I have very few guns anymore, and those I do have are for plinking fun and/ or collecting. I carried for decades and I'm just over it now. I lived in Mexico for a while and got used to not having a firearm, and I have to say, it was oddly a relieving feeling to not have one. My buddy (who had also carried for a living) had moved to Portugal about a year before and told me he experienced the exact same thing. I'm certainly not advocating this for everyone, but for me, and others I've spoken with, it's been a good thing. I had gotten to the point that firearms held no enjoyment, and were nothing but tools, and now that I've stopped thinking of them in terms of defense, but instead as a hobby, some of that enthusiasm is returning.