Don't even get me going on this one. And to make matter worse, she being a white South African should know better.
I know exactly how you feel! Back in the 1990s I had a Marlin Camp 9 that was a nice gun, I just didn't shoot it that often. Sold it. Then about 15 years later I really had the need for a 9mm carbine and there were NONE to be found for a half way reasonable price. I remember bidding on Gunbroker insane amounts for PC9s and loosing. Thankfully Ruger returned to the 9mm carbine market. Then there was my Canadian surplus Inglis High Power I sold to a buddy for a song - oh how I wish I had that gun back, the magazine it's self is worth more than I sold it to him for (and to make matter worse he married a huge Liberal so I wake in cold sweats at night thinking what happened to that poor pistol). Then there was that little Russian Makaraov........
Many many more stories of woe........