People who don’t shoot have literally no idea. It’s as ignorant as someone asking why a family might want more than one car.

I think stockpiling guns in the same calibre is a bit iffy, particularly once you’re past the point where you might want to use irons. Imho the nsw regs are a little cooked, you usually face more scrutiny for the first gun in a category than any other when it seems that maybe the reverse should be true after a couple.

I also think stockpiling ammo is a concern, since ammo is actually the hard bit to make and the dangerous part.

At least in nsw though we had laws and regs that just needed adjustment. You had to give reasons for each gun. Strengthen checks there, have a look at limiting ammo stockpiles/requiring reasons if you buy a whole lot.

Being spoken down to by people who have only ever seen guns in a war museum is a bit painful.