Nortonics
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Armueller2001 said:
Heh!
Gun used in suicide
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Heh!
Jaybird78
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gun is a tool, if anything you should be hesitant of reloading for that pistol with the recovered slug.
If someone died in your house, would you still live there?
HINT: People die all the time and not always in the hospital.
If someone died in your house, would you still live there?
HINT: People die all the time and not always in the hospital.
red headed stranger
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I would have gotten it too. They probably would have gotten rid of it anyway. It is best to put it to good use by someone who appreciates it.
My father tried to commit suicide with my late grandfathers duty weapon. (No permanent damage.) What should have been a family heirloom my parents never retrieved from the police. Never to be seen again.
They also sold off that same grandfather's valuable gun collection. Numerous old S&W revolvers, Colt Revolvers, Target pistols, Parker Shotguns, and guns that saw action in the Civil war are forever gone from our family because the emotions could not be separated from inanimate objects.
My father tried to commit suicide with my late grandfathers duty weapon. (No permanent damage.) What should have been a family heirloom my parents never retrieved from the police. Never to be seen again.
They also sold off that same grandfather's valuable gun collection. Numerous old S&W revolvers, Colt Revolvers, Target pistols, Parker Shotguns, and guns that saw action in the Civil war are forever gone from our family because the emotions could not be separated from inanimate objects.
North of 49th
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guns are tools
i agree that guns are just tools
but personally, i wouldn't buy it
the fact that someone used that gun to blow their brains out will just linger in the back of my head...its one of those thing that you can't just undo or forget
the fact that you made a thread about it meaning you are already uncomfortable with the fact.....so i would suggest passing on it and buy a "clean" gun
im surprised that the seller actually tells you the story though....i wouldnt if i were him
but personally, i wouldn't buy it
the fact that someone used that gun to blow their brains out will just linger in the back of my head...its one of those thing that you can't just undo or forget
the fact that you made a thread about it meaning you are already uncomfortable with the fact.....so i would suggest passing on it and buy a "clean" gun
im surprised that the seller actually tells you the story though....i wouldnt if i were him
HANDLOADER
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Why not I have through out time owned military rifles that were terrible pitted by blood. The stocks were stained this dark dark nasty color but still it was a rifle and rifles are harmless until some one else picks them up and uses them.
markk
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I probably wouldn't think twice about it...
blo0dyhatchet
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There is another member on here that had a similar situation, but his slide was eaten away a little from the blood that stayed on it till trial. I would love to have that gun. Its the most beautiful pistol I have ever seen.
I wouldn't worry about it, since any reason not to use it would be based on pure emotion. The SKS that I have may have very well been used to kill someone, but I don't even think twice about it. It's just a piece of metal to me.
Mac7mac
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As you saw from the other replies, different people have different reactions to firearms used in suicides. You have already purchased it, but should not hesitate to get rid of it if dwelling upon it starts to bother you. Only you can make that decision, and you need not justify it to anyone else.
I am in charge of my agency's property room. Some family members wish to have the suicide's gun returned to them, and I always do. Others wish for the gun to be destroyed, and their wishes are honored as well. Last year, a man killed himself with a WWII Mauser. It turned out that his mother had previously used the same rifle to kill herself. Through the coroner, the surviving family members requested that the gun be buried with the man...so I wrapped in up in paper, took it through the back door of the mortuary, and placed it in the casket next to the decedant. And so it goes.
I am in charge of my agency's property room. Some family members wish to have the suicide's gun returned to them, and I always do. Others wish for the gun to be destroyed, and their wishes are honored as well. Last year, a man killed himself with a WWII Mauser. It turned out that his mother had previously used the same rifle to kill herself. Through the coroner, the surviving family members requested that the gun be buried with the man...so I wrapped in up in paper, took it through the back door of the mortuary, and placed it in the casket next to the decedant. And so it goes.
Furncliff
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I wouldn't buy it because the gun has bad karma now, and your mojo may not work if you do buy it.
It's only a case of what you know and how that affects you. That you asked the question here tells me you care about this weapons history. You made comment about scary stories. This piece will haunt you. Buy another one.
It's only a case of what you know and how that affects you. That you asked the question here tells me you care about this weapons history. You made comment about scary stories. This piece will haunt you. Buy another one.
clutch
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My late father in law shot himself with a M1 carbine one night. Twice actually but the second shot was likely from the effects of the first shot. Not that it matters.
Nice guy, battled with a brain tumor, finally got it cut out when the pain got to be too much. Put it off for years because it was very risky surgery. Cleaned up his life before that, once was an alky, cleaned that up. I liked the guy.
Guy was having issues one night, he was on Dylantin. He was seeing butterflies and such. Crawled out to a storage shed and shot himself during the night. I learned after his death how much his wife hated him so he had no support. My now ex, didn't call him that night as she was wont to do and the grief tore her up along with our marriage.
The pos son in law retrieved the rifle. Not for sentiment, just for something to sell.
The son in law was and is a leach.
I have his other M1, a Universal. That one would have shot him once since the gas piston was carboned up. I think about him every time I take it out of the safe. I'd likely never retrieved the one he shot himself with, my now ex would not have wanted it in the house. I would not have found bad karma on it. The gun was a tool, it did not have intent. I have to admit there would be a stigma in having it.
I also had my ex's grandpa's revolver. Not in shooting condition. It was the gun he wore on the day he lost a battle with the bad guys in the 30's or so. He was a sheriff in Pontiac, MI.
I kept it in the safe until she ran into a historian that was well versed about her grandaddy. She wanted to give it to him to have it preserved, I, of course, transfered it to her, immediately. She wanted me to keep the rifle. I asked at the time.
I just wish we knew he was in crisis. We would have been down there in 5 hours or less depending on who drove and my ex could have kept him real using the cell phone in the mean time.
Clutch
Nice guy, battled with a brain tumor, finally got it cut out when the pain got to be too much. Put it off for years because it was very risky surgery. Cleaned up his life before that, once was an alky, cleaned that up. I liked the guy.
Guy was having issues one night, he was on Dylantin. He was seeing butterflies and such. Crawled out to a storage shed and shot himself during the night. I learned after his death how much his wife hated him so he had no support. My now ex, didn't call him that night as she was wont to do and the grief tore her up along with our marriage.
The pos son in law retrieved the rifle. Not for sentiment, just for something to sell.
The son in law was and is a leach.
I have his other M1, a Universal. That one would have shot him once since the gas piston was carboned up. I think about him every time I take it out of the safe. I'd likely never retrieved the one he shot himself with, my now ex would not have wanted it in the house. I would not have found bad karma on it. The gun was a tool, it did not have intent. I have to admit there would be a stigma in having it.
I also had my ex's grandpa's revolver. Not in shooting condition. It was the gun he wore on the day he lost a battle with the bad guys in the 30's or so. He was a sheriff in Pontiac, MI.
I kept it in the safe until she ran into a historian that was well versed about her grandaddy. She wanted to give it to him to have it preserved, I, of course, transfered it to her, immediately. She wanted me to keep the rifle. I asked at the time.
I just wish we knew he was in crisis. We would have been down there in 5 hours or less depending on who drove and my ex could have kept him real using the cell phone in the mean time.
Clutch
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Knowing that the firearm was involved in a tragedy doesn't make a difference to me.
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