Do You Have an Expendable Gun?

[tubeshooter]

My problem is with someone ELSE deciding that I don't need it anymore. It become part of the fundamental protections and concept of free men, and what is their personal domain. If we truly ARE this government of the people, then no bureaucrat (by definition a servant OF the people in this country) can deprive us of what is ours.

This is understandable, as a matter of principle.

But as has been mentioned several times here in one way or another... if you had to use it to save your bacon (or your family's), the gun in and of itself is the least of your worries. Even if government takes it.



Pack or buy another one - and be damn glad you "won". And get on with your life as best you can. That's what I'm gonna do. Hopefully I don't ever have to live it, and can just talk hypothetically about it. It's nice to live in a country where I can have it at all in the first place.

 

[secamp32]

I was thinking about this from a slightly different angle

I recently asked myself "which gun would I check on an airplane knowing that there is a possibility it might get lost or stolen." The answer is the 2" Rossi stainless .38 I picked up for $50. Better that than my $500+ Glock.

 

[Outlaw Man]

It's a bad day in the 'hood if I'm down to defending myself with my Grandfather's old Marlin 22. I wouldn't lose sleep over anything else. They're just tools.

Some are expensive tools, but they're tools nonetheless.

 

[Queen_of_Thunder]

My rubber band gun is expendable but nothing else is.

 

[huntsman]

Some are expensive tools, but they're tools nonetheless.

yeah I don't know about that, I think to some they're more than just tools.

For me handguns are tools and $500. is about all I want to spend on a tool I do my gun bonding with my hunting long guns and the stuff I've inherited. But when someone spends big money on a pistol I have to wonder if it's just a tool for them.

 

[tarosean]

For me handguns are tools and $500. is about all I want to spend on a tool I do my gun bonding with my hunting long guns and the stuff I've inherited. But when someone spends big money on a pistol I have to wonder if it's just a tool for them

Why 500 dollars when a 150 dollar one would do the same thing? Likely for the same reason people by expensive guns, we are all individuals with different personal preferences.

Just as a Casio will keep time just as well as a Patek. A Corolla will get you from point A to point B, the same as a Corvette. etc. etc. etc. We all have our reasons for wanting what we own its not our place to question one another.

 

[jad0110]

With the exception of family heirlooms, all of my guns can be replaced.

And honestly, if I had to defend myself with said family heirloom (highly unlikely for me), I wouldn't hesitate. They are still just things after all.

 

[huntsman]

Why 500 dollars when a 150 dollar one would do the same thing? Likely for the same reason people by expensive guns, we are all individuals with different personal preferences.

the difference between a mid-range to high-range gun is less about function and reliability whereas the difference between a mid-range and low-range gun can be all about function and reliability.

 

[MattShlock]

For me it's also wear and tear. I don't want a fine gun having athe finish come off and a carry gun gets used and banged around. You need to practice with it just enough -- but not too much as tools have a useful life and mean time to and betwen failures. No, ALL carry guns have to be balanced out in my mind...

 

[justice06rr]

Another thing I've learned that also applies to firearms is the saying "Two is One, and One is none".

It makes sense to own multiple guns even if they are the same type or caliber. If ever one was to break down, get stolen, or lost/taken you always have a backup.

So all of my guns are expendable; if one rifle breaks (as they do with use) then I can use a different gun.

 

[CZ223]

I carry a 4" Kimber Eclipse

that is worth over a thousand dollars and would hate to lose it. On the other hand, I would hate to have to shoot somebody more than I care about losing a gun. I have other guns that I would carry if expected really foul condition like mud etc. Other than that, carrying a gun that I trust and love to carry is worth the risk of losing it.