The "whats your life worth" stuff needs to end

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While I agree with Marine that "What is you life worth" is offensive to some people, it's not that big of deal. No matter what you say, someone is going to be offended by it. This whole thread is just another example of Politically Correctness; someone doesn't like how something is said, so they try to get everyone else to change it. Be it right or wrong, this is the internet and if you are easily offended you are probably in the wrong place.

At best, "What is your life worth" is someone trying to justify their expensive gun, at worst, they're telling someone to buy a more expensive gun which is still usually a quality gun. This is why people come to forums anyway, for differing opinions. If you can't sort out the well informed responses from the junk, forums aren't the place for you to be asking questions. To those that are complaining about "What is you life worth" think of it as an easy way to tell whose advice you should be avoiding in the future. Good, informed advice can be much better worded.

I'm going to go back to being quiet and just reading.

Edited AFTER Winchester's post to clarify.
 
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Well after this whole thread, what is your life worth is still often a reasonable question posed by people who think a CCW should be quality and dependable (not necessarily more money) to people who don't often see the big picture or don't understand what they're giving up when going from say a Ruger to a Davis.

When its used to justify a $1000 H&K over a good reliable CCW, then I can see people writing off that person. When its used to steer someone away from a Rohm revolver, its a good question that hopefully will make someone re-think a brash, uninformed, money-saving decision. Its all a question of appropriate priorities.

Anyone that has a $200 budget can save longer. Its a better idea in the long run.
 
Maybe you didn't lose your job in this economy but millions have. Maybe you have 5 years of money saved up but millions have exhausted their savings paying expenses like food, rent and heat because that's all that they can afford until they can find a job that pays more than $8 an hour.
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But if you have the 40+ bucks a month for the internet, than you have discretionary income for SD - sorry not buying it

And for the poster who bemoans the woman and a restraining order and can't afford things, then a gun SHOULD be out of the question only going to get her and her kids killed - she would be better off with bear or wasp spray and a baseball bat

A gun is NOT the absolute answer for everyone
 
Is the money going for non-essentials or not?

How about the folks that "can't afford" a Glock or some other decent firearm but spend money on non-essentials like tattoos, cigarettes, beer, rims...
 
You get what you pay for.... If someone doesnt like that I dont know what to say but that pretty much how the free market system works... I know of no arms manfacturer who has figured how to put the absolute finest everything in a gun for $100 or even $600 dollars or even $1000.

Of course I understand you have to live within your budget and food and a roof typically come before ownership of a gun. If a rock, a knife or a hi-point or a whatever gun is all you can afford so be it. Even a five dollar gun could kill and might even go bang reliably. I personally go to the range with people who cant even afford a gun and let them borrow one of my guns and its no criticism of them....

The point I always try to make is that at higher price points you generally get better trigger, better sights, and other things beyond reliability alone. In a self defense situation dont you want every possible advantage you can afford? Think squishy trigger is going to help in a SD situation? How about poor sights at night? Use what you have but always seek improvement when you can.

Why does everyone build the plastic fantastic? Because some of them are far from refined and simply going bang doesnt work so well if your off your target half the time due to poor sights or poor trigger. The same holds true for almost all guns. Seek to improve as best you can...

Do I think my Sig is a better gun than my XD for self defense... if better trigger and better sights means more hits when it counts then I guess so, even though I like them both. Use what you can afford and dont feel bad about it, the first pistol I ever bought was a Taurus...

Keep the roof and the food on the table and do the best that you can.
 
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And for those who can't afford a Hi-Point, there's always the Liberator...After all, what's your life really worth? :D
 
I agree with the Marine. I'll add that the law of diminishing returns applies to everything, including firearms. Most of us don't drive the best possible car in the world due to financial reasons (and common sense). Yet we are much, much more likely to die in a car accident than a gun fight (at least most of us).
 
Also and honestly as has been said although some people do really struggle I know a lot of people whos struggle ends at the bar, ciggies at the store and at the tattoo shop... Its all a question of priorities for a whole lot of people...
 
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