I have bought other things, a lot of them. In addition to Glocks, over my gun owning career, I have owned or do own firearms from about 30 other manufacturers.I have an idea!! Buy sumthin else... reality, what a concept. Subjectivity enters in gun choices, like it does in almost every ‘thing’ choice. Yeegads.
With a little thought, I could make a list like the one I made above for any of the guns I own or have owned. As an engineer (or maybe just because I'm a picky, perfectionist, SOB), without trying very hard, I tend to see things that can be improved in most products.
I've re-read my post a couple of times and I have no idea how you got that out of what I posted.But don’t you dare tell ME I’m deficient in some way because I’m part of the Glock universe. BS flag again on that one, sir.
I didn't mean for anything I said to be an attack on you, or on Glock owners in general. It wouldn't make sense for me to make an attack on Glock owners because I am one. I own more than half a dozen Glocks (although Glock is not, by the way, the maker I own the most guns from), I'm carrying one right now, and another is my nightstand pistol. The last pistol I purchased was a Glock.
I don't know that I would call myself "part of the Glock universe", whatever that means, but I'm also not knocking those who do--and I don't knock those who consider themselves aficionados of any other gun company, for that matter.
A few observations:
1. You are not your guns. The fact that a gun you own and like isn't perfect doesn't mean you are a bad person or that someone who notes a problem with that gun dislikes you or is trying to insult you.
2. You are not the manufacturer of your guns. I like Beretta pistols, but I am not an Italian gun maker who's been in business since the 1500s. I've only been around a tiny fraction of that amount of time and I've never been to Italy. When someone says something bad about Beretta, I don't take it personally because my last name doesn't start with "Beretta".
3. It's possible to note that an item is imperfect without getting rid of it or losing faith in it, or hating the people who own it. In spite of the fact that I provided a partial list of things I don't like about Glocks, I have no intention of changing to a different nightstand gun. And while I might hate myself, it's not because I own Glocks.
4. It's possible to like a product even while noting that it could be improved. I wish that the DA trigger pull on my SP101 .22LR revolver were a little lighter, but it's still one of my favorite handguns.