re a message for you mr president how do you know what happened in article apr ifi uio no joakimr ifi uio no joakim ruud writes in article c u nv jgs ncratl atlantaga ncr com mwilson ncratl atlantaga ncr com mark wilson writes in c sqya f v noose ecn purdue edu tbrent bank ecn purdue edu timothy j brent writes probably not but then i don t pack heavy weaponry with intent to use it please cite your evidence that he was intending to use it well he would be pretty stupid not to i mean what s the use of spending thousands of on something you won t use sorry if i m stepping on the toes of any members of some rifle association here rifles bought for hunting i can understand rifles bought for killing people or for just keeping i cannot just for the record i am myself a collector of medieval armour weaponry and i don t just have it hanging around i use it obviously only in fencing practice with friends well let me see if i can explain it it s similar to collecting coins or stamps or campaign buttons or coke bottles or juke boxes or model trains or just about anything else that is collected and just about everything is collected in all cases you might consider it something of an aberration i mean what purpose does it serve not much really it s just a hobby the collector yearns for diversity not much use in having two of the same thing except for trading selling it historical significance this was the thingy used by so and so technical significance this is the only one that does such and such like this this is the first one to do it this way rarity and so on some people use their collections other people do not as you state you use your collection in one sense this diminishes the value of your collection as the items suffer wear and exposure in another sense it can enhance your own enjoyment of your collection some people collect firearms that they do not use other people use some or all of the firearms they collect it s just personal preference oops personal preference i guess we re not supposed to have that any more are we j baker
