Would you buy firearm responsible for a death?

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my brother's girlfriend's roommate has a used dog that killed it's first owner.




the dog tripped an old lady while she was in the bathroom and the fall killed her.
 
Archigos - your comment brought to mind a bumper sticker I saw the other day:

"Guns don't kill people, bullets kill people."

And to go along with the theme of the thread, I wouldn't have a problem with purchasing a gun used for it's intended purpose.
 
Gun's a tool, an inanimate object. Now if it suddenly sprouted arms and legs and ate someones face off, I'd pass...
 
no firearm can be responsible for a death, it is an inanimate object. The resonsibility lies with the user.
 
A firearm cannot be responsible for death...its just an inanimate "machine"... only its operator can be responsible for such acts.

So yes, I'd buy the gun...its not the guns fault, and guns need good homes too!
 
The title of this thread really bothers me even though the OP claims to know better:

"Would you buy firearm responsible for a death?

TOOLS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, HUMANS ARE. Most of us know better but many who support gun control do not understand this concept. When you use language like the above statement you are playing right into their hands.

Instead you should ask:

Would you buy a firearm that had been used by a killer?

Sure I would just so long as the killer was no longer attached to it.
 
Cultural notions last a long time.

The idea of a deodand originated as a fine or tax, as well as a matter of practical law enforcement, but seems to have grown a five o'clock shadow of superstition.

I wouldn't want a gun that a friend used to kill himself, because I would think of the friend, and wonder what went wrong, but if a late friend used a gun lawfully and justly, and shot somebody or somebodies who rated it, I think I would honor that instead.

Remember, chilluns: "Crossbows don't kill people, quarrels kill people." :neener:
 
Yes, I would have no problem accepting the fact that the gun was used at one point to kill someone.

I have a WWII 7.7 Jap that may have killed soldiers, it is not something I think about nor dwell on.

Would you purchase a car that someone died in?
How about a house?
 
When I hold a rifle that has drawn blood in battle, I can almost feel the history. I think a murder/suicide might be different.
 
So, what would you do if you had a bunch of wild cowboys rampaging through your town and they decided to crash your front door and murder everyone inside, and you used your most prized firearm to defend your family? What would you do with that gun? Get rid of it? Keep it? Frame it and put it on the wall?

Personally, I'd probably thank the gun and feed it a nice meal of light gun oil. :D
 
I bought a Subaru once that had run over and killed a bicyclist. Does that count?

The dealer did a poor job of repairing it and I had to fix and repaint some rust damage a few years later, but it never caused a problem after that. (Rustoleum red primer is great stuff, but I had to put gray primer over it to get the paint to stick)
 
Remo223 said:
YIKES!

yessir I'd say that would be one gun I'd avoid too...probably avoid a few other things as well...like alcohol, prednisone, and hallucinogenics!
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Really? I mean, I'd pass too if it was a Decepticon, but if it was an Autobot, I'd have no problem buying it!

Would I care? Probably not. But if someone was like, "hey, I have this nice {insert some awesome firearm here} that was used to brutally murder 3 kids, the family dog, and that sweet old lady that used to live down the street, I'll give you a pretty good deal on for it if you want it," well, I might just pass on that.
 
"...guns with a history of blood..." No such thing.
It wouldn't ever be an issue, up here. Firearms used in crimes get chopped. Likely do in most other places too.
 
If it was ised by a friend in suicide no. I have several guns that were used in self defense and mil surps, never thoight twice about it. Although i might shy away from one used in an actual murder, i don't think it would feel right.
 
I've been pondering this a little, especially since someone mentioned a knife used in someones death. I think it depends on the connection between the object, and the persons death... And also how much of that person might be left behind.

Would you purchase a "perfectly good" bed someone had died in? Peacefully? How about violently? (I promise, it's clean!)

How about a corvette, a'la Mythbusters, that someone had decomposed in? Or how about a car that had run someone over? I know someone who still drives the car that they accidentally backed over a toddler in ... I don't know if I could do that. No one was at fault, it was a (very!) tragic accident but..

Would you be more, or less, likely to purchase a firearm if someone had been manually killed with it? (Say, a bayonette, or pistol whipped to death?) vs shot?

Many of these are cause for reflection - or absolute refusal to own the item... but it does make you think. For some reason, I think a rope that someone used to hang themselves (or someone else used to hang them) would be bad luck.
 
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