Too Crazy to Work ?To Crazy to Own a Gun?

Redtail

I have been selling off some old guns my Grandfather left me(not his keepers)just old trade stuff.I advertised in a local paper.One fellow wanted me to give him a discount because he was on disablity.He looked healthy to me so I ask him what his medical problem was,he said he suffered from depression and was unable to work.I refused to sell him a gun.Was I right or wrong?

bull300wsm

Very Right , I believe that would have been a bad move ..good job

Laredo Lefty

I agree...... The last thing a depressed person needs is a gun in his hand.

charliemeyer007

yes I agree the last thing this guy needed was a gun.

flyingtorpedo

I agree with you, and everyone else,, 110%. He doesn't need a gun. And trying to get a discount to boot. [xx(][V]

mongrel1776

Absolutely right. Your good judgement is the reason why we shouldn't need gun control laws of any kind; you used common sense in making your decision. If the vast majority of gun owners, particularly those selling and using them, would demonstrate the same, and the powers-that-be would accept that we do so, there'd be no valid reason for 99% of the regulation currently imposed on us.

If he's too depressed to function on the job, guns probably aren't what he needs to be playing with right now -- and if he isn't really that bad-off then he's playing the system. Him trying for a discount based on his condition inclines me to think maybe the latter. I wouldn't sell a gun to anyone I either thought might be a danger to himself or others, or had no respect for, and on one count or the other this guy qualifies.

wwg55

good move

Wehrmacht_45

I agree with you 100%. My only thought is that suicidal people don't usually ask for discounts, since they wont be taking the money with them. But on the Form 4473 it makes it clear that people who suffer from severe mental illness should not get possession of a firearm. I would say being disabled from depression falls right into that.

dcs shooters

Right on [:D][:D][:D]

dfletcher

quote:Originally posted by Redtail
I have been selling off some old guns my Grandfather left me(not his keepers)just old trade stuff.I advertised in a local paper.One fellow wanted me to give him a discount because he was on disablity.He looked healthy to me so I ask him what his medical problem was,he said he suffered from depression and was unable to work.I refused to sell him a gun.Was I right or wrong?


Reminds me of the Meineke commercial "You're not gonna' spend too much money on suicide" or some such thing.

I'd say you did the correct thing. Hopefully no one else sells him a gun

Wolf.

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I'll have to take a contrary position on this one, but from the standpoint that depression does not mean an individual is prone to suicide, school shootings, bank holdups, pop quizes at the local post office or any other criminal act. In fact, depression can bestow the gifts of insight, caring more for others' welfare and intelligence. Abraham Lincoln suffered horribly from depression.

But, as we know, depressed people can be suicidal. However, typically someone in that condition (disabled due to depression) is being seen regularly by both a psychologist and a psychiatrist. If the person were a danger to himself and/or others, those doctors are legally, professionally and morally bound to report it to authorities and the person would not pass a background check.

Should you have refused to sell to him? Who knows? Let your gut decide for you. It is your call.

Robin

You probably made him more depressed.