WHat would you say to this person?

[mdao]

There are idiots like that everywhere. At another forum I frequent a guy made the claim that he had an arsenal of around $10k-12k worth of firearms, including one of those Barrett semi-auto .50's. Now based on what this guy has said in other posts he couldn't be older than 22 and was not some prodigal investment banker. I'd like to see someone aquire that stuff making $10 an hour while still making rent, car payments, and all of those other inconvienent expenses.

Doable. Between turning 23 and turning 24, I put ~ $4k worth in firearms and spent $5k on ammo. During the same period, I put $6k in savings, and about the same amount into my 401K. That's after paying rent and all my associated living expenses.

The trick is not making $10 an hour.