ZombiesAhead
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- May 10, 2007
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Hello all,
I'm not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination but I have some money in mutual funds, an IRA, and then a savings account that is larger than it should be - I need to either invest it or treat myself. I'm considering picking up a number of guns - mainly those that are in danger of being grandfathered into new bans - an FAL, an AR-15, high-cap mags for my pistol...I have a good safe to protect them.
While some people might spend their extra money on vacations, can I justify my gun collecting hobby by the fact that my guns will lose very little value in most cases and quite possibly appreciate as legislation changes?
Does anyone else rationalize purchases like this? Might it actually make sense? If something terrible happened and I needed to liquidate, I feel like I could get 80% of the value of most of my collection and chalk the lost 20% up to the fun I had with them - and this isn't even considering the possible rise in value pending new legislation.
Any thoughts?
I'm not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination but I have some money in mutual funds, an IRA, and then a savings account that is larger than it should be - I need to either invest it or treat myself. I'm considering picking up a number of guns - mainly those that are in danger of being grandfathered into new bans - an FAL, an AR-15, high-cap mags for my pistol...I have a good safe to protect them.
While some people might spend their extra money on vacations, can I justify my gun collecting hobby by the fact that my guns will lose very little value in most cases and quite possibly appreciate as legislation changes?
Does anyone else rationalize purchases like this? Might it actually make sense? If something terrible happened and I needed to liquidate, I feel like I could get 80% of the value of most of my collection and chalk the lost 20% up to the fun I had with them - and this isn't even considering the possible rise in value pending new legislation.
Any thoughts?