Gun used in suicide

First I wouldn't buy it and if by some weird chance I came to own the gun I would not use it out of respect for the dead man/womans family.

JMO

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Perhaps . . .

You'd sleep on a mattress that someone died upon, while I'd buy a new mattress (just me). Perhaps you'd feel comfortable fondling a firearm that killed a best friend. I have the knife that murdered my best friend by his own hand. The knife was sterilized of his blood and it's really sharp and fits my hand well. Maybe always a stigma will exist, but other than that it really does a swell job field-dressing deer. Just a tool! cliffy

I'd have recognized the stigma would bother most people...and offered less.

If I knew specifically who used the gun to end their life like you do it would bother me more so than if the person was anonymous. It's a bit different than buying war surplus.

I just couldn't be objective about it like others here suggest.

No I would not buy the gun.

would you buy a used car that was owned by ted kennedy ( drowning aside)?

I don't think I could own a gun used in a suicide, it would be too weird to me. And if I were ever to loose it and use a gun to "go home" with I would want it thrown in the casket at my burial or destroyed. I wouldn't want anybody looking at my gun and saying "Well, this is the one he used". Suicides are a bittersweet thing, the person doing it may be in a better place, but family and friends are left to grieve. No need to leave something like that behind to remind folks of "That day". Too weird, sad and morally wrong to own a gun used in a suicide, in my opinion.

rondog said:

IMO, a gun, yes. A car or house, not so likely I would. I think a car or house would carry a little more stigma to it.

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It would be a lot more than stigma, if the victim was not discovered for a few days ...

Wouldn't buy it. Never, ever.

I also would not wear jewelry or watches from strangers. Offer me a nice Rolex for $1 and I will gladly pass on that opportunity. But that's me.

personally i wouldnt buy it

if i was in your situation i would pass on this piece. i dont know the victim but i do know other folks involved and i wouldnt want to stir up unwanted emotions. cheers.

It's a gun, not Sauron's ring or Stormbringer.

You control it. It doesn't control you.

Yes I would and do. Colt Commander

My grandfather chose to take his life with a .32 revolver when I was a teenager. I am not the only grandson but somehow I ended up as the owner of the pistol that he used to terminate his life. I kept it for a few years but could never get over the reality of what he did with it. I sold it to a dealer and wanted to make sure I would never see it again. That being said, I own several milsurp rifles and pistols that could have been involved in taking the life from another human and they dont bother me in the least. I think I could own a weapon used in a suicide as long as I didnt personally know the person who was killed.

Sometimes I wonder if the dozens of souls, from the deer that I have taken with my 30-06, will come back to haunt me...

So far, so good!

I would buy it, but I would look it over closely, because after all......you know its been dropped at least once.

There is an old saying for buying antiques that I think is relevant here: buy the object, not the story. YMMV

Buy 5 PM9s, mix them all up in a bucket, and then pick one. Sell the rest.

If it were a sword that was owned by some famous knight and had wrought massive destruction, it would be a revered object with a legend behind it.

So why is it icky when it's a gun?

Then again, I just watched "Christine" last night, and now I'm kinda creeped out.

Which now raises the question to me, do they take organs from suicides, and if so, would you turn it down if you needed one to live?

"do they take organs from suicides"

the hurdy gurdy man does

my neighborhood had 3 (that are documented) indian/settler conflicts fought upon. chances are very high that blood was shed and life was lost on my property. its history.

levitating on you nightstand

Well if you see that handgun levitating by itself off of your night stand then you know it was a mistake to get it.........

I would have no problem with it. I am holding an M1 .30 Carbine in my lap dated 2-44 that could have killed dozens of Germans or Japs. What do I think about that? Cool. Very cool.

I used to live in an old house that a woman killed herself in. There was a bullet hole through one of the doors. Creepy? Heck no it made a nice peep hole at eye level.

This Thread is hilarious.

Some these responses crack me up

At first I thought it would be kind of wierd to have a gun that someone used in a suicide, but then I relized I've been tryin to get a gold cup from a guy for years that was used by a friend of mine in an accidental death (suicide).

I probably wouldn't feel the same way about a Kahr, but I wouldn't have thought twice about adding that colt to my collection.

would you buy a used car that was owned by ted kennedy ( drowning aside)?

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The gun has one confirmed kill. Yes.