Suicide gun...would you want one?

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I think we're being to hard on the gun here.........after all it's those pesky bullets who are doing the killing.
 
As rational, responsible gun owners we often decry the irrational, emotion-based mantra of the antis, decrying their insistence that guns kill. We counter with sound bites such as, "If guns kill, do pens lie?"

Then we have threads such as this one.

A firearm that was used to commit suicide or murder or one that was carried into action against an enemy is still just a firearm. It has no soul, no mind, and no memory. Regardless of how many times its trigger had been pulled and what was in its sights, it bears no malice toward anyone and has no regard whatsoever for its current owner.

If anyone is put off by the idea of owning a gun that was used to kill, that's his or her business. But what does feeling that way about a gun do to one's argument that the antigunners have an irrational fear of guns?
 
I have got to beleve that most of the Mosin Negants, Mauser 98K and M1s in any collection have been used to kill at one time or another. Same case could be made for a lot of surplus rifles and pistols.

WB
 
A gun has no memory or emotion....true...but people do. If an object brings back bad or sad memories why keep it...? I have many guns from wars that probably killed, I have no problem. They don't bring back bad memories....a gun that killed a family member or friend....well I might not hold onto it.

I like what my son said to me...he had bought a WWII Nagant pistol...after we shot it (it shot great an accurate by the way) I said that "Russian pistol could of also been used to kill Russian christians, how do you feel about that son?" He looked down at the pistol....then looked at me an said.."Its not the guns fault Dad."
 
I have one. I shot it for about a year and carried it during that time. It is now relegated to dryfire practice because it isn't a top quality gun kind of gun, maybe mediocre at best.

Its a tool. I have a lot of other items from the original owner as well. They have served me well, too.

Its just a tool and I got it for free, along with several other guns. Great stuff. It is a shame he is dead and I think of him when I use his gear. I like that.
 
"But what does feeling that way about a gun do to one's argument that the antigunners have an irrational fear of guns? "

They have a fear of all guns, not just a preference not to possess a single gun that killed a specific person such as a relative or friend. Surely you can see the difference. At least I hope you're capable of seeing the difference.
 
No I definitely would not!

I also would not want a pen that has mispelled a word, a fork that made someone fat, a hammer that bent a nail or a car that caused an acident. Much safer for me that way.


Really I wouldn't mind at all even if I knew the person who used it on themselves. A gun is a tool used for good and bad. I would not blame the gun so to be truthful I would not have a problem with it.
 
I own the 45 caliber black powder muzzleloader handgun that my father shot himself in the head with with.

It's on the shelf in my gun cabinet in plain sight.

Reminds me (and my family members) of responsibility.
 
No, would not phase me in the least.
It would be like buying a car or a house that someone died in. Really, who cares?

This (test?) place is only temporary anyway, for all of us.
 
Pass on a gun I knew of in terms of the actual person involved. However, a weapon of war that saw action I would have no problem with. YMMV...
 
Last tool.

I have the last tool my grandfather ever used. It does not change anything or bother me. It is still a tool the same as his wrenches, etc.
What does bother me is our laws concerning 'Death with degnity' and the interferance of government in our lives.

This election year, Choose wisely.

Freedomv
 
Collecting mainly mill surplus there is a fair chance over half of my guns have been used to kill someone, it's never really bothered me.
 
I carried a Smith Model 66 for several years as my duty sidearm. The officer who had been previouly assigned the gun committed suicide with it. When we transitioned to semis I bought the 66. It is my nightstand gun. No, I don't have a problem with it being a "blood gun".
 
JohnBT said:
I would have taken the S&W .38 my cousin used to kill himself in 1974. We were close - born months apart to twin sisters. It was his grandfather's gun (he had his own, it just happened to be the one he used) and I would have kept it, but his father disposed of it. That was fine with me when I learned of it and I never even asked my uncle where he dumped it.

John
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Ok this is weird. I haven't logged onto this site in months. The .38 wasn't destroyed. Pop asked me if he should put it in the vise and beat it to bits or give it to his old hunting buddy, Ward Chapman. I said Chappie, because beating the crap out of the gun served no real purpose.
 
If a close family member killed him or herself with a gun. I would probably give or sell it away because the memory may remain with that gun when I see it. Other than that I don't care. about a gun's history.
 
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