Support line for gun addiction???

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bobhwry

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Is there a 12 point program for gun addiction?? I retired two years ago and firearms and shooting has become my major hobby and obsession!! In the past 24 months I have purchased on average one gun a month. Now I have traded some that I already had but my purchases seem to be growing exponentially. I enjoy buying a new gun as much as shooting them.
I can't pass a gun shop without checking it out. I go to Cabelas and Bass Pro every week to see if they have anything new.Whenever my wife and I travel the first thing I do is check out the local gun shops.I go to every gun show within a 200 mile radius and that's at least one a month. I spend probably 2 hours a day online searching auctions and forums.
My wish list grows daily.Now, I have sufficient discretionary income to support this addiction but if things continue at the current rate that could be at risk.
Please tell me that I'm not alone and this behavior is perfectly normal. Is there such a thing as firearms obsessive- compulsive disorder and how do you treat it???
 
I used to be one of the volunteers at the gun addiction hotline but after awhile I started to ask the folks why they wouldn't buy this, or why do you think it's bad to have that.

After I was fired, I found myself in my house, huddled by the safe, talking to my Precious(s) :D

Naw, all the 12 step programs fail. That's why you have to join the How to buy alot of guns and still have money left over for food seminars.
 
Cold turkey. I'll take care of your collection so they aren't there to tempt and torment you. I take the burden so you may be free.
 
Well, don't call me, I'll be of absolutely no help. This is the eight month of the year, and so far I've bought as many guns. I've found myself buying a new one before I even shot the previous buy. Have fun with your addiction, I know I am.:) .......................ck
 
this is not addiction, it is not a problem, I have a very nice collection, the kids always ask how I feel. Now my ex-wife doesn't talk to me just because I went to the gunshow one Sat.( what is an anaversery?) but I have no problems with collecting guns except not enough money
 
I can't help you

I bought a Marlin 1894C a couple of months ago, and have a Beretta 87 on order. I finally got a gunsafe to put the collection in. Like you, I'm a retiree, and after dabbling in golf and racquetball, the shooting sports are my chosen pasttime. I'm moving back to rimfires to save a few bucks. They're fun and cheap to shoot. I'll hang onto my centerfires for when the bears get here (they are in my county now) or the insurgency happens (yeah, right).
 
I know exactly what all of ya mean but I am not retired. I am only 22 and I have bought 7 guns this year. I can't pass up a gun shop or a deal no matter how bad I want to. Is this a bad thing?
 
Teejay--

No this is a good thing. There's nothing I like more than bringing home a new firearm toy. At my age, it's better than sex, and easier to get.

Nothing beats a blued steel firearm with walnut stocks. One of these days I might get out the router and try making some handgun stocks out of cocobolo wood (I have one piece). I bet that would look really nice.
 
I started down the road to addiction, but realized after a while that shooting objects at the range gets pretty old and costly.

So I took up motorcycles.:rolleyes:
 
Chris in va--

I just sold my motorcycle. That's where the money came for the new Beretta. Punching holes in paper or tin cans strikes me as safer than riding the two-wheeler any more.
 
Firearmitis: Ask you doctor about it.

For years, I used to ask my buddy, "Why do you have so many guns?"

Last November, I bought my first gun. A Ruger 10-22.
Now, I have:
Mossberg 500
Mosin Nagant M-38
Yugoslavian Mauser
Mini-30
M1 Garand
SKS
Ruger PC-9
Springfield Armory XD-9
Glock 20

My son has a collection of airsoft guns. I ask him, "Why do you need so many?"
You can guess what his reply is.

Guess the apple doesn't fall too far away from the tree. :D

My wife is very supportive. As long as she can buy purses and shoes. And just why does a woman need 8 pairs of black shoes, anyways? And why does she buy a purse that only goes with ONE OUTFIT ? :confused:
 
after getting my divorce 5yrs ago times got hard and finally I am able to buy things I would like to have. bought a S&W 5906 couple months back just bought a Henry Golden Boy .22 10 days ago. Planning on getting a XD .45 Tactical and a Ruger Vaquero but have updadted the want list from two to at least 4 and possibly five, seeing a Ruger single six in stainless is just a beautiful gun to compliment my Henry rifle my list as of today is all follows and in no particular order

Springfield xd .45acp Tactical
Rossi/Puma M92 .454 lever action
Henry Big Boy .45LC
Ruger Vaquero .357mag or .45LC (not decided yet)
Ruger Single Six SS .22LR/.22Mag
Valkyrie Arms DeLisle 2000
Browning High Power
Browning BL-22 Grade I or II

just a few, check back tomorrow it will change again, and due to ammo costs I too have gone towards the rim fires as well
 
The process is expensive at first..but does pay off in the long run.

Buy as often as you can. (Ramen is good food.)

At some point you will have so many that you couldn't honestly list what you actually have. (Break even point)

Once past the break even point (or BEP for the tacticool crowd) when the urge to buy another firearm strikes...open up the safe and find 2 firearms that you can't for the life of you remember buying at all. Put them back in the safe and lock it.

Fire up the computer and post a firearm A vs firearm B question on the board here and begin doing your research on these 2 firearms.

Once you have accumulated enough information to make an informed buying decision (that would be the ..IBS..of course) including real world out the door street prices..make a decision on which one you would like to buy and add to your collection.

Put your cash together (no checks, promisary notes, IOU's, credit cards, etc.....accepted. Cash only). Go back to the safe, buy (deposit the money in the safe in a cash box) for your "new" firearm of choice.

Clean it thouroughly. Take it to the range. Shoot it a lot. Clean it thoroughly again. Take some pictures. Put it back into the safe.

Fire up the computer, tell us which firearm you actually decided on (with pics), if you got a fair deal on it (or not), and give us a detailed range report.

Do this right in the long run..that cash box can be a happy box.

:)
 
Problem :confused: I don;t have a problem.........well......i almost did get choked up today when I sold my M1 Carbine...even though I'm using the procedes to buy a new Puma .357 lever action rifle......and I think I did actualy shed a tear three weeks ago when I sold my T/C Contender....until I ran right out and bought a pair of Ruger Blackhawks with that money....

If there a 12 step program out there, just don;t tell me about it, I don;t want to be cured...I'm going to embrace my addiciton and wallow in it.
 
teejhot.40cal
I am only 22 so sex still beats it though not by very much.
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when you get to my point in life teejhot.40cal you get the best of both worlds and to think I am almost twice your age and getting..............well we'll leave it at that :D
 
Handgun Help

If your addiction is mainly handguns I have a good solution. Move to California. There you are limited to the purchase of one per month. Add the infamous list of approved guns to narrow your options and you'll be well on your way to recovery.
 
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