"If you can’t afford a quality pistol you may have to get something cheaper like a Ruger, Jennings or even a [shudder] Hi-Point." I read that pretty much as it's written. He put "Ruger, Jennings, and Hi-Point" in the non quality pistol category. He didn't write "inexpensive" or "less expensive" he chose to go with "quality" implying the others weren't quality.