Lending a gun to a friend

[Avenger]

I'd say that's a matter of degree for me. Lend a friend my beat-up Remy .22LR for an afternoon of plinking? Sure, just clean it before you bring it back. My CCW weapon? NOPE.

It's the difference between tossing a friend a quarter for the pop machine, and letting him rustle through your pockets for hundreds.

 

[xring44]

Another best option is to say, I love my pistol and I cherrish our friendship, so its best for both of us if you buy a pistol and we won't have to worry about our friendship.

There are just to many danged things that can go wrong that could be out of his control,

 

[SilentArmy]

Sounds like the instructor is full of himself! I blew up my Berretta 96 with a casehead failure during my CCW qualification and it didnt stop me from qualifying! Just helped teach me and many classmates a valuable lesson... **** happens and you keep shooting! although a broken extractor and half a grip didn't make that an easy task!

 

[GearHead_1]

Just like a good mechanic that does not loan out his tools I wont even think about loaning any of my guns to anyone for any reason.

I happen to be a great mechanic. ASE Certified Master Automotive Technician. I didn't believe in this mind set. From time to time people ask to borrow a wrench to use in the parking lot. As long as they would pull their wallet from their pocket without going through it, show me their drivers license and leave it sitting in my tool box I would let them use the tool. I was never burned doing this.

I have however loaned a gun to a friend. A .300 Weatherby Mark V that to this day I have never shot, he had little money and wanted to get an elk to put in the freezer. This person is a very good friend and I trust him, If I weren't able to work on my own car I would turn to him. He brought the gun back to me and I could see the look in his eye, he was sick to his stomach. He had put the gun in its soft case and set on top of another gun in a soft case behind the seat of the truck. The bolt handle of the other gun rubbed through the soft cases (cases still intact) and significantly damaged the stock of my gun. Weatherby's have a high gloss finish, it was ruined and would likely have cost more to refinish it than to replace it. I purchased a new one. He offered to pay for it and I declined. Some would say this is very foolish but the way I look at is simply nothing I have is worth the value of a true friendship. I don't have enough good friends to let something like this come between myself and the few I have. The only advice I can give you is if you can't do without whatever it is you are loaning, don't loan it. Other wise its a case by case evaluation, you have to know up front if you can live with the decision regardless of the outcome. I wish it wouldn't have happened but he did get his elk.