How obsessed with firearms and everything that goes with it are you?
I am going to put on my skeptical curmudgeon hat and ask why the OP asks this.
OP comes along recently, few posts, no profile, no information on himself. Not saying the OP is a troll post, or implying he has ill intent, but ... So he admits to playing video games. Not exactly an "obsession" about guns, perhaps one about video games. Movies? So what. Everyone watches movies.
Sorry, I'm suspicious. We've been down this road before when forums are infiltrated by new people asking seemingly innocuous questions, but ...
If one wanted to collect data about "gun nuts," "gun fanatics," "gun law extremists ...." One might come along and troll firearms forums in such an innocent fashion.
Let's look at some of the most common definitions of the word "obsession." There are actually some psychiatric associations with the word "obsessed" and "obsession."
noun
-a focus on one thing with
little interest in anything else
- the fact or state of being obsessed with an idea, desire, emotion, etc.
-such a persistent idea, desire, emotion, etc.,
esp. one that cannot be gotten rid of by reasoning
-If you have an obsession, you're totally fixated on something and
unhealthily devoted to it.
-someone or something that is so
important to you that you are always
thinking about them,
in a way that seems extreme to other people
- persistent idea or impulse that continually forces its way into consciousness, o
ften associated with anxiety and mental illness
- persistent
disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling
- A
pattern of unwanted or intrusive thoughts or urges that recur persistently, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.
- A compulsive,
often unreasonable idea or emotion
I might have had an obsession about my wife (before we were married) but I'm over that now. I have zero obsessions. I have numerous very healthy hobbies and interests, however, firearms and shooting being only a couple, and they do not occupy all my time (or all of my thoughts) to an excessive degree. I also have a job in which firearms and shooting occupy much (sometimes most) of my work time, but it's just a job.
Y'all can answer however you want. I'm paid to be suspicious.