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I sold guns for a major department store, 30+ years ago, and have no idea what they were used for.
I loaded some 45 auto ammo for a good friend, once, and he killed himself 2 days later. Never asked what ammo he used. Didn't want to know. If he had used the ammo I loaded, I would not have felt in the least responsible, but I would have felt badly that I had a hand in making what killed him, even though he had access to hundred of rounds. Hell, I felt badly about it anyway. He was a good friend. Retired LEO, just found out he was terminal, and didn't want to put his family through it.
interesting question where the answers indicate a train of thought..a youg man i know brought me a disssembled ruger sa 357 and asked me to fix it up for him...said his dad had committed suicide with it but that about all that was left after sale to pay medical expenses of his cancer and he said it was not guns fault and he wanted something of his dads...thought about it for a while then agreed if he promised to store it safely locked where his kids and others could not get to it...i knew he would follow thru if agreed...i returned it looking like a new gun, no charge..almost three years later now and it is still stored securely and his sincere thanks was payment enough
I currently own firearms that were probably used to commit murder. They were issued to soldiers who used them in war; the soldiers were not known for their kindness.
I owned a firearm that was later used (after I sold it) by someone who committed suicide. (I was contacted by law enforcement when they did a search on the firearm; I had purchased it new.)
I feel a connection with history and humankind when thinking about the life and death struggles people have faced surrounding these tools we humans make called "weapons."
The feeling I get thinking about the history a firearm may have had, or what it may have in the future, is one of the reasons I say I love guns. It's a really neat "connectedness" feeling.
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I loaded some 45 auto ammo for a good friend, once, and he killed himself 2 days later. Never asked what ammo he used. Didn't want to know. If he had used the ammo I loaded, I would not have felt in the least responsible, but I would have felt badly that I had a hand in making what killed him, even though he had access to hundred of rounds. Hell, I felt badly about it anyway. He was a good friend. Retired LEO, just found out he was terminal, and didn't want to put his family through it.
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I owned a firearm that was later used (after I sold it) by someone who committed suicide. (I was contacted by law enforcement when they did a search on the firearm; I had purchased it new.)
I feel a connection with history and humankind when thinking about the life and death struggles people have faced surrounding these tools we humans make called "weapons."
The feeling I get thinking about the history a firearm may have had, or what it may have in the future, is one of the reasons I say I love guns. It's a really neat "connectedness" feeling.