A Smith & Wesson collector was getting old and sick, so he started calling his fellow collector friends to see if they could help him liquidate a collection of a lifetime. This was back in the 1990's(comparing prices). One collector bought $100,000 of just Model and Pre-Model 29's: rare ones, scarce ones, special orders, engraved ones engraved by old Smith & Wesson employees while working there, special serial numbered Model 29's. Five inch guns, which were by special order only. First-year guns, cased guns, boxed guns....and most of them are unfired from the factory. Since, he is past president of the S&W Collectors Association. Helped to start the S&W Historical Foundation. I like his first-year five inch .44 Magnums, but like them all. These guys have safes inside of vaulted rooms with climate control and armed to the tee. Some places are so safe, they leave the guns out for display.
...and there are many out there like him. I have unfired-from-the-factory and rare guns. I have some I have shot thousands of times or more. We still have militia districts, too. How many guns should a person own? Depends on the person and his/her wishes. You do not know why they buy them. Had a gun go to auction owned by special people sell to collectors for tens of thousands of dollars. They sell at auction every month guns from the early wars owned by officers and taken well care of.
When I go to the range, I like to take several guns with me(more than three). Three of us went to the country to shoot one day, many moons ago, and all rode together. I can't imagine what that would have looked like to someone that does not enjoy guns. To each his own, but don't call everyone with more guns than you some kind of a moron. Collecting is a gentleman's endeavor. Shooting is a challenge. Hunting is wonderful, for those who do not kill and waste. White geese are harvested to help keep them from ruining the nesting areas of some other migratory waterfowl. They pull the grass up by the roots. There are more than any group of hunters can ever kill too many of.