The problem we have now, is that most people are in prepper mode. And for good reason. Resale value on guns have never been higher, and most people wish the value of their 401K performed as well as the value of their ARs in 2012 and 2013.
Anytime i come across a deal I snatch it up. The other day I bought three ARs and ten mags for a $1,000. Not an awesome deal but dang near close. Two older Colt LE6920s and an Olympic Arms Plinker. It may take ten years to make fifty percent (in 2012 and 2013 I was making over 100% on some resales) on my investment, but how many stocks, IRAs, and mutual funds are going to do that.
Also, if things got to pot, I've got over five thousand rounds of ammo, so they won't exactly be poorly chosen clubs if you get my drift.
What else would I spend the money. I don't enjoy cars (give me a pickup truck any day of the week), I don't drink, I don't smoke, and I don't go to sports games. There's only so much I can spend on recreational power lifting, and I'm lucky enough to have found a woman who likes to shoot and sees things the way I do.
Oh I could get another dog.