. [View all] Whovian Dec 2012 OP

I would imagine most gun owners view it as a hobby Travis_0004 Dec 2012 #1

Well....you've got a point... BlueJazz Dec 2012 #11

Some people collect hammers or saws slackmaster Dec 2012 #3

They have such scarry names..... Fla_Democrat Dec 2012 #17

I have a shotgun. I use it to hunt grouse and pheasant. Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #4

Sounds about right. n/t Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #6

I was thinking that it was more related to paranoia, but Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #21

Quick question Glassunion Dec 2012 #22

I bought the .357 many years ago, when I used to handload Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #25

Only slow to reload if you're unpracticed. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #27

Just because you expect to use something doesn't mean you want to. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #7

Airbags are standard, fire extinguishers cost 20 bucks. Whovian Dec 2012 #10

That in no way refutes my point. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #19

My "tool" is used for target shooting hack89 Dec 2012 #8

Just think of it as a long-distance paper punch. Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #14

and home alarm systems qkvhj Dec 2012 #28

Fire Extinguisher... nationoflaws Dec 2012 #15

When your tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail mainer Dec 2012 #16

I bought a car jack Fla_Democrat Dec 2012 #18

Tools = work. I never buy them squicked Dec 2012 #20

Personally, that's how I feel about guns Recursion Dec 2012 #29

Who wants to have to use tools...I certainly don't. dkf Dec 2012 #23

I do use all my guns. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #26

Now you tell me! I just bought Riftaxe Dec 2012 #31

Not a "tool." Whovian Dec 2012 #32