Ethical or not? Selling gun with problems

[Thatguy686]

i wouldnt do it personally but that being said if i where to buy a gun and it had a problem i wouldnt blame the guy i bought it from i would blame myself for not noticing if you go looking you usually know what your looking for and you should know what to check for and how to dissassemble the firearm and inspect everything it takes 5-10 minutes and makes for a safe deal

 

[wlewisiii]

I voted for would sell/trade on the condition of complete disclosure. If someone else is willing to try and repair it, more power to them and I can get a small bit back.

 

[biggiesmalls]

it's not ethical. but it happened to me once. someone sold me a pistol that wouldn't feed or eject. i ended up trading it to a gun store bc i figured they could ship it back to the manufacturer easier than i can.

 

[Mike1234567]

Even if I was selling/trading to a store I'd give full disclosure. Why? Because losses like that are eventually passed to other customers. It's built into their profits/losses. Not only that but, if the store fails to properly check a firearm before reselling it, then the next customer may be surprised by it at the worst possible moment.

 

[woad_yurt]

Nope. I've grown a conscience.

I wish I had read the OP before I clicked "depends." I would sell it with full disclosure.

 

[A-FIXER]

no never, had it done to me and it doesn't feel good at all !!!!!!

 

[exavid]

I checked depends because I would never sell anything without giving an honest description of any faults in an item that I knew about. I don't believe in cheating anyone. Unless they are politicians or government bureaucrats and then maybe... depending... but I'm not selling anything to them anyway.

 

[bushmaster1313]

What do you do with a defective firearm?

Selling it with full disclosure to a person who appears to be a responsible adult makes sense to me.

If it was seriously unsafe I would consider making it obviously non-operational

 

[tekarra]

Would sell only after advising the potential buyer of problems. One must maintain one's integrity above all else.