Directed at whoever said people will just save for the "good" guns. What if there is no such thing as the "good" guns? Just guns in general and you have to actually make the best out of whatever type of weapon you enjoy. If all guns were equally balanced on a relative price range, there's no such thing as the rich getting the great guns and poor getting the lesser.
All guns will be equal in some way, and all dependent upon HOW you use it. Something Masa was planning on doing, basically making PK-Skill top priority again, seeing as Era revolves around PKing. With that done, mostly everything will fall into place, along the lines of gangs and etc.