Thanks for all the replies.
We like to tell others that guns don't kill people, people kill people, yet for some reason you wouldn't want to touch a gun that killed someone? even in a suicide? it's just an inanimate object....nothing more....it's a tool.
I would have no problem with it....it's not the gun's fault.
I would have no problem with it....it's not the gun's fault.
I honestly would not care. The gun is an inanimate object that cannot force itself up to your head and pull its trigger, that is the shooters decision.
I'll ask a bit of a troll question here:
Hunters aside, would any of you own a hammer that has never been used to pound nails? Or a saw that has never cut a board?
Personally I wouldn't have an issue with it, unless (as mentioned) the death was one close to me. Mil surps, pawn shop handguns, police turn ins or auctions or LEO surplus. No problems there. If someone else has different convictions, I won't judge them - I can understand it even if I differ.
Hunters aside, would any of you own a hammer that has never been used to pound nails? Or a saw that has never cut a board?
Personally I wouldn't have an issue with it, unless (as mentioned) the death was one close to me. Mil surps, pawn shop handguns, police turn ins or auctions or LEO surplus. No problems there. If someone else has different convictions, I won't judge them - I can understand it even if I differ.
I'm not at all superstitious (knock on wood!). However, a friend of mine's son committed suicide and the gun eventually came back to my friend. A few years later one of her grandchildren died when accidentally shot with the same gun. Never heard what they did with it after that.
Having said that, I would have no problem owning a suicide gun unless it had been used by someone dear to me. As someone said earlier on this thread, the gun would be a sad reminder, and that's the only reason I wouldn't want it. CB
Having said that, I would have no problem owning a suicide gun unless it had been used by someone dear to me. As someone said earlier on this thread, the gun would be a sad reminder, and that's the only reason I wouldn't want it. CB
I had a good friend who I used to shoot with quite often. He had a bad run of luck, had to sell all of his guns to pay for expenses, but never seemed overly down about the fact he was having to start over. We'd still go shoot, or I'd loan him some of mine and he'd go out to his parents land for the weekend. One day, he stopped by and asked to borrow a gun of mine, which I did, as I'd done many times before, and he went home and shot himself. Family found him a couple of days later and told me. Police asked me a number of questions about when and under what circumstances I loaned it to him, held onto the gun until it was ruled a suicide, and then returned the gun to me. Looking back, I probably should have paid a bit more attention to warning signs, but the thought that he would commit suicide never crossed my mind. I think about it a lot.
I still have that gun. I shoot it occasionally, mostly it just sits in the safe.
I still have that gun. I shoot it occasionally, mostly it just sits in the safe.
