How many guns do you NEED?

One more !!!

NEED ???
I would say that I don't "need" any!! However, I always make sure there is room in my safe, for one more. .... ;)

If you save a bunch of money, it's called an investment.
If you collect stamps, it's called a collection.
If you collect salt-shakers, it's called a hobby.

If you own more that one gun, it's called an "ARSENAL" ..... :eek:

Be Safe !!!
 
JohnKSa's list is probably the bare minimum. I would add a rimfire pistol for practice, and probably small game, but that is really a luxury if you are limited. I just can't imagine NOT having a .22 pistol.

Hey, you can only really shoot one at a time, so what's the big deal with having several? I guess the anti's just want to limit the total number of guns out there.
 
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I guess the anti's just want to limit the total number of guns out there.
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Yes, to ZERO. .... !!!

I have no problem with someone being Anti-Gun, that is mostly a political stand. I do have a problem with folks that take exception to "our" Constitution. .... :mad:

Be Safe !!!
 
I hope I never need one, but I want more
It's our right to own guns and I believe it's our responsibility exercise our rights in defiance of those seeking to limit or eliminate those rights

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Well, I own guns for home defense, CCW, hunting, hunting out west, shooting with the kids, competition, and for investment.

It is hard to make 1 gun do more than one purpose. For example: CCW. A CCW has to be small, light, and thin, but powerful enough(capacity and power) to be effective against a 1 - 3 assailant situation away from home. This will also require lots of shooting, dropping, wear, holster wear, and just basic use. . .look at a well worn wallet or 3 year old phone which is carried daily. That gun is not going to be a great investment. Nicks, scratches, 1000's of rounds and wear will destroy its value. It doesn't make a great HD gun either because in my PJ's, I need a gun which carries a load of ammo in the clip and a light on the rail.

Funny thing is, OH won't let me hunt with either, so more guns!!!

And at 300 + yards they aren't work a darn, so more guns. . .

:eek::eek:

Investment: Well, buying certain guns of low to moderate volume and holding them for a few years usually results in some gain. Unlike other purchases, cars, bikes, barbies and everything my wife buys, guns can be turned back into cash(at or near the purchase price) relatively quickly. Everything my wife buys cannot. Shoes?? Used shoes are worth like 10% of retail the day you walk out of the store with them on. Guns, can be worn, shot and practiced with for a year and be sold for like 80-90% of new price! Only a house is a better investment. . .well some house. . .my buddy still owes like $35k on a house he can't live in, but his guns are ALL worth more than he paid for them, so houses are not always a great deal, I guess.

I'll bet my guns increase in value faster than my 401k! WTH! Wish the company would match funds on a gun purchase.

Wish I would have bought that $4500 M16 I saw at a gun show when I was 12. . .My dad and I thought that was soooooo expensive. Now, I think I could turn it for $25,000!

So, I guess my answer is as many as I can afford without taking food from my kids mouths.
 
id say 3 is minimum. if your the rifleman you only need 1.
everyone should have at least 1, make it law. The only people i know that are anti-gun have never been taught safty- never held a gun- usually scared due to ignorance. After those folks understood basic safety and popped off a couple rounds, they were on board.
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need? want? LOL

I like the guns I have, I have hunting rifles (centerfire and rimfire), shoutguns and handguns. I have shotguns that I use for skeet/trap and ones that I use for home defense. I have numerouse handguns, both revolver and semi-auto's (again both centerfire and rimfire). Some I use for home defesne, some for target shooting, some I carry from time to time. Do I have enough? No, probably never will as there is always something else that catches my eye and I would like to have. Finances permitting, i will buy it when the right deal comes up. I maintain a spreadsheet of the guns I own and the ones I want to own, currently the want to own list sits at 14 different guns. It varies from a 4" stainless Colt Python to a Sharps 45-70 with lots inbetween. Some will be easy to find, such as the Glock 19, others such as the 4" Python, not so much.

So much like Rockafeller who wants one more dollar than he currently has, I too want one more gun than I currently have. :)
 
Wow, what a crazy question this is our hobby and more like an addiction right.

It is an investment and or choice what we want or need to buy
 
Define NEED. Thee are very few things in this world that a person actually "needs". Mostly it is things we want or think we need. Food, water, air is all we need in the most basic sense. Everything else is a want. Many people live without any guns at all. Fortunately, I don't have to be one of those poor underprivileged souls. I have gone for up to three years at a time without a gun. Granted it was a strain to do, but I did it. Oops, sorry. I just remembered I borrowed a gun during that time. Make it one year.

Seriously, I wouldn't feel right without a ccw, a shotgun, and a 22lr rifle at the minimum.
 
I don't collect anything anymore just for the sake of collecting. I''ve owned 50+ guns over the last 7 or so years but have been selling a lot of them. In fact, one was sold today. I would say that 5 would be a minimum need for me even though I don't think that I'll get to that. I think I will eventually be down to about 20.
 
Auto5 you are on the right track. It all depends on what you are doing. I would not want to go bear hunting in Alaska with a .223 even if it does have a 30rd magazine. A .338 win mag seems more appropriate even if it only holds 3 rounds.


I think it really comes down a matter of how many you want. This is after all a free country founded on the concept of personal liberty. If you don't want a gun you don't have to own one. If you want 50 guns you are free to do so. I honestly don't know what I would do with 50 guns.

How many do I think I need? Well I would say a minimum of 3 is fair. A good pistol to carry, a nice multipurpose rifle like an AR15 or AR10, and a pump shotgun would cover all the bases I want to cover. I could hunt deer, duck, etc, protect my home, family, and self, and a guy could have a lot of fun at the range between the 3 of them. :)
 
The question, as originally posed to me, seemed to imply that a person doesn't need more than one gun for self defense. I was trying to demonstrate that different guns are better suited for different defense situations in the home and away. Those listed are only my home and personal defense battery. If I started listing hunting guns (rifles, shotguns and handguns, varied by type of game and hunting conditions), target and recreational shooting guns, historic and collectible guns, etc., I'm pretty sure my wife would have figured out that I spend way more than she spends on shoes. I suppose the smart ass answer would have been "Just one or two, at a time, but I keep a lot of spares."
 
Answer : There is no legal limit on how many I can own. No one has the right to tell me how many I need.

Might as well ask her to say how many purses or pairs of shoes she needs.
 
I liken this to golf clubs. How many in a bag? How many sets do serious golfers have? How soon till they are buying a single $600 Big Bertha iron. Till they are having customized sets made? Buying their significant other a set!?
 
It's like asking a golfer how many clubs do they need. Different clubs for different scenarios. And many golfers have more than one set, and each set has close to a dozen clubs. One set may be for just keeping in the trunk of your car for banging balls at the range on an early quit day, and another set for real golf on Sundays. Might even have a real nice third set that you don't want to mess up yet and only use them for those golf outings with work friends.

So I need at least 36.

Edit: Matt beat me to it.
 
1- Full size pistol

1- pistol for carry (only if you can't carry a full size)

1- Hunting shotgun

1- tactical shotgun

1- Semi auto centerfire rifle of the tactical type

1- hunting rifle capable of bringing down the largest game you hunt or could reasonable expect to encounter in your neck of the woods.


Total- 6, 2 pistols, 2 shotguns, 2 rifles

If forced, God forbid, and not in a SHTF scenario, I could get by with just my 1911 or my Glock. (Edit) But that is in no way ideal. I would have to be tightening the belt quite a bit to get to that point, no more hunting or plinking, just one gun for carry and home defense.
 
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