Would you buy a gun used in a crime?

[benster]

Hmm... Some very interesting replies on the police confiscation question.... which now bring up another..

If a firearm was used in a crime, then confiscated and later resold in a police auction/resold, would you feel comfortable buying it?

I guess this all depends on if you knew the history or not and type of crime it was used in....

I wouldn't blink at buying some old c&r rifles which I'm sure have seen some action in conflicts but I think I'd be hesitant to purchase something used in a violent crime. Why I dunno... then again, who knows about the history of some of my used guns from consignment, I guess what I dont know wont bother me. Bad Karma associated with it?

 

[depicts]

If we believe that the gun is just a tool, and that people kill people, not guns, then why shouldn't I or anyone buy a gun used in a violent crime. I don't believe in ghosts. I don't believe in bad luck charms. If I got a good deal on a nice gun I wanted, while I might not ask how the police got it, I sure wouldn't hesitate to buy it.

Why, do you know somewhere I can buy a few guns?

 

[Underwhere]

Sure why not?

Got a link or info on where we can buy these guns at?

 

[EddieCoyle]

Yup. If the price was right and it was something I wanted, I wouldn't give it a second thought.

 

[Martlet]

Wouldn't think twice.

 

[pj150]

Kinda funny how sometimes I read the yankee artifact descriptions and it says something about the blood splatter causing pitting and discolorations on some of the items they sell and in a prior post how it came to light where they get their stock from.

 

[Chris]

Never heard of 'em melting down get-away cars.

 

[drgrant]

I would buy it, it's just an object, assuming the particular gun was
worth buying. Even if it was involved in a crime the person that pulled
the trigger is the one responsible- the gun has no free will of its
own.


-Mike

 

[News Shooter]

A contrarian position

I would be worried about it being haunted or anything like that,
but isn't it possible that a gun used in a crime is in a database that could come back to haunt me? You know how computers are

 

[benster]

good points so far... I guess It really shouldnt make a difference. But after hearing about the shootings today at VT I would just feel uneasy if I had come across weapons involved in a homocide for sale.

What I dont know wont bother me.

 

[pj150]

Actually if it was used in a really bad crime or some historical significance, doesn't the value go up? Such as the .38spl Jack Ruby used?

 

[BONZCNC]

Yup. If the price was right and it was something I wanted, I wouldn't give it a second thought.

What he said...

 

[Moderator]

Why not? It may give you the chance to use it for a good reason.

 

[LoginName]

Sure, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

However, I might be a bit more reluctant to purchase a home where a particularly gruesome murder or crime occurred (I wouldn't live in the Tate residence or Jeffery Dahmers apartment if someone paid me).

 

[Producer]

I never had bought a gun for the story. I like quality and price. With a few C&R exceptions of historical value.

 

[Pilgrim]

I've heard of people who won't buy foreign milsurps because they might have killed Americans.

 

[joe6486]

Of course I'd buy it, as long as the purchase wasn't benefiting the criminal. What difference would it make? Superstition is silly.

 

[tele_mark]

I would only perform in a scene in which there was full frontal nudity.

Oh sorry. Wrong thread......

 

[benster]

I would only perform in a scene in which there was full frontal nudity.

Oh sorry. Wrong thread......

 

[BONZCNC]

I would only perform in a scene in which there was full frontal nudity.

Oh sorry. Wrong thread......

 

[SKS Ray]

Like someone mentioned, they're only tools that people used to comit crimes. Hell, I'd buy the guns used in today's shootings if they were offered to me at a good price.

 

[LoginName]

I've heard of people who won't buy foreign milsurps because they might have killed Americans.

I've read from other gun owners that they'd refuse to buy/own any firearm associated with Nazi Germany (I probably don't need to explain their reasons).

I recall one firearms forum from a few years ago and the site owner would pull any ads for WW-II German guns then proceed to let loose with a diatribe
against the seller.

 

[EddieCoyle]

I've heard of people who won't buy foreign milsurps because they might have killed Americans.

I wonder if these same people stay away from Civil War guns.

 

[ICZEOZN]

Like someone mentioned, they're only tools that people used to comit crimes. Hell, I'd buy the guns used in today's shootings if they were offered to me at a good price.

Same here.

 

[Lynne]

Would I buy one? Absolutely!

 

[LoginName]

I wonder if these same people stay away from Civil War guns.

Actually... they're more desirable and fetch a higher price if they were used against Yankees.

 

[Ripach]

I absolutely would, I love German mausers for their design and reliability without ever giving a second thought to the perpetrated evils in which they were pawns. Why would a domestic crime of a much smaller scale be any different?
Now if only I could find the dealer that has Oswald's 6.5 mm carcano sitting on his shelf.

 

[dwarven1]

I've read from other gun owners that they'd refuse to buy/own any firearm associated with Nazi Germany (I probably don't need to explain their reasons).

I used to think that way until a Jewish gun dealer from NJ pointed out to me that HE has their guns, THEY don't, and in fact their whole regime is now on the garbage heap of history.

I envy my friend his Nazi-proofmarked Walther P38 now...

 

[walta44]

How about suicide guns? I`ve seen afew in my years @ gun shop- not superstitious, would`nt want regardless of price. What say you?

 

[benster]

How about suicide guns? I`ve seen afew in my years @ gun shop- not superstitious, would`nt want regardless of price. What say you?

would a shop even advertise the history of a gun unless it increases the resale value?