I think it’s a pretty specific (and stupid) sub-culture.
Most Americans I know see being careless with guns as “Darwin award” kind of flex.
I know some gun collectors with valuable collections. Typically a decent portion of the value of the whole collection is tied up in clean secure safe storage: gun locks, gun safes, dehumidifiers, separate amo storage, locking display cases, etc.
As one told me “I still treat guns like toys - I just treat them like really fucking dangerous life threatening toys.”
Can an American explain to me why having random guns strewn around is a flex? What concept is being flexed? Do y’all fancy yourself local warlords?
I think it’s a pretty specific (and stupid) sub-culture.
Most Americans I know see being careless with guns as “Darwin award” kind of flex.
I know some gun collectors with valuable collections. Typically a decent portion of the value of the whole collection is tied up in clean secure safe storage: gun locks, gun safes, dehumidifiers, separate amo storage, locking display cases, etc.
As one told me “I still treat guns like toys - I just treat them like really fucking dangerous life threatening toys.”
Gun = power!
Or some such ammosexual nonsense 🤷
A high end custom gun is pretty expensive. So it’s the same kind of flex as showing off an expensive car.
Yeah, what’s the deal with that?
🤷♂️ My guess is some kind of hyper masculine performative bullshit.