CostaMesa: As opposed to those gun aficionados who just like to shoot?
I’ve been shooting on ranges and competitively since I was 10. My dad was a former Marine DI, so shooting was part of my life from a very young age. I was also taught that a gun is nothing more than a tool and not to mythologize it or its powers.
I would agree that there are folks out there that are probably overcompensating, but most of the people that I see at my range are there for the same reasons that I am.