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In the news this week, a Southern California man was put under 72-hour psychiatric observation when it was found he owned 100 guns and had (by rough estimate) 1 million rounds of ammunition stored in his home. The house also has a secret escape tunnel. The television reporter said: "Wow! He has about a million machine gun bullets!" And the headline referred to it as a "massive weapons cache". By California standards someone owning even 100,000 rounds would be called "mentally unstable". If he lived elsewhere, such as Arizona , he'd be called "an avid gun collector." In Oklahoma , he'd be called "a novice gun collector". In Utah , he'd be called "moderately well prepared", but they'd probably reserve judgment until they made sure that he had a corresponding quantity of stored food. In Montana , he'd be called "the neighborhood 'Go-To' guy". In Idaho , he'd be called "a likely gubernatorial candidate". In Wyoming , he'd be called "an eligible bachelor". and... In Alaska and Texas , he'd be called "a Hunting Buddy"............ |