Would You Buy A Suicide's Guns? - Page 2

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Posted: 11/22/2012 7:53:02 PM EDT

[#1]

It should be unsurprising that objects created for the purpose of putting holes in people may have actually done so. Enjoy your good deal.

Posted: 11/22/2012 7:56:19 PM EDT

[#2]

Guns are guns, I'd buy em in a heartbeat.

Posted: 11/22/2012 8:08:56 PM EDT

[#3]

Sure. I own military and police surplus guns.

Posted: 11/22/2012 8:23:58 PM EDT

[#4]

Inanimate object is inanimate.

Posted: 11/22/2012 8:29:10 PM EDT

[#5]

Yeah. I would buy them.

Posted: 11/22/2012 8:29:38 PM EDT

[#6]

Heck, I'd buy the gun the guy used to cap himself with. It's just a gun. No psychic energy, no karma, nothing like that.
CJ

Posted: 11/22/2012 8:51:01 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Heck, I'd buy the gun the guy used to cap himself with. It's just a gun. No psychic energy, no karma, nothing like that.

CJ

This. I have never once assumed the ghosts of a thousand angry cow souls will fly from my fork one evening in some sort of Bovine Raiders of the Lost Ark moment.

Tools are tools.

Sorry for your loss though. If they are going to depress you, take them and sell them and donate the money to a suicide hotline.

Posted: 11/22/2012 8:52:46 PM EDT

[#8]

Its a piece of metal. Not like you know what any used gun you buy from a gunshop has done. Right now you could own a used gun that has killed a dozen people for all you know lol

Posted: 11/22/2012 8:53:21 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
It's an object. There is no bad juju attached to it.

Pretty much.

Posted: 11/22/2012 8:55:04 PM EDT

[#10]

No

Posted: 11/22/2012 9:01:19 PM EDT

[#11]

As long as it wasn't a friend's.

Posted: 11/22/2012 9:05:36 PM EDT

[#12]

I have the .44 mag that killed my father. Was his favorite gun. It's weird but I can't seem to get rid of it. Happened last March

I don't need the money for it or anything and have problems using it but for some reason I can't get rid of it.
On a better note last Christmas he gave me an octogan barreled .22 last Christmas in a glass case that's been passed on for generations. Was and is now even more the most prized possession I have.

Posted: 11/22/2012 9:07:20 PM EDT

[#13]

I'm with you. I'd probably buy the guns, but I wouldn't really want the gun he did it with. Other ones he owned ? Sure.

If needed I'll buy them all, and sell that one though.

I realize it is just an object, but I think I'd probably always think about it when handling/using that gun and I don't need that.

Posted: 11/22/2012 9:08:07 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Its a piece of metal. Not like you know what any used gun you buy from a gunshop has done. Right now you could own a used gun that has killed a dozen people for all you know lol

Knowing is different than could have...

Posted: 11/22/2012 9:50:52 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

Quoted:
It's an object. There is no bad juju attached to it.

this
my mausers and yugo ak's have killed hundreds.

It's a tool. If bad vibes stuck to the guns you'd never want to buy a german, russian or chicom military surplus gun for sure.

Posted: 11/22/2012 10:03:50 PM EDT

[#16]

I would buy them all, but I would first slather on the talk about "ghosts" feeling "cold" and ominous feelings.

You know so I could beat them up over the price.

Posted: 11/22/2012 10:05:50 PM EDT

[#17]

I got an M1 Garand, 03 Springfield and S&W 29 off of the family of a guy I knew that killed himself when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He wasn't a big gun guy, but he loved and took really good care of what he owned. I gave the family a couple hundred dollars more than they wanted, put them in the safe and only take them out for cleaning and care.

I think he would've wanted someone to treat his effects with the care he did.

Posted: 11/22/2012 10:28:24 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
It's an object. There is no bad juju attached to it.

Agree. The gun did what it was made to do - function.

Posted: 11/22/2012 10:36:06 PM EDT

[#19]

It is not like you are buying the mushroomed lead

Posted: 11/22/2012 10:39:11 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
I fthe price is right I'd even clean the blood out of it.

Keep the blood. It'll give it more authenticity when you need it for throw down purposes.

Posted: 11/22/2012 10:40:14 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
It's an object. There is no bad juju attached to it.

This.

Posted: 11/22/2012 10:42:34 PM EDT

[#22]

As someone who has suffered from Chronic depression(over 10 years) yes I would buy the gun in a heartbeat if the price was right.

Posted: 11/22/2012 10:51:00 PM EDT

[#23]

Short answer is yes I would.

I worked with a guy when I was a cop that always carried around a Walther PP or PPK (I can't remember which model), anyway I asked him about it one day. As the story goes, his BIL killed himself with it and after all the court stuff was done they called him to see if the family wanted the pistol back. He said they did and has carried it ever since, to this day his wife doesn't know that he carries the gun that her brother killed himself with.

Posted: 11/22/2012 10:55:15 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

It wouldn't bother me. You can probably get a good deal on them all since the family wants to get rid of them.

Posted: 11/22/2012 11:02:00 PM EDT

[#25]

I have a couple in my safe that used to belong to a guy that offed himself.. I sleep fine at night.

Posted: 11/22/2012 11:03:38 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:

It wouldn't bother me. You can probably get a good deal on them all since the family wants to get rid of them.

Bought my 40xb with a 20x with 2oz br tiger and Bosch & Lomb for $800 I'd say good deal

Posted: 11/22/2012 11:22:52 PM EDT

[#27]

Years ago my best buddy (a LEO) told me about a gun collection for sale from the estate of a guy who offed himself. The collection had been offered for sale for years and was known about by a lot of LEO's, but nobody seemed to be interested in it. Well, my bud asked if I wanted a .45 auto in the collection for $200,
sight unseen. Hell yes! I told him. He didn't know what make the auto was, just that it was a .45. It turns out the .45 was a tricked out WWII Colt and super nice.
My bud was pissed that he told me I could have it for $200. The gun is worth 5 times that amount. It is now one of the most favorites of my collection. The guy
who killed himself used a Browning Hi-Power, it also was available, but I wasn't interested. Bad juju to me. As a side note, I had a WWII Russian TT-33 that tried
to shoot me once. Bad juju, got rid of that sucker. It had an interesting history though: A guy's father got it off an Italian in Italy during WWII. The Italian must of
been in the division that fought with the Germans in Russia.

ModelABob

Posted: 11/22/2012 11:46:20 PM EDT

[#28]

I just bought a very nice S&W Model 10 that came into the local shop. The widow brought it in and said it had not been fired much and the last time it was her husband killed himself with it. It still had the evidence tag when it came in. I happily paid 225.00 for it and it is now in my safe. I have loads of military firearms from many different wars, who knows just what they did during their service life?

Posted: 11/22/2012 11:51:40 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
It's an object. There is no bad juju attached to it.

This. If the price is right, do it.

Posted: 11/22/2012 11:52:47 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
It's an object. There is no bad juju attached to it.

I agree.

Posted: 11/23/2012 12:32:14 AM EDT

[#31]

I own plenty of C&R guns that probably have killed many people. Doesn't bother me.

Posted: 11/23/2012 1:04:58 AM EDT

[#32]

I would buy them, if only to keep them from getting melted into a puddle of slag.

Posted: 11/23/2012 4:17:06 AM EDT

[#33]

Guns are inanimate objects and therefore cannot have moral qualities. They cannot be "bad" like a criminal is "bad".

Therefore: who gives a crap if it was used in a suicide.

Posted: 11/23/2012 4:20:35 AM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
It's an object. There is no bad juju attached to it.

This.

It would not be an issue for me.

Posted: 11/23/2012 4:24:01 AM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:

What would you do?

jew em down play the "bad side" of the suicide, then sell for profit and get what i wanted

Posted: 11/23/2012 4:56:28 AM EDT

[#36]

I'd buy

Posted: 11/23/2012 5:00:51 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

Quoted:
What would you do?

jew em down play the "bad side" of the suicide, then sell for profit and get what i wanted

You must have Hitler's pistol? Or did it sell?

Posted: 11/23/2012 5:03:22 AM EDT

[#38]

I would buy for the right price!

Posted: 11/23/2012 5:06:09 AM EDT

[#39]

A glock I owned several years ago was used by its fifth owner to shoot himself in the head. I asked the cop if I could buy the gun back. He declined.

Posted: 11/23/2012 5:21:35 AM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
It's an object. There is no bad juju attached to it.

If it's a gun I wanted and the price was right, I'd buy it. It's a thing, I'm not superstitious.

Posted: 11/23/2012 5:23:36 AM EDT

[#41]

I would . I also buy car parts from car crashes in the junk yard.

A gun is just a piece of metal.

Posted: 11/23/2012 5:39:03 AM EDT

[#42]

Not a problem.

Posted: 11/23/2012 5:43:26 AM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
Not a problem.

Yeah it would be an issue for me, I personally wouldn't want one that someone capped themselves with. Would give me bad feelings whenever I handled it.

Posted: 11/23/2012 5:44:20 AM EDT

[#44]

I was offered my best friend's suicide gun by his parents.

I turned it down.

There's now way I could own it.

Posted: 11/23/2012 5:51:18 AM EDT

[#45]

I would do it. I have a bunch of 30 carbine ammo that I got from a guy that offed himself.

Posted: 11/23/2012 5:52:27 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
I fthe price is right I'd even clean the blood out of it.

This

Posted: 11/23/2012 5:53:15 AM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
I was offered the chance to purchase the guns owned by an acquaintance who recently committed suicide. The person's family is not into firearms and wants to be rid of them. I'm kinda torn by the idea. The person owned three handguns, one a Glock, which I wouldn't want anyway (not a Glock fan). The person was into high quality stuff, though, it will be interesting to see what the other guns turn out to be––one is a .357 revolver, the other is unknown at this time. I don't think I'd want the one used in the suicide, though. Bad juju? What would you do?

Why not? Buy them Cheap

Posted: 11/23/2012 5:56:16 AM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:

Quoted:
It's an object. There is no bad juju attached to it.

It was not the guns fault the owner committed sidewase.

Spellcheck, or really a case of sidewase?

Sidewase is a horrible way to go.

I should not be laughing at this given the tone of the thread, but damn.

Posted: 11/23/2012 6:05:05 AM EDT

[#49]

Hitler's?

Posted: 11/23/2012 6:17:35 AM EDT

[#50]

The fact the the OP is concerned says that it is probably an issue for him so I would pass. Lots of used guns out there without buying one that bugs you.

-For the record if I knew the guy I would probably pass on it too. A firearm that went into harms was with a LE or .mil person and was used to protect them is something different than one used by someone to kill themselves. Just my thoughts.

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