Torrell Jasper (35) poses with his firearms in the backyard of his house in Schriever, Louisiana, USA. A former US Marine, he learned to shoot from his father as a child.

Eric Arnsberger (30) and  Morgan Gagnier (22) pose with their firearms in their bedroom in Lake Forest, California, USA. Eric never goes out unarmed. He has served in the army, worked as a policeman, and now teaches people how to handle guns and shoot safely. Morgan is a trainer in a gym. She fell in love with Eric through following him on Instagram.

Robert Baldwin Jr stands in his secret gunroom, behind a one-way mirror in his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. His girlfriend, Tori, sits at the table. Robert received his first gun—a .22-caliber rifle—as a gift from his father when he was six.

Brandon Brown stands with his children Ashtan (5) and Carson (3) and his weapons in front of his home in Harvest, Alabama, USA. Brandon works as a government analyst, just outside the town where he was born and raised. He shot for the first time when he was 12, and bought an AK-47 as soon as he turned 18.

Charlie Ferer with some of his firearms outside his house in Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA. After training as an economist, he ran a business making artificial grass, then in 2012 founded a company that manufactures munitions and provides training and intelligence solutions to US and non-US government clients.

Danyela D’Angelo sits with a collection of firearms in a vault in Arizona, USA. The collection comprises hundreds of firearms, historic Second World War pieces, weapons of war, and prototypes. It forms part of a trust held in her name until she comes of age. Danyela learned to shoot from her father when she was 12, and since then has competed in shooting events across the US, firing around 3,000 rounds a month.

Avery Skipalis (33) stands with her firearms in front of her house in Tampa, Florida, USA. Her son looks on from a window. Avery joined the US Air Force when she was 17, and after serving in the UAE, Japan and Germany, left to start a company that offers firearms safety classes to adults and children.

Bree Michael Warner (43) poses with her firearms in her bedroom in Putnam Valley, New York, USA. Bree worked as an actress and TV-show host in California, where she became a National Rifle Association member and a firearms instructor. Now living in New York, she teaches women how to shoot, both for self-defense and as a pastime.

Parker ‘Baret’ Fawbush stands with his family and his firearms, in the backyard of the church where he works as the pastor, in Poseyville, Indiana, USA. Baret (as he prefers to be known) also works as a shooting instructor, and his social media accounts, where he reviews different firearms and teaches people how to use them, have large followings.

Will Renke (35) stands with most of his firearms arranged in the shape of the USA, in the backyard of his home in South Carolina. Will fired his first weapon—a  Fox Savage .410 shotgun, which he now keeps carefully preserved— when he was 10, and now buys a new firearm every two weeks.

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