The evidence locker

[Gamecock]

Sheriff Wilson misleads. The NRA with their Carry Guard Insurance misleads.

The chances of your actually having to shoot someone are REMOTE. Minute. Tiny. Too small to even consider.

Carry whatever gun you want to. Ignore NRA hype. They're just trying to sell insurance.

 

[Smoke]

I think the author is engaging in Reducto ad Absurdum. The defensive shooter is advising that you not go out and drop 3000$ on that Nighthawk BHP and use that for your carry gun.

He's NOT suggesting that you carry a Llama or a Jennings.

I carry a Glock 19 there are a million more just like it. I DON'T carry my Third Gen 4006 that I bought in a private sale that I LITERALLY can't legally replace

 

[SMSgt]

If I'm involved in a shooting, what happens to my gun is the least of my concerns.

 

[Steve912]

If you are arrested for a capital crime, expect to have all of your guns confiscated and treated like junk.

Works for me.

 

[mrmike7189]

My Bodyguard and my Shield are the 2 guns that I carry the most, I like them, keep them clean, and loaded with top qualilty hollowpoints, but I dont really care about them getting taken into evidence.
they only cost me less than $300 each.

 

[damienph]

I like the vehicle analogy. I don't drive a beater because I might wreck. I would think you're statistically more likely to be in an auto accident than a defensive shooting. At least for now...

Except that the expensive vehicle is insured and will be replaced in kind of wrecked or stolen. The handgun confiscated into evidence won't be.

 

[TomkinsSP]

Except that the expensive vehicle is insured and will be replaced in kind of wrecked or stolen. The handgun confiscated into evidence won't be.

If its a new Mercedes or Ferarri yes. But like an original Colt Aircrewman Special a 1949 Ferarri 166 International is pretty hard to replace. (That's why mine stays in the garage and nobody has ever seen me drive it.)

Expensive is one thing, irreplaceable is another.

 

[Bubba2014]

If you carry for protection, I suggest you have some good liability insurance. Even if you are not arrested and the shooting is ruled justifiable, the person you shot or their family can sue you, and if they win, you could lose every thing that you have! Plus, good attorneys are not cheap. I recommend Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. It's money well spent.

 

[Practical]

Exactly....that's why they won't find mine..there hidden in plain sight, right behind the wall mural in the family room..

They have gun sniffing dogs and expertise in search.

They will find every gun in your home.

 

[Steve912]

Except that the expensive vehicle is insured and will be replaced in kind of wrecked or stolen..

Not sure about that, if the vehicle was impounded as evidence--wrecked or not.

 

[ExRanger714]

From some of the news stories about missing/lost/unaccounted-for evidence you gotta wonder if it will show up for trial

 

[Muss Muggins]

Not true in several states. Notwithstanding that, I can envision a trial in which the defense advances a theory that because you bought a relatively obscure insurance policy that you both anticipated and were looking for an opportunity to shoot someone in self defense . . .

If you carry for protection, I suggest you have some good liability insurance. Even if you are not arrested and the shooting is ruled justifiable, the person you shot or their family can sue you, and if they win, you could lose every thing that you have! Plus, good attorneys are not cheap. I recommend Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. It's money well spent.

 

[Donn]

I wouldn't want to lose anything, don't know if I'd live long enough to get it back. That said, I don't skimp on my EDC. My Shield or 9c go wherever I do. Much as I hate to say it, my Series 70 1911's and Colt revolvers, (Police Positive & Detective Special), are strictly range guns now.

 

[Geronimo Jim]

Another good reason to learn to shoot and carry
a Glock.

 

[rich5674]

Least of the problem

I don't carry but if I did and had to use them for self defense. The cost of the guns would be the least of the problem. I have a S&W 3060J (about $350 zOTD) and a Ruger LC9s ($400) they serve me well as anything else. If I had to surrender a Sig I'd feel the same. If I choose a 38, 357 or 45 there are viable options under $500 new or used.

 

[The Big D]

User...not a looker.

I don't own any machinery or tools that I don't use. Have some nice cars (nice to me, at least), a couple motorcycles, and a garage full of tools. A few handguns, too. I simply DO NOT sit around merely LOOKING at them. Acquired darn near everything I own for a reason...and by far everything is hands on. Couple nice pieces of art and memorabilia hanging on the walls...but even those are on display...not locked in a safe.

I simply cannot fathom owning a gun that I would not shoot or carry. 'Course all my guns are rather utilitarian; not a 'museum piece' among them. To me a gun is a tool...nothing less, nothing more.

That said, I like nice grips; Nills and Spegels on my guns. But they are now sweat stained and have a nick or two.

Simply tool marks in my estimation.

Be safe.

 

[Photog]

Don't hate me, but two of my favorite carry guns are a Ruger GP100 3" fixed sight .357 and a Ruger SP101 in 9mm. Very reliable, very comfortable to carry, have total faith in them and if I do end up "losing" it for some time if used, well then, very easy to replace.

 

[keith44spl]

I don't generally carry the family heirlooms for a defensive arm....

But, I do carry a platform that is most familiar, reliable and of a serious caliber.

If I relinquish one to an investigator.....I'll just replace it forthwith.

No worries here.


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[Smith357]

I knew a fellow that had his guns confiscated by the police, might have been the feds, don't remember too well, it was many moons ago, when he got them back they had been badly abused. I won't carry anything valued over 4 bills for that reason.

 

[AZretired]

Based on my own experience of having a pistol locked up in the Evidence room for 18 months and in being the supervisor of the Evidence Custodian for many years I can say this:

If you involved in a shooting expect to have the gun used in police custody until after all legal proceeding are complete. In my jurisdiction we did not just show up at your house and confiscate all your guns just because you were arrested for a felony. A Court Order would be obtained first. We would then show up with gun boxes and all firearms would be properly boxed for storage. Our evidence room was climate controlled so no guns rusted, ever. My department owned Sig P220 was in the evidence room for 18 months. The City Attorney would not release it after a Grand Jury No Bill, but rather waited until after the inevitable law suit was over. It was no sweat off my back that it took so long but I wanted it back. It saved my life and I now had an attachment to it.