Originally Posted by
Mysteryman
Why is the concept of commerce so hard for people to understand???
If you buy a product, any product that is made in China you ARE SUPPORTING THE CCP. How do you think the retailer got the product? THEY PAID CHINA FOR IT!! Your ignorant statement about boycotting Brownells etc further proves your lack of understanding. If you don't buy Chinese sh*t from Brownells, then they don't send money to China. They only send money for CHINESE PRODUCTS. If no one buys these Chinese products, they have no reason to send money to China.
No surprise, most of what you list is low end junk or contains Chinese parts. EOTech sucks, Leupold is loaded with Chinese components and not high end. Vortex is garbage, as is SIG Chinese optics.
Here's the question I have asked before and will again. You admit you have multiple optics, even multiples of the same optic. You claim you would sooner put your savings towards your home or vehicle( a sh*t investment by the way). If you're concerned with saving money why do you have so many firearms? How many rifles or handguns can you shoot effectively at one time? ONE, just one, always been one.
Why not sell off the likely dozen or so additional firearms and focus on two(one should be an identical spare) well made, well outfitted fighting rifles. Do the same for handguns. I can see perhaps a few more here, maybe an ultra compact or backup/ankle gun in addition to the primary and it's spare. Decrease the amount of excess crap, saves money, allows for acquisition of better quality guns and gear, and still gives you more free capital to put toward your mortgage or other financial necessities.
The reality is this. Most people desire to have mountains of mediocre or low end garbage. They want to do everything all the time, and simply cannot afford the time or cost to do it properly. To compensate for the cost factor they buy low end crap to scratch that itch. They do this without regard for quality, place of manufacture and often times without considering the practicality of the item. Having "more sh*t" is at the foundation of Western society, especially in the US. It's precisely why Walmart is so successful, they sell nothing but junk and it's mostly Chinese junk. Everyone knows it's junk but they only see "cheap price" which means they can have MORE OF IT. The appreciation for quality is fading in society, and that isn't a good thing.
Here's an exercise for everyone.
Look through your current guns. Removing sentimental firearms(hand me downs in the family)
Do you have at least one gun that you have not consciously thought about shooting or have shot in the last year?
Do you have anything you forgot you had?
Do you have anything that was acquired for a specific purpose/role that is no longer needed, like a rifle for African dangerous game, or a muzzle loader because you planned on doing black powder hunting but now don't have the time or interest?
If you have answered yes to any of the above, you have excess sh*t that you need to purge. Those items are dead investments, money that could be recovered and reinvested in something more useful.
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