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You go to any watch, knife, gaming, car, motorcycle, TV, etc. forums, and ask the regulars extreme fanboy members their opinion about what to buy. They all are going to suggest the extreme or top of the line. For example, ask about buying a 500cc motorcycle for joy riding, and they tell you you NEED a 1200cc. Ask what knife to buy, they'll tell you you NEED a $200 knife made of special steel. Ask what watch. They'll stir you towards a several thousand dollars mechanical watch. Ask what camera or PC, they'll tell you nothing else will suit your needs other than the most expensive top of the line. People on gun forums do the same thing. Live in a great neighborhood, don't sell drugs, not in a gang, don't have any contracts out for your life, don't live in bear or 4 larger legged predator country, and all you want is an affordable, reliable, low recoiling handgun to defend yourself with? Yes, of course you'll have members trying to convince you you'll die unless you have a 9mm to 10mm, 15+ rounds, 15 round spare, a semiautos instead of a revolver, so on and so forth.