[Mariner]

"There’s a saturation point"

Yep.

Guns outlast humans by a long shot.

Guns manufactured in 1910 are still quite useful, but most folks born then are dead.

Eventually the country will be saturated.

And that's a good thing.

[jdege]

Eventually the country will be saturated.

True, but we're a long way from that.

What I would recommend as sufficient -

For each adult and responsible child in a family:

• A full-sized battle rifle
• A combat shotgun
• A combat pistol

Plus two spare sets for guests, and ..

• Two hunting rifles of each caliber suitable for local game
• Two hunting shotguns suitable for local game
• Two .22LR rifles

for each family. I'm short of that goal, in a number of areas.

[JoeFromSidney]

Guns manufactured in 1910 are still quite useful, but most folks born then are dead.

It's true that guns last, if taken care of properly. However, even a "good" old gun may lack features of the newer ones. I'm not a gun collector, I'm more of a gun accumulator. What that's turning out to mean is that I have some guns that I bought fifty years ago, that lack features I'd now like, such as built-in rails for accessories like lights and lasers.