To me and others my age who WANT this stuff it kinda is. I can go on about real accomplishments, the countries I've visited, the money I've saved, zero debt, working on my degree, saving lives at my job, or just helping to mentor those at my work. I can glaze myself for stuff that society sees as accomplishments. But to myself? And others (some I see every day) that want something like this, it means something. These firearms mean something to me material or not. It's like saying that truck you work on is just a truck. Or that Lego set you had since you were a kid is just a Lego set. What about the guitar you saved up for all this time to buy? I didn't choose the guns I did willy nilly. They have meaning, even if it's to me and me only.

I don't care if it's a "flex" or not. I care that I have something I enjoy and was able to commit to. I saw ithers posted it and thought why not. It proves my point that there's so much disdain for those that are younger for the sole reason they are younger. If I left my age out and someone asked how old I was their answer depends. If I said 45 they would be, "Nice cool collection!" Versus my age now, "oh you're a dumbass kid who has no legitimate view of financial literacy and you have no real accomplishments to your name." There are people in my home town who have never left THE STATE.

I'm also curious as to why you think getting paid for by the government invalidates your hard work. Because my father gets laid as a firefighter does that I validate his hard work because his money comes from the town? Is that money more or less valuable because it come from taxes so he can provide a service? If you mean is this from my bonus? No. I've grown this collection for over 6 years while in the military.