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Posted: 10/15/2004 4:48:21 AM EDT
[#1]
uhhhh no
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Posted: 10/15/2004 4:49:05 AM EDT
[#2]
I was just in this same situation last week. I told my friend no. Why?
Because he has little training and I will not have a gun of mine involved oin a possible crime situation. However, I did go to the guys house and give him pointers and setting up a defensive house. SGatr15 |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 4:49:23 AM EDT
[#3]
Do not loan guns!
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Posted: 10/15/2004 4:49:30 AM EDT
[#4]
Loan him a couple hundred bucks to go get a Mosberg.
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Posted: 10/15/2004 4:50:46 AM EDT
[#5]
Its not agaist the law to protect yourself. If your friend can handle a gun and his kids know better to mess with it, I'd say to lend him one of your "Legal" long guns.
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Posted: 10/15/2004 4:51:51 AM EDT
[#6]
any good old boy will have two or three of his own guns. you won't need to give him one.
if you do decide to give him the 870 do yourself a favor and spray the shit out of it with break cleaner (removes fingerprints) and then oil it down with LPS-3 (heavy oil) and put it in a nice plastic gun case for him with a trigger lock. 35.00 500 
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Posted: 10/15/2004 4:52:06 AM EDT
[#7]
I never, EVER, loan guns.
...or tools ... or books ...but ESPECIALLY guns! Help him buy his own, but keep yours at home. |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 4:52:40 AM EDT
[#8]
I'd be a bud and loan him one. Sounds like he needs it.
Screw lawyers. |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 4:53:17 AM EDT
[#9]
do you have to register your guns in FL?
that sucks! |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 4:53:29 AM EDT
[#10]
Recipe for disaster.
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Posted: 10/15/2004 5:11:16 AM EDT
[#11]
Options in order of least risk to you:
1 Lend him money to purchase his own shotgun. 2 Have him get his own revolver and keep in 2 places, locked up tight or on his person. 3 Lend him your shotgun, make sure he shows it to his kids and explains it, that way curiosity does not kill them. No matter what. If he gets a firearm you need to: Reinforce the importance of teaching his children Gun safety, usually getting a good mean load and a couple of water melons to let them shoot at, then give them the picture that the melon could be their head. Worked for me when I was about 6 or 7. |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 5:12:46 AM EDT
[#12]
we have a winner! |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 5:17:12 AM EDT
[#13]
i don't loan guns either with one exception,
I gave my dad my fal and cz75 when he went home after hurricain IVAN. They were pretty much under martial law and looters were rampant. mike |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 5:17:32 AM EDT
[#14]
yep... help him with buying his OWN gun, but keep yours where they belong... with you!
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Posted: 10/15/2004 5:28:32 AM EDT
[#15]
+1,000 !!!!! That is a recipe for disaster with YOU paying the price( jail,lawsuit,etc.). 
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Posted: 10/15/2004 6:46:28 AM EDT
[#16]
If he want's a gun, let HIM buy the F$&kin thing.
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Posted: 10/15/2004 6:47:47 AM EDT
[#17]
unregistered guns? You live in FL, there is no registering of firearms.... what the hell are you talking about?
Tell your friend to file a police report and to go buy a shot gun. If this is even a real story. J |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 6:50:23 AM EDT
[#18]
+1 |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 6:52:21 AM EDT
[#19]
He really needs to OWN a gun, rather than BORROW one.
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Posted: 10/15/2004 6:52:26 AM EDT
[#20]
Id take him and my least favorite firearm to a local gun shop and have them do a transfer from you to him on a 4473. That way its legit and your ass is covered..
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Posted: 10/15/2004 6:52:56 AM EDT
[#21]
Pistol grip?
Menacing looking? |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 7:04:30 AM EDT
[#22]
I'll make it simple for you!
Him +Gun=Liability for you legally! He shoots, gets charges for unregistered gun even if shooting was justified, he says but so and so loaned it to me, you get charges for transferring weapon to said friend and you to get to get cozy in same cell! Besides the very least that would happen, is he would lose your gun for you for indefinate period or for good! And you would get sued by the family of anyone who gets shot because you provided the weapon if it was not for you their "Poor sweet innocent baby would still be alive but instead is dead!" They win lawsuit on you and asks "What's in your wallet?" with a scottish accent! Get the point!!!????!!! |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 7:42:52 AM EDT
[#23]
don't make others problems your problems.....no way. if he's that concerned he should get his own. why didn't he have it in the first place?
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Posted: 10/15/2004 7:46:57 AM EDT
[#24]
I've got about one person I know that I would lend a gun to besides my wife and dad.....and he could walk into my house and take it from the safe if he wanted. Like I said about one person....
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Posted: 10/15/2004 7:50:50 AM EDT
[#25]
Any of my friends are welcome to borrow any of my guns if they want or need to.
 What good is it to own stuff if I don't let others use it?  In the scenario you posted I would say no. I would give him the money to go buy one if he needs one. BigDozer66 |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 7:52:19 AM EDT
[#26]
Take him out to get a gun. Help him, teach him.
Make sure he gets a way to secure his gun. They sell cheapo gun safes and gun cabinets at Wal-mart for cheap. Help him get one. But don't LOAN out a gun. Bad Juju. |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 7:56:33 AM EDT
[#27]
Take him to Academy and have him buy a shotgun.
Or SELL him one of your guns... Then ask him why the fuck he doesn't already have one. |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 7:57:01 AM EDT
[#28]
All the people that I would consider loaning a gun to have several of their own.
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Posted: 10/15/2004 7:58:46 AM EDT
[#29]
 $215.18 at WalMart. Probably cheaper in some stores. Either loan him the money or tell him to "Man the fuck up". It's his family's safety at stake. Go find the bucks. |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 8:01:40 AM EDT
[#30]
Academy sells a Maverick shotgun for $138
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Posted: 10/15/2004 8:02:09 AM EDT
[#31]
As a rule of thumb unless immediate family, I do not loan guns for all kinds of reasons.
Have to go with the flow and suggest if he feels he needs one he should buy one. Tj |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 8:03:35 AM EDT
[#32]
Offer to spend the night along with the favorites from your arsenal. Maybe you can have some fun and put your skills to the test.
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Posted: 10/15/2004 8:13:13 AM EDT
[#33]
There are four things that I don't loan...
Tennis racket Golf Clubs Guns Wife |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 8:20:57 AM EDT
[#34]
Don't loan someone a gun. How are you to know if they're allowed to possess one. Maybe he's a convicted felon and you don't know it.
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Posted: 10/15/2004 8:28:14 AM EDT
[#35]
Agreed (and get trained). There are only 2 men not in my family that I'd trust with my rifles - and both of them already own firearms. |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 8:42:56 AM EDT
[#36]
I bought a Maverick '88 Shotgun for less than $100
He should go get his own. |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 10:42:23 AM EDT
[#37]
I'd rather loan him my wife that any gun.
It clearly shows that he has a need. Help him buy a good on to fill his needs. |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 11:17:38 AM EDT
[#38]
Have him call 911 guns are dangerous. If he can't get 911 have him call DU. If he can't get DU tell him to get his shit together and learn how to protect his family.
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Posted: 10/15/2004 11:23:19 AM EDT
[#39]
You spelled your name wrong.
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Posted: 10/15/2004 11:26:36 AM EDT
[#40]
dont loan guns...
a remington 870 can be had for well under $200... |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 11:31:06 AM EDT
[#41]
An option not mentioned already - sell him a gun as a fair price, as low as is appropriate. He could always sell it back if he doesn't wantit later, but legally sell it to him, don't lend it to him.
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