Would you want that gun ?

[PeterJ]

Reading another thread about confiscated guns and their disposal,,, some sold, some destroyed. Made me think ,,, if you knew a gun was used to murder someone or used to commit suicide,,, even if it was a top of the line Smith 29 or 686, would you want that gun ? I am not talking about self defense situations, but cold blooded murders. I would definitely pass if that situation arose.

 

[Protocall_Design]

I wouldn't care, I would still want it. It's the same gun whether you know the history or not. The gun is not made evil by an evil person.

 

[rubiranch]

My M520 was purchased new to commit suicide.
I had no problem with that at all.

 

[LittleCooner]

I would not have a problem, they are just a tool. they have no memory or predetermined thoughts. Yet others think they are worth many, many times the value of others guns, look at the price that people have paid for guns like Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Bonnie and Clyde, etc. For my money, the history does not move the chart in either direction as to value. I purchase guns for the gun, not the story.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

As a Teen, Used to hunt with an Uncle's Rem 1148.
The previous owner had killed himself with it.

 

[Sikiguya]

I wouldn't care…but a house where there was a mass murder..like Jeffrey Dahmer's home…pass!


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[CajunBass]

Wouldn't bother me a bit. It's just a gun.

 

[moosedog]

I collect German WWII firearms and Axis Pistols. I imagine a few of them could have been involved in some executions. It's part of history.

 

[Rpg]

A number of years ago, a client's brother killed him self on a video call with his estranged girlfriend.

We put the gun in a local auction and sold it without difficulty. We don't alert the auctioneer of the gun's provenance.

 

[quikdraw67]

My brother killed himself with a 66 no dash 2-1/2 round butt.

Neither his son, myself, or my other brother wanted it back.

 

[Absalom]

This discussion comes up regularly. And ends equally inconclusive because it entirely depends on your mental disposition.

If there is a good reason to own the gun, as such, the fact that it may have been used gruesomely before would not bother me.

On the other hand, I would avoid anybody who would pay big bucks for a gun BECAUSE it has a particularly nefarious and bloody history.

Obviously, if one collects historic military weapons, violent use is always a potential part of the history. But specific murderous acts or documented killings of innocent victims are something else. This was much and heatedly discussed some years ago when some of the Texas Tower shooter's rifles came up for public sale.

 

[sousana]

The gun itself is not evil, it's simply a tool. It's the person wielding that tool that should be judged, not the weapon.

 

[jimmyj]

I Have a S&W Model 10 4" SB Blued that was used to murder a female and then used to commit suicide by the murderer. I have no problem with owning it.

 

[dasnake]

For me.......?

Jimmy and I have the same story, my gold cup was used in a love relationship murder/suicide, after the case was finished the gun was given back to the mans wife, legally registered and nothing on it but the history of her husband she sold it off through a friend and I got it from said friend, I rebuilt it to ipsc standards and used it for quite a few years, I don't go around telling the tale but facts were facts the demons weren't in the gun.

 

[sigp220.45]

I understand someone not wanting a gun that was used in the suicide or murder of a family member. In that case it would be a reminder of a personal loss.

I couldn't care less if its tied to the death of a stranger. I've owned lots of former evidence guns. Who knows what they were up to?

 

[lihpster]

A friend of mine's father committed suicide shortly after his wife passed. He just couldn't face the world without her. He was a collector of fine firearms and had many rare and spendy firearms. When he decided to do it, he went to the gun store and bought the cheapest used gun they had. Turned out to be a beat up Charter Arms. He did it so the family wouldn't agonize over this very thing. If he had used his Singer 1911 or his Artillery Luger then his boys would have to decide if they wanted to keep it. Not so with the Charter Arms. Of course, years later the boys sold the guns to start a family business that went under.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

In 73 recently out of the navy I bought a place in Oklahoma. The realtor
said the law required him to tell me about the last owner killing himself
as he was talking on the phone. Bullet hole still in the wall by the phone
cable, seems the bullet had gone through his head into the wall.
I told him dead people did not bother me, it was the live ones that would
cause a person trouble.
All the blood splatter had been cleaned up. I never filled the bullet hole
and sold the place a few years later. Same realtor, I don't know if he
told the buyer or not.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Jack Ruby's snubby that killed Lee Harvey Osyold, Is one of the most nefarious handguns in privet ownership. I would love to own it!

Ivan

 

[Justin T]

No problems with it here in general, but i likely would not want one if family-related (suicide or otherwise). Milsurps? No problem. Evidence guns? No problem.

 

[dasnake]

Fly on the wall.....

Jack Ruby's snubby that killed Lee Harvey Osyold, Is one of the most nefarious handguns in privet ownership. I would love to own it!

Ivan

You always hear "if that could talk" query, what that gun could say.