I think the majority of people on here are new gun owners,post 2008 Obama.So these people that were paying $.50 a round for 5.56,still think it's worth that much when they try and off load it.Same goes with the people that paid $2000 for a Franken ar during any one of the previous panic buy sessions.
In line with that, noone wants to admit their decisions are costing them money. If you walk out of the store with a new gun, you will never get purchase price + tax back on it if you decide to ditch it a month later. Everyone is just focused on their sunk cost, which is irrelevant to everyone else.