Yea, buying a 1911 on memorial day does seem extra appropriate, but since all semi autos are semi based on the 1911, it doesn't matter. I just thought that memorial day, a day to remember our drafted soldiers who fought for the independence of this nation, was a good day to buy a weapon, which would be used to maintain the independence of a man and his family.
I'm amazed at the negative reaction from a tiny few on this. It's as if a person dosn't narrowly worship the fallen, or doesn't do it the way THEY do, then they think it's ok to attack you. I don't think the fallen soldiers would like the behavior of people like hso. If I died on a battlefield for the freedom and independence of my nation, I wouldn't want my fellow countrymen insulting a fellow citizen for trying to be positive and forward thinking about my holiday. Isn't memorial day about freedom? I thought it was. Gee, I thought our soldiers in the revolutionary war, the war of 1812, the spanish American war, were drafted to maintain the independence of this nation, and those in the world wars, korea and vietnam were drafted to help preserve liberty. Pardon me for not being interested in the sappy showy memorializing that the media peddles on memorial day.
I think making memorial day into "go camping weekend" with the rest of the herd, or "buy our discounted mattresses" weekend or "kick off the summer with a bbq" weekend truly is disrespectful to the memory of our drafted defenders, and I think most here would agree with that.