It worked for Eric Clapton.

From Contactmusic.com:

He says, "I'm not really that gregarious. And shooting with groups of people up and down the country has taught me a lot about how to get on with my fellow human beings."

The musician recently cleared out his gun cabinet, [insisting] he had to get rid of the weapons, because he became hooked on collecting them.


He adds, "It is following the same pattern as when I collected guitars - I get obsessed, then engulfed and finally narrow the collection down."