I must admit, I am with salopian. Moneys too hard to come by for me not to treat my purchases with care and respect. When I grew up, guns were very hard to come by in my house (not much disposable income). I was taught to clean a gun not just after a hard day of hunting, but even to wipe thouroughly after you get them out and look them over. Just turned into a habit and I have passed that on to all of my children. Really only had 2 guns of my own (Montgomery Wards .410 pump, and Remington ss .22 - added a Remington 11-48 12b when I was 12) Hunted for 30 years with these guns and they are still in the same condition as when I got them.
I just ass-u-med that everyone gave theirs the same treatment. Until this thread, I never really gave it a second thought.
