I'm in the middle like a lot of others have posted, but more importantly, I believe in "to each his own". I'm not in a place where I can justify to myself spending $3200 on an Ed Brown, but I would never begrudge another for doing so. By the same token, if a Hi Point fits your needs... Then that's okay too, and I wouldn't criticize.
Some of the snobbery may be genuine foolishness, but I suspect that a larger degree may be due to the anonymous nature of the internet and the irrepressible urge to start up a bunch of #%£?! on a thread just for entertainment. Some folks just need a quarrel to feel like they are doing something productive, I suppose.
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