When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
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When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
GunGripes had an episode on the topic - https://youtu.be/jI4BN_rOHz8 - but personally I'd far more hesitant to loan a firearm than those guys seemed to be.
I guess if it were a truly close friend, I'd trust their judgement, just like if I were loaning them a vehicle....but the issue is that pretty much all my close friends already own guns...
Maybe I'm just too picky about who to take in as a close friend, but the end result is that I don't really have any gun-less friends...
The people I do know fairly well who don't own guns are generally anti-gun, and so I regard them as mostly too 'violent' and 'irresponsible' to loan a gun to. Why...??? I think because most of the people I know who don't own firearms ARE individuals who are hot-tempered, have NO clue how to de-escalate an argument, much less a fight, and some will be the first to tell you that they don't own a gun because they are afraid of what they'd do with it, or afraid they'd forget and leave it in the baby's playpen.
Any of you guys ever loan a gun to a novice...???
I guess if it were a truly close friend, I'd trust their judgement, just like if I were loaning them a vehicle....but the issue is that pretty much all my close friends already own guns...
Maybe I'm just too picky about who to take in as a close friend, but the end result is that I don't really have any gun-less friends...
The people I do know fairly well who don't own guns are generally anti-gun, and so I regard them as mostly too 'violent' and 'irresponsible' to loan a gun to. Why...??? I think because most of the people I know who don't own firearms ARE individuals who are hot-tempered, have NO clue how to de-escalate an argument, much less a fight, and some will be the first to tell you that they don't own a gun because they are afraid of what they'd do with it, or afraid they'd forget and leave it in the baby's playpen.
Any of you guys ever loan a gun to a novice...???
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Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
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Never.
Never.
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Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
Owning a gun is a great responsibility and because I have no control over the gun once it leaves my hands I would not want that on my conscience because even the best of friends can let you down at times
Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
I lent out my T/C Renegade .54 to a boss at work about 20 years ago. I made it from a kit. It was returned ruined with rusty barrel, and effed up double set triggers.
Still got it in the back of the closet....Might clean it up and hang it on the wall.
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Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
my children used my guns in Alaska making meat. that's not a loan, that's family business. I don't loan guns
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Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
Don't lend out anything that can be traced to you.
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Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
Simple rule at my homestead.....I loan out NOTHING that has a license plate, a trigger, or a picture of a dead president on it.
Besides, like doc says....everyone I know already has guns and it seems like everyone I know has more money than me so they have no need to borrow anything......issues like that came from people at work....more than once....."hey, can I borrow your truck this weekend?" ....yea,like I want my truck spending the weekend in the hood...."oh man, I'm sorry, get it fixed and let me know how much it costs......
I'll even extend the above three items to anything that has a motor on it......and it's not because I don't trust them, it's that these are the same people who want to borrow my log splitter once a year while they drive around in a 60k truck...I tell them they can rent one for the day for the same price they spent dining out for dinner last night......screw em all....people make you hate them.
Besides, like doc says....everyone I know already has guns and it seems like everyone I know has more money than me so they have no need to borrow anything......issues like that came from people at work....more than once....."hey, can I borrow your truck this weekend?" ....yea,like I want my truck spending the weekend in the hood...."oh man, I'm sorry, get it fixed and let me know how much it costs......
I'll even extend the above three items to anything that has a motor on it......and it's not because I don't trust them, it's that these are the same people who want to borrow my log splitter once a year while they drive around in a 60k truck...I tell them they can rent one for the day for the same price they spent dining out for dinner last night......screw em all....people make you hate them.
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Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
Never to a novice but to a friend that became an X friend after i got my beat to heck 99 back
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Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
I had to stop and think about if there actually were folks I might lend a gun to.
Two of my kids have meat guns more or less on loan, I can lay hands on them if I want but almost never do.
My "good" bro in law who I would trust with anything I own or care about. Unfortunately his father called him home. Miss him every day.
His son. But he only shoots to hunt and has better gear than I do.
Five really old friends, any of which I would ride the river with. But again, they have gear at least as good as mine and don't like borrowing any more than I like lending.
Both of my brothers. But not my sister. Love her but she would endanger herself and others. But both of them would rather buy it from me, then sell it back later if I want.
On the other hand I can think of several who I'm certain would like to ask, but have seen me at my worst at least once and aren't totally sure what caused it. They don't realize how much I've mellowed with age and that's my advantage.
Two of my kids have meat guns more or less on loan, I can lay hands on them if I want but almost never do.
My "good" bro in law who I would trust with anything I own or care about. Unfortunately his father called him home. Miss him every day.
His son. But he only shoots to hunt and has better gear than I do.
Five really old friends, any of which I would ride the river with. But again, they have gear at least as good as mine and don't like borrowing any more than I like lending.
Both of my brothers. But not my sister. Love her but she would endanger herself and others. But both of them would rather buy it from me, then sell it back later if I want.
On the other hand I can think of several who I'm certain would like to ask, but have seen me at my worst at least once and aren't totally sure what caused it. They don't realize how much I've mellowed with age and that's my advantage.
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Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
I've only loaned a rifle once, and that was to my nephew one year when we were deer hunting, and I'd gotten my buck, and he was having trouble with his rifle. I loaned him my .30-06 to finish his hunt, but I was still walking along with them as they hunted. But I'd have had no problem loaning him my rifle even if I hadn't been along.
But I would never loan a firearm to anyone who wasn't a close family member.
But I would never loan a firearm to anyone who wasn't a close family member.
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Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
Never. Not a chance.
I dont loan stuff and I dont borrow either. If I borrowed a stone from some one, I would bring it back with a crack in it.
I dont loan stuff and I dont borrow either. If I borrowed a stone from some one, I would bring it back with a crack in it.
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Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
Other than my son no, I did loan a .22 rifle to my boss's grandson for a couple of hours when his grandpa wouldn't let him use his but I wasn't happy about it.
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