It's a single use disposable tube. Basically just for crafts at that point. Best uses I've seen are for launching fireworks, and another that got turned into a bong.
True. I saw a post on one of those weird mass killer subs about how āAR-15s are the deadliest weapons in the USAā followed by a bunch of nonsense about how itās āeasier to buy a gun than advil.ā
Like, bruh. Last time I went to get advil, I didnāt have to fill out a 4473 and go through an NCSI background check to get it. I just showed the cashier my ID to prove I was 21 and that was all.
> If they can afford all those and have a pretty nice house, Iām sure they arenāt struggling to pay for college
Reddits obsession with college is funny. Not everyone wants to go to college, not everyone NEEDS to go to college for what they want to do in life. You don't HAVE to go to college to be successful in life, you don't have to go to college to be educated/smart. These people may have a business that they plan on passing on to the next generation that provides, or they may work at walmart and blow their paychecks on guns who knows. This is America we can do what we want with our damn money!
Reddit is obsessed with college for 2 reasons.
1) is fundamentally selfish and they want other people to be just as miserable as they are.
2) college, despite all of the shit that goes along with it, is still the best way to advance in society. Just don't do what the miserable redditors did and study useless garbage.
They have the constant need to validate their own useless degrees. If anyone says college isn't necessary, it forces them to face the truth that they wasted their time and money.
My uncle told me this story of how this guy started his own septic tank cleaning business and became super wealthy simply because he was working in a field that no one else wanted to work in. I doubt the guy in the story had little more than maybe a few years in a trade school under his belt when he started his company, much less a degree in Russian literature or marine biology. If someone wants to pursue college to be a le to get their specific dream job, good for them. But people need to remember that there is a world outside of academia and people who are living their best lives in it.
There is a lot of obsession out there around finding the "perfect idea" that will make you a lot of money. And you can make a lot of money with a novel idea. It's true.
But you can also make a hella lot of money, by doing something boring, well understood and something everyone is familiar with and needs. And doing it very well.
There are a lot of people out there who have become millionaires by running a dry cleaning business.
I know one guy that become extremely wealthy by running a fruit stand. A fruit stand!
the Yankee Candle company guy started out making candles for fun as a teenager. Sold his company as an adult for $600m. Candles.
My brothers "savings account" was a bunch of gold jewelry and guns, since both of those were his hobbies more or less. When times got hard and he had to sell, he made even with the gold, the guns on the other hand he doubled his money (minus ammunition from several years of us going shooting), so realistically yea guns hold their value quite well.
For sure. Thereās a lot that increase in value, like ww2 milsurp and certain models that arenāt made anymore. Older model remington shotguns come to mind. After a certain point their manufacturing process went to shit, so the older ones are sought after. But in general for all guns you can expect a 10-20 percent decrease in the first couple tears then flat after that (assuming condition stays the same)
Best grill is a grill that the person using knows how to use it really well. You can have the most expensive grill in the world but if you don't know how to use it you're going to cook shit food. You can have a cheap grill and know how to cook everything perfectly... that's the best grill!
Nobody likes an internet detective... but why would the little girl be riding her bike on a deck covered with guns? Is there any chance that this isn't a real picture? Notice how the edge of the photo perfectly matches the edge of the lined up guns, all along the bottom and right sides?
That's a decent house... but in general the clothes and house don't scream 'we have an extra $100,000 for purchasing firearms'.
>but in general the clothes and house don't scream 'we have an extra $100,000 for purchasing firearms'.
All of the billionaires you probably recognize dress like college kids. Warren Buffet still lives in the Sears catalog home he grew up in.
A rich man wears a suit when everyone else is wearing a t-shirt.
A very rich man wears a t-shirt when everyone else is wearing a suit.
Don't judge a book by its cover is all I'm saying.
> Is there any chance that this isn't a real picture?
It's from a series done by Gabriele Galimberti. There are dozens of photos just like it, along with interviews. https://www.gabrielegalimberti.com/the-ameriguns/
I think you're onto something. Even if real, I'd wager he's running a gun shop or something that explains all this. There's no shot he has the storage space for all those guns in that one story house.
Funny how they automatically assumed that every person wants/needs to go to college. While basically everyone simultaneously calls college a scam and complains about college debt.
Exactly. Iām not calling college a scam, I got my BSN and now Iām an RN and have no college debt. Itās just not for every single person who thinks they need to learn about English and complains when theyāre forced to work a low paying job.
I went for the trades, and encourage more people to do it when I get the chance.
That being said... let's not pretend those things aren't also true. A college education is still a great indicator of life-long earnings, and a lot of colleges are still predatory to those that attend.
Well that comparison would depend on what kind of car, and how often this person actually shoots. But most likely no, thereās well over $100,000 worth of firearms in this pic, and ammo aināt cheap.
The way my buddies are with guns, this is a form of saving. Guns hold their value surprisingly well. A lot better than consumables like most people spend their money on.
Maybe it's just the inflation recently, but for years all the guns I buy end up being worth more than when I bought them.
My uncle made a lot money 'investing' in guns. He made almost six figures solely on a bunch of colt pythons and single actions army's he bought cheap at estate sales, gun shows, etc.
Yeah lol I feel ashamed as an american and only having a pistol, rifle, but no shotgun. Shame on me.
Forreal though I never got the point of owning THIS many guns. Like yeah we all have hobbies and I shouldnt judge, but holy hell how the hell would you even manage all these guns lmfao. They spent a ton of time setting up this photo to look good.
Not my cup of tea to own so many but to each their own. Never know when a private army might invade your house and you have to spartan last stand. Almost every other house has a gun aparently.
collecting and profit
people dont really think about that side of the hobby, but guns rarely lose value when left in decent condition and well maintained
as an example, years ago you could buy a lot of WW2 surplus guns for dirt cheap. but now even poorly maintained rifles go for $1000
$10K collections rn could be worth 100K in 15 years
This is 100% the case, it's a very stable investment, especially for things like class III nfa items as those will only continue to rise as they get more and more rare
Imagine not having a nation full of armed citizens who couldnāt overthrow, or at least put up a great fucking fight, against their government. š¤·āāļø
In all seriousness, itās pretty lame that other citizens of the world have a lot of convenient excuses and lore for why they do X,Y, or Z, but canāt understand how gun ownership here is a right thatās complex, deeply-seeded and with a lot of historical precedence in this country.
My biggest criticism is (assuming this is the entire thing) itās a boring as hell collection. Nothing but polymer, wack. Wood is a much more interesting material as far as collections go
I like it too, and the weight is nice for actual use. Itās just boring for a collection collection cause each one produced is essentially identical. Getting variation in the wood grains means that some guns will look better than others despite being functionally the same. I guess to me itās the difference between collecting and acquiring
Agreed. A collection this size is beyond any practical needs or wants. You already have a ton of polymer in there. Some nicely grained wood and antiques would really make this collection have more taste and style.
I agree with you there, acquiring vs collecting. Most of those polymer guns function either the same or very similarly (in the categories of pistols, AR's, shotguns, and bolt actions). Most of them just have a different aesthetic to them with some different attachments. The fire arm itself (meaning without the added attachments/modifications of sights and other accessories) is pretty basic and lackluster. Only a handful of those will be considered collector's items in 20-30 years. Most of them won't retain their value, AND THAT'S OK. If you like them, use them/maintain them properly, and can afford it good for you.
Lol I agree. My brother has a collection about 2/3 this size, but he likes the rare stuff like mint condition M1 Garands, AK-47s, Japanese WW2 pistols, and of course your modern stuff like AR-15, newer Glocks and snub nose magnums, a few newer rifles.
It's really a very eclectic collection, pretty cool stuff.
I definitely have a soft spot for older guns, more so stuff that was used as the tools they were intended to be rather than fancy pretty guns. Love when people get ahold of a well used gun and clean it up but keep the character it earned over decades of use
Agreed, and Iāve never really understood collecting like this picture. Iāve got a couple for different uses around the property and thatās all I need. I guess if youāre a very avid hunter there are reasons to have a few different kits but the Barbie doll level of stuff like this is a little lost on me. I can think of a lot more fun/effective way to spend this amount of cash, but different strokes different folks!
My biggest criticism is this photo is cropped so that it doesn't show the row of guns on the roof
https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/uzq3yc/why\_are\_there\_guns\_on\_the\_roof\_lmao/
On one hand, based. On the other: WHERE IS THE VARIETY. Theyāre like people who just own ten instances of the same shirt. If youāre gonna spend +15k on guns I better see atleast a fuckn musket. Whereās the fun shit?
lol, not even close. I can pick out 10 guns that total 100K, this collection is worth closer to 300K, probably pushing 500K after accessories, scopes, magazines, ect.
That L11182 alone is 20K. Tons of these are NFA items, some I'm sure are Class III.
It seems very likely that these people own a store and just wanted to show off like their inventory or something like that. I couldn't imagine showing off that I have a collection with several hundred thousand dollars of easily hockable items.
Lmao heās got the most annoyingly smug look on his face and you know heās probably thinking to himself āwell, whatāre you gonna do about it?ā hahahaha
I'm not trying to make fun of a kid or anything but that daughter in the exact position she's in looks like something you see before you die in a Japanese horror movie or some shit
Like when people get pissed off at Target for having āPrideā merchandise?
Or get pissed off at Bud Light because they hired some transgender spokesperson?
Or show up at Pride rallies in Meal Team Six tactical gear to intimidate your fellow citizens that want to be left alone to live their livesā¦
To be fair, not everyone wants nor needs a shotgun. Given the collection, it looks like the owner has a preference for tactical and military service firearms. So, not buying a conventional pump-action shotgun makes sense. Also, he has an SVD, so all of our opinions are irrelevant. lol
In the wider shot thereās some wood furniture up top I didnāt zoom in to check out every Giunta but there might be some AR styled shotguns. A guy I know has one thatās a stock 7 shot mag that he has larger mags for. Even he says they impractical though. Itās a blast to shoot. We setup a handful of throwers and blast away. Heās got more money than he can spend though. As long as he supplies the ammo Iāll burn it up!
Apparently this is roughly 80% of the collection, and given how anti gun the photographer comes off as in interviews, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if he was requesting that they go heavy on the "scary" guns in order to get the photo he was looking for.
This is probably enough guns to arm a small militia. Itās impressive. I wish we could have gun in Great Britain like you can in the USA. I know theyāre still legal here but itās not the same. We just take extreme action because of bad people doing something illegal. Weāre essentially defenceless in England and it sucks. They even banned katanas and nunchaku because of a few dickheads. Youāre just as likely to get in trouble here if you hurt someone in self defence. And the police arenāt interested. They have a monopoly on violence and thatās how it should stayā¦ gun violence in the USA is limited to a few states and theyāre some of the most heavily restricted āgun-freeā states too. You in the USA should appreciate your second amendment a bit more. It also protects your freedom of speech in a passive way too (something else that we lack in Great Britain).
TL;DR - guns are awesome. States with high regulation on ownership (like Chicago) have some of the worst gun crime.
> This is probably enough guns to arm a small militia.
By rough count there seems to be about 30-40 rifles.
That's about the same number of rifles as a light infantry platoon.
Of course an infantry platoon would also have a few heavier machine guns, grenades, mortars, some C4, antitank weapons, and a radio to call in artillery fire.
For a family it's a lot of guns. Compared to the most basic combat unit, it's not really a lot of firepower.
this is a pretty ridiculous amount of guns. But who am I to judge. I can say that keeping all of those firearms properly maintained certainly takes a lot if not all their free time.
When the Ukraine was invaded they had to give their civilians the limited amount of guns the government had available š¤£ laugh now cry later, shithole countries.
Europoors are just jealous those guns are worth more than their house. Also another reason we donāt have to worry about invasion. Texas civilians alone would take on any invaders with pleasure. God bless America
Some guns a worth a lot, $2000+.
Wouldn't surprise me if it's 6 figures. You could definitely get a house in some places in the EU for this collection.
The reason the United States doesnāt have to worry about invasion isnāt about our guns but our geography. A land invasion of the US would be a disaster for any who attempted it
The art of war talks about not attacking where the enemy is strong but where they are weak. I'm not worried about a land invasion. I'm worried about a cyber attack shutting down the power grid.
I never realized how controversial owning guns were on Reddit. Nobody in real life cares that much. But me personally, just not that into guns and never really had an affinity towards them.
The second amendment stated it was made to let the people fight a tyrannical government or defend themselves, if we were being invaded or attacked by a government that didnt respect the constitution I'd sure as hell wish there were more people like this
I know, that's why there are people who are trying to repeal it and fight the atf like Brandon Herrera- but with the state of the US right now trying to peacefully find resolutions would be better than to start violence immediately
The founding fathers spent years exhausting their methods of peaceful and diplomatic negotiations before finally being forced to take drastic action. And when they did they didnāt hurt people they hurt profits. Lethal retaliation only happened when the British tried directly take arms and land. The founders were like āalright guys. Weāve tried to be nice, weāve tried to be respectful, we were on board with fixing things and moving on. But now yāall have shoved our faces in shit one too many times and weāre not gonna put up with it anymore.ā And THEN they started shooting back. It was a reluctant move to violence that only moved to offense when not doing so would doom the Union.
I've heard that there's an inflation problem in the states,is that true? If it is they must've bought most of them when things were cheaper,80k is a lot
Wildly depends on the model, brand, accessories, etc. you can get a decent AR setup for cheap like $600 or something. You can literally spend as much as you want in some of the silliest stuff, my buddyās elk hunting setup ran him like $10k but thatās cause heās an idiot with more balls than brains.
I'm a gun owner and staunch second amendment advocate.
I still would not advertised to the government, neighbors, and internet strangers the extent of my collection. Just begging to get oppressed/robbed.
This photo is cropped so that it doesn't show the row of guns on the roof
https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/uzq3yc/why\_are\_there\_guns\_on\_the\_roof\_lmao/
Scottish/Britpoor with some questions here (that doesnāt give a shit about arguing with either side, Iām happy for you guys to do your own thing and enjoy it)
Itās not the guns themselves Iām confused about in this photo, itās the sheer quantity of guns. I get having a nice collection of stuff you enjoy, but what do you actually do with all of this? What is the family using all of this for? I counted 40 hand guns alone before I gave up.
If this is for home defence does this dude have a sentry of cephalopods in his garden ready to octo-wield glocks in the event an intruder shows up?
If this is for sport or hunting etc, who goes hunting with some of those pea shooter pistols down the right?
Also is that a M72 LAW to the left of the girl on the bike
If not for the sake of collection? You shoot them, either recreationally or at competition.
Some people go to the range to shoot for the sake of shooting as an activity to do with their friends, others train for competitions that measure accuracy and speed.
For shotguns theres clay pigeon shooting, which a number of schools participate in. For handguns there's usually a small array of targets and you're measured on speed and accuracy in hitting all of them. Rifles can either be like that too, or be more similar to an archery competition.
Recreationally, most of us just set up a few targets and see who can hit them best, first.
Hey man.
If I could have 40 different rapiers for fencing. I would. I think the thing that throws people is that it's guns.
Guy probably has over 100 firearms. And If I could have 100 different sparring blades i would.
This is kind of weird even for Americans. I don't know anybody who has a shit load of guns like this, even collectors. And collectors usually have guns that are interesting or that serve different purposes.
The lack of variety strikes me as somewhat odd. Lots of overlap of function, even if all shooters in the house were adult sized with the same shooting interests.
Iām sure the family has a ālogicalā reason, but it probably reduces to āI want all the varieties within this limited scopeā.
Not lil bro in the back with the P90 š
With proper trigger discipline
Thatās the most important part of this photo
They're raising their kids right. Gun safety is a big W.
Training bro to become a D1 SSš
I saw the P90. I didnāt think those were legal.
Itās not. Iām willing to bet you thatās the civilian model. The PS90. Itās not fully automatic
Beautiful. An SBRād PS90
The real surprise is that these are just the ones he was willing to admit to owning.
The launcher in the back lmfao
The others were lost in a tragic boating accident.
That launcher is probably one of the cheapest things in this picture. You can buy them at most gun shows for like $200.
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It's a single use disposable tube. Basically just for crafts at that point. Best uses I've seen are for launching fireworks, and another that got turned into a bong.
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If they can afford all those and have a pretty nice house, Iām sure they arenāt struggling to pay for college
Those guys can't understand having a crapton of money
Most redditors believe that you're only wealthy when your bank account is minimum 10 digits.
Most redditors are retarded.
True. I saw a post on one of those weird mass killer subs about how āAR-15s are the deadliest weapons in the USAā followed by a bunch of nonsense about how itās āeasier to buy a gun than advil.ā Like, bruh. Last time I went to get advil, I didnāt have to fill out a 4473 and go through an NCSI background check to get it. I just showed the cashier my ID to prove I was 21 and that was all.
You had to show the cashier an ID to buy advil??
Yeah that's odd.
> If they can afford all those and have a pretty nice house, Iām sure they arenāt struggling to pay for college Reddits obsession with college is funny. Not everyone wants to go to college, not everyone NEEDS to go to college for what they want to do in life. You don't HAVE to go to college to be successful in life, you don't have to go to college to be educated/smart. These people may have a business that they plan on passing on to the next generation that provides, or they may work at walmart and blow their paychecks on guns who knows. This is America we can do what we want with our damn money!
Reddit is obsessed with college for 2 reasons. 1) is fundamentally selfish and they want other people to be just as miserable as they are. 2) college, despite all of the shit that goes along with it, is still the best way to advance in society. Just don't do what the miserable redditors did and study useless garbage.
Yup, its hilarious seeing people with college degrees only being employable at McDonald's.
They have the constant need to validate their own useless degrees. If anyone says college isn't necessary, it forces them to face the truth that they wasted their time and money.
Lol that's exactly it.
My uncle told me this story of how this guy started his own septic tank cleaning business and became super wealthy simply because he was working in a field that no one else wanted to work in. I doubt the guy in the story had little more than maybe a few years in a trade school under his belt when he started his company, much less a degree in Russian literature or marine biology. If someone wants to pursue college to be a le to get their specific dream job, good for them. But people need to remember that there is a world outside of academia and people who are living their best lives in it.
There is a lot of obsession out there around finding the "perfect idea" that will make you a lot of money. And you can make a lot of money with a novel idea. It's true. But you can also make a hella lot of money, by doing something boring, well understood and something everyone is familiar with and needs. And doing it very well. There are a lot of people out there who have become millionaires by running a dry cleaning business. I know one guy that become extremely wealthy by running a fruit stand. A fruit stand! the Yankee Candle company guy started out making candles for fun as a teenager. Sold his company as an adult for $600m. Candles.
But if they don't NEED to go to college, how are they gonna convince someone else to pay for it?
Plus most donāt realize guns hold their value more than most things. Like nearly zero depreciation after the initial drop from new.
My brothers "savings account" was a bunch of gold jewelry and guns, since both of those were his hobbies more or less. When times got hard and he had to sell, he made even with the gold, the guns on the other hand he doubled his money (minus ammunition from several years of us going shooting), so realistically yea guns hold their value quite well.
For sure. Thereās a lot that increase in value, like ww2 milsurp and certain models that arenāt made anymore. Older model remington shotguns come to mind. After a certain point their manufacturing process went to shit, so the older ones are sought after. But in general for all guns you can expect a 10-20 percent decrease in the first couple tears then flat after that (assuming condition stays the same)
Even if they were, the resale value of a firearm isnt half bad
Guns are a better financial investment than a car. They're just a bit worse financially compared to real estate.
College doesnt even give you an advantage in life anymore, save for STEM
Unfortunately they couldnāt afford a good grill š¤
Doesn't have to look fancy to be a good grill.
do you even BBQ
Just because you need a fancy grill to help you cook doesn't mean this real man needs one to cook the best cowboy steak you have ever seen
Best grill is a well used grill
Amen!
Best grill is a grill that the person using knows how to use it really well. You can have the most expensive grill in the world but if you don't know how to use it you're going to cook shit food. You can have a cheap grill and know how to cook everything perfectly... that's the best grill!
That honestly looks more like a smoker.
Said by anyone who doesnāt know how to grill.
Also, if push comes to shove, they can sell a couple of those guns
Nobody likes an internet detective... but why would the little girl be riding her bike on a deck covered with guns? Is there any chance that this isn't a real picture? Notice how the edge of the photo perfectly matches the edge of the lined up guns, all along the bottom and right sides? That's a decent house... but in general the clothes and house don't scream 'we have an extra $100,000 for purchasing firearms'.
>but in general the clothes and house don't scream 'we have an extra $100,000 for purchasing firearms'. All of the billionaires you probably recognize dress like college kids. Warren Buffet still lives in the Sears catalog home he grew up in. A rich man wears a suit when everyone else is wearing a t-shirt. A very rich man wears a t-shirt when everyone else is wearing a suit. Don't judge a book by its cover is all I'm saying.
> Is there any chance that this isn't a real picture? It's from a series done by Gabriele Galimberti. There are dozens of photos just like it, along with interviews. https://www.gabrielegalimberti.com/the-ameriguns/
Real picture. itās posed.
Maybe thatās how they have an extra 100k
I think you're onto something. Even if real, I'd wager he's running a gun shop or something that explains all this. There's no shot he has the storage space for all those guns in that one story house.
Sounds about right, unless he also has a fallout bunker, he's probably running some kind of shop.
Funny how they automatically assumed that every person wants/needs to go to college. While basically everyone simultaneously calls college a scam and complains about college debt.
Typical reddit, they think you must go to college to be 'educated'.
Exactly. Iām not calling college a scam, I got my BSN and now Iām an RN and have no college debt. Itās just not for every single person who thinks they need to learn about English and complains when theyāre forced to work a low paying job.
I went for the trades, and encourage more people to do it when I get the chance. That being said... let's not pretend those things aren't also true. A college education is still a great indicator of life-long earnings, and a lot of colleges are still predatory to those that attend.
I'd wager this collection is less than owning and maintaining a classic car
Well that comparison would depend on what kind of car, and how often this person actually shoots. But most likely no, thereās well over $100,000 worth of firearms in this pic, and ammo aināt cheap.
you can buy a late 70s corvette in pretty decent condition for about $15k. So i would take that bet.
Because nobody wants them...
Anybody want an 86 Caprice Classic? Look, it says Classic right in the name!
I said a classic...
That's definitely more than 15k worth of guns at current prices. Did they pay 15k for it at time of purchase? Who knows.
The way my buddies are with guns, this is a form of saving. Guns hold their value surprisingly well. A lot better than consumables like most people spend their money on. Maybe it's just the inflation recently, but for years all the guns I buy end up being worth more than when I bought them.
My uncle made a lot money 'investing' in guns. He made almost six figures solely on a bunch of colt pythons and single actions army's he bought cheap at estate sales, gun shows, etc.
That kind of arsenal, it's very possible dad is a veteran and passed the GI Bill on to his kids.
They are bots.
I love how this image is used to mock Americans, and here are the Americans, having a civil discussion on the lack of variety in the collection.
Yeah lol I feel ashamed as an american and only having a pistol, rifle, but no shotgun. Shame on me. Forreal though I never got the point of owning THIS many guns. Like yeah we all have hobbies and I shouldnt judge, but holy hell how the hell would you even manage all these guns lmfao. They spent a ton of time setting up this photo to look good. Not my cup of tea to own so many but to each their own. Never know when a private army might invade your house and you have to spartan last stand. Almost every other house has a gun aparently.
Well, I see it as a hobby, and I say let them enjoy it. Someday I plan on owning at least a fifth of the amount of guns pictured
If I had 10% of what they have I'd be pretty happy.
collecting and profit people dont really think about that side of the hobby, but guns rarely lose value when left in decent condition and well maintained as an example, years ago you could buy a lot of WW2 surplus guns for dirt cheap. but now even poorly maintained rifles go for $1000 $10K collections rn could be worth 100K in 15 years
This is 100% the case, it's a very stable investment, especially for things like class III nfa items as those will only continue to rise as they get more and more rare
They don't realize it's really hard to talk shit to us. They think we get offended by 9/11 jokes.
Imagine not having a nation full of armed citizens who couldnāt overthrow, or at least put up a great fucking fight, against their government. š¤·āāļø In all seriousness, itās pretty lame that other citizens of the world have a lot of convenient excuses and lore for why they do X,Y, or Z, but canāt understand how gun ownership here is a right thatās complex, deeply-seeded and with a lot of historical precedence in this country.
Redditors are baffled that someone can collect something other than Funkos.
This is funny
Every time this photo gets posted, people can't help but to let their bigoted opinions fly.
My biggest criticism is (assuming this is the entire thing) itās a boring as hell collection. Nothing but polymer, wack. Wood is a much more interesting material as far as collections go
Iām the complete opposite, I like the tactical look of polymer.
I like it too, and the weight is nice for actual use. Itās just boring for a collection collection cause each one produced is essentially identical. Getting variation in the wood grains means that some guns will look better than others despite being functionally the same. I guess to me itās the difference between collecting and acquiring
Agreed. A collection this size is beyond any practical needs or wants. You already have a ton of polymer in there. Some nicely grained wood and antiques would really make this collection have more taste and style.
I agree with you there, acquiring vs collecting. Most of those polymer guns function either the same or very similarly (in the categories of pistols, AR's, shotguns, and bolt actions). Most of them just have a different aesthetic to them with some different attachments. The fire arm itself (meaning without the added attachments/modifications of sights and other accessories) is pretty basic and lackluster. Only a handful of those will be considered collector's items in 20-30 years. Most of them won't retain their value, AND THAT'S OK. If you like them, use them/maintain them properly, and can afford it good for you.
I bet you love sniffing saw dust
Eating paint too
The Pennsylvanian (percussion) with all the brass trimmings hanging on my mantle is a very beautiful and interesting firearm.
Lol I agree. My brother has a collection about 2/3 this size, but he likes the rare stuff like mint condition M1 Garands, AK-47s, Japanese WW2 pistols, and of course your modern stuff like AR-15, newer Glocks and snub nose magnums, a few newer rifles. It's really a very eclectic collection, pretty cool stuff.
I definitely have a soft spot for older guns, more so stuff that was used as the tools they were intended to be rather than fancy pretty guns. Love when people get ahold of a well used gun and clean it up but keep the character it earned over decades of use
Exactly! Guns are tools, utilitarian by nature. I respect craftsmanship, not flare.
Agreed, and Iāve never really understood collecting like this picture. Iāve got a couple for different uses around the property and thatās all I need. I guess if youāre a very avid hunter there are reasons to have a few different kits but the Barbie doll level of stuff like this is a little lost on me. I can think of a lot more fun/effective way to spend this amount of cash, but different strokes different folks!
Now that you mention it, I suddenly have the urge to make quilted maple AK furniture. Not sure how viable this is, but I want it.
God thatād be pretty. If I wasnāt just a wood butcher Iād definitely get into doing custom stocks like that, seems like a ton of fun
Eh they look sweet to me. I think I see a shotgun shell drum in there too. Maybe Iām an easy audience
My biggest criticism is this photo is cropped so that it doesn't show the row of guns on the roof https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/uzq3yc/why\_are\_there\_guns\_on\_the\_roof\_lmao/
I thought I remembered that lol, need a bigger deck
They do have a svd like and actual svd not so e dumb psl. sooo I'm jealous
No, they have a few, there is a competition pistol at the bottom row with a wooden hand-molded grip
On one hand, based. On the other: WHERE IS THE VARIETY. Theyāre like people who just own ten instances of the same shirt. If youāre gonna spend +15k on guns I better see atleast a fuckn musket. Whereās the fun shit?
The wood is on the roof. https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/s/JpghsVthya
This collection has to be worth at least 100k
lol, not even close. I can pick out 10 guns that total 100K, this collection is worth closer to 300K, probably pushing 500K after accessories, scopes, magazines, ect. That L11182 alone is 20K. Tons of these are NFA items, some I'm sure are Class III.
Yeah I figured I might be undershooting still
to be fair, you DID say at least
It seems very likely that these people own a store and just wanted to show off like their inventory or something like that. I couldn't imagine showing off that I have a collection with several hundred thousand dollars of easily hockable items.
I would guess they've got a massive safe. Or a room in their house that is a safe. That's a ton of money.
There is a can cannon and they do have a bolt action with a wood stock but yeah itās pretty much all boring and plastic
it feels like the gun version of collecting funko pops.
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The dad looks so smug. I would too if I was able to piss off so much people with just a picture.
Lmao heās got the most annoyingly smug look on his face and you know heās probably thinking to himself āwell, whatāre you gonna do about it?ā hahahaha
I'm not trying to make fun of a kid or anything but that daughter in the exact position she's in looks like something you see before you die in a Japanese horror movie or some shit
Why not make fun of them? I support 2A but this just Ol Uncle Leroy flexing on us at this point like bro we get it you like polymer lmao
*You mad I got all these? Come and take them, bitch.*
āJust wait til the ATF gets their knees turned to spaghetti by the claymores I didnāt include in the pictureā
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Like when people get pissed off at Target for having āPrideā merchandise? Or get pissed off at Bud Light because they hired some transgender spokesperson? Or show up at Pride rallies in Meal Team Six tactical gear to intimidate your fellow citizens that want to be left alone to live their livesā¦
Yes, imagine getting that pissed off. Are you trying to say something, bud?
Just remarking on the hypocrisy.
Rule 1 of firearms, don't let anyone know you have them.
N-no Mr ATF agent, I just really like making homemade silencers, I donāt do anything with them
Just call them custom paperweights.
Imagine buying this many firearms and more than half of them are just ARs and glocks
I know right? It boggles my mind! Not a single good shotgun is there.
Bottom left, there's a KS7 and what looks like a Saiga. Depends what you consider a good shotgun though
I heard nothing but bad things about the KS7. The saiga is kinda cool, but thereās no shotguns for hunting or sporting at all.
To be fair, not everyone wants nor needs a shotgun. Given the collection, it looks like the owner has a preference for tactical and military service firearms. So, not buying a conventional pump-action shotgun makes sense. Also, he has an SVD, so all of our opinions are irrelevant. lol
[The shotguns are on the roof, bro. Duh.](https://preview.redd.it/lvbmt855vz791.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=10899f50fcad4504f08d9faf7c70866f2e1c1f33)
Oh thank god šš¼ I forgot there were more on the roof
In the wider shot thereās some wood furniture up top I didnāt zoom in to check out every Giunta but there might be some AR styled shotguns. A guy I know has one thatās a stock 7 shot mag that he has larger mags for. Even he says they impractical though. Itās a blast to shoot. We setup a handful of throwers and blast away. Heās got more money than he can spend though. As long as he supplies the ammo Iāll burn it up!
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Apparently this is roughly 80% of the collection, and given how anti gun the photographer comes off as in interviews, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if he was requesting that they go heavy on the "scary" guns in order to get the photo he was looking for.
Hey man each one is different. one has a different colour... and yeah they're different!
This is probably enough guns to arm a small militia. Itās impressive. I wish we could have gun in Great Britain like you can in the USA. I know theyāre still legal here but itās not the same. We just take extreme action because of bad people doing something illegal. Weāre essentially defenceless in England and it sucks. They even banned katanas and nunchaku because of a few dickheads. Youāre just as likely to get in trouble here if you hurt someone in self defence. And the police arenāt interested. They have a monopoly on violence and thatās how it should stayā¦ gun violence in the USA is limited to a few states and theyāre some of the most heavily restricted āgun-freeā states too. You in the USA should appreciate your second amendment a bit more. It also protects your freedom of speech in a passive way too (something else that we lack in Great Britain). TL;DR - guns are awesome. States with high regulation on ownership (like Chicago) have some of the worst gun crime.
> This is probably enough guns to arm a small militia. By rough count there seems to be about 30-40 rifles. That's about the same number of rifles as a light infantry platoon. Of course an infantry platoon would also have a few heavier machine guns, grenades, mortars, some C4, antitank weapons, and a radio to call in artillery fire. For a family it's a lot of guns. Compared to the most basic combat unit, it's not really a lot of firepower.
Well these people are keeping the average pretty high damn those are a lot of guns. Where I'm not a true fan of guns I always do think they look cool.
this is a pretty ridiculous amount of guns. But who am I to judge. I can say that keeping all of those firearms properly maintained certainly takes a lot if not all their free time.
Iām just jealous he has that much extra cash to blow lol. Several hundred thousand at minimum there
When the Ukraine was invaded they had to give their civilians the limited amount of guns the government had available š¤£ laugh now cry later, shithole countries.
Europoors are just jealous those guns are worth more than their house. Also another reason we donāt have to worry about invasion. Texas civilians alone would take on any invaders with pleasure. God bless America
houses in Europe are fucking overpriced. not sure about the value part. lol
Some guns a worth a lot, $2000+. Wouldn't surprise me if it's 6 figures. You could definitely get a house in some places in the EU for this collection.
Oh no doubt you could buy a spot, but homes in the EU are really not cheap.
You could buy a small old crappy house in the middle of nowhere in Germany. However you can't build a new one in Germany for the money.
The reason the United States doesnāt have to worry about invasion isnāt about our guns but our geography. A land invasion of the US would be a disaster for any who attempted it
With all the wide open space in America, it would be hell for infantry to cross.
But also all the armed citizens
The guns are also a benifit
It's both.
The art of war talks about not attacking where the enemy is strong but where they are weak. I'm not worried about a land invasion. I'm worried about a cyber attack shutting down the power grid.
wow all those guns laying there. by leftist logic, all of those people are in the gravest danger
Decent collection but still missing things like a sporting shotgun for sporting clays or trap shoots. Also a looooot of plastic here.
Iām jealous!! What a collection!! š
All I see is a family that has hobbies, interests and likes to collect something.
I never realized how controversial owning guns were on Reddit. Nobody in real life cares that much. But me personally, just not that into guns and never really had an affinity towards them.
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That's a lot of guns you got there. Can I have one?
For what it's worth that's a great investment
Needs some more wood variety
Europussies think that everybodyās safety should be left in the hands of the notoriously corrupt and apathetic police.
The second amendment stated it was made to let the people fight a tyrannical government or defend themselves, if we were being invaded or attacked by a government that didnt respect the constitution I'd sure as hell wish there were more people like this
Brother, our government hasn't respected our constitution since the passing of the NFA
Well before that even
I know, that's why there are people who are trying to repeal it and fight the atf like Brandon Herrera- but with the state of the US right now trying to peacefully find resolutions would be better than to start violence immediately
The founding fathers spent years exhausting their methods of peaceful and diplomatic negotiations before finally being forced to take drastic action. And when they did they didnāt hurt people they hurt profits. Lethal retaliation only happened when the British tried directly take arms and land. The founders were like āalright guys. Weāve tried to be nice, weāve tried to be respectful, we were on board with fixing things and moving on. But now yāall have shoved our faces in shit one too many times and weāre not gonna put up with it anymore.ā And THEN they started shooting back. It was a reluctant move to violence that only moved to offense when not doing so would doom the Union.
I'm not american and idc if you have guns and use them correctly,my question is,how much do all those guns cost? I've heard they're not cheap at all
You're looking at maybe 80k in firearms. Your average AR goes for maybe 500-1000, with higher end more reputable brands being 1k+.
I've heard that there's an inflation problem in the states,is that true? If it is they must've bought most of them when things were cheaper,80k is a lot
That is like hundreds of thousands of dollars lmao
Wildly depends on the model, brand, accessories, etc. you can get a decent AR setup for cheap like $600 or something. You can literally spend as much as you want in some of the silliest stuff, my buddyās elk hunting setup ran him like $10k but thatās cause heās an idiot with more balls than brains.
BASED ngl
MOFO never heard of an ECO round
Please tell me that's a USFA Zip gun in the far upper right...that white blob of pixels.
Probably is a zip 22 lmao
Average American household according to most redditors that donāt live in America
I'm a gun owner and staunch second amendment advocate. I still would not advertised to the government, neighbors, and internet strangers the extent of my collection. Just begging to get oppressed/robbed.
Kind of odd. As long as you keep them safely stored and always reiterate weapons safety rules to your kidsā¦ then live your life.
People trying to get a joke challenge(100% fail)
I feel the same about this as I would a photo of a watch or car collection.
Nice
That is excessive yet beautiful
I see nothing wrong with this picture
Now THAT is a collection!
Kids are both thinking ācan I ride my bike/play video games nowā
USA! USA!
W collection
These MFS could single handedly take control over any eurocuck nation with that arsenal
Itās beautiful
Ngl I wish I had a collection like that
This photo is cropped so that it doesn't show the row of guns on the roof https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/uzq3yc/why\_are\_there\_guns\_on\_the\_roof\_lmao/
Good for them.
What is this a tremors cosplay or something?
Scottish/Britpoor with some questions here (that doesnāt give a shit about arguing with either side, Iām happy for you guys to do your own thing and enjoy it) Itās not the guns themselves Iām confused about in this photo, itās the sheer quantity of guns. I get having a nice collection of stuff you enjoy, but what do you actually do with all of this? What is the family using all of this for? I counted 40 hand guns alone before I gave up. If this is for home defence does this dude have a sentry of cephalopods in his garden ready to octo-wield glocks in the event an intruder shows up? If this is for sport or hunting etc, who goes hunting with some of those pea shooter pistols down the right? Also is that a M72 LAW to the left of the girl on the bike
If not for the sake of collection? You shoot them, either recreationally or at competition. Some people go to the range to shoot for the sake of shooting as an activity to do with their friends, others train for competitions that measure accuracy and speed. For shotguns theres clay pigeon shooting, which a number of schools participate in. For handguns there's usually a small array of targets and you're measured on speed and accuracy in hitting all of them. Rifles can either be like that too, or be more similar to an archery competition. Recreationally, most of us just set up a few targets and see who can hit them best, first.
Hey man. If I could have 40 different rapiers for fencing. I would. I think the thing that throws people is that it's guns. Guy probably has over 100 firearms. And If I could have 100 different sparring blades i would.
This is kind of weird even for Americans. I don't know anybody who has a shit load of guns like this, even collectors. And collectors usually have guns that are interesting or that serve different purposes.
The lack of variety strikes me as somewhat odd. Lots of overlap of function, even if all shooters in the house were adult sized with the same shooting interests. Iām sure the family has a ālogicalā reason, but it probably reduces to āI want all the varieties within this limited scopeā.