Is a firearm an appropriate wedding gift?

Is a firearm a good idea for a wedding gift.

  • Yes, it is always appropriate.

    Votes: 20 24.1%

  • Yes, but make sure you take out the trash.

    Votes: 3 3.6%

  • Depends on the woman.

    Votes: 40 48.2%

  • Are you nuts?

    Votes: 20 24.1%
  • Total voters
    83
  • Poll closed .
I was wondering if revovler in a shoebox was ok too for Christmas....not trying to be funny this is a small get to together and present would be secure until Christmas day
 
I've been to many weddings in my 3/4 century on the face of this good earth and been married for 52 years to the same woman and I have never seen a gun given as a wedding present. Give her a very nice watch and/or a piece of jewelry. The wedding day is the one day in a woman's life that she most wants to be seen and treated as the most beautiful, desirable woman on earth. My wife is a shooter but she just said if I had given her a rifle as wedding gift we would have set the record for the shortest marriage. I gave my wife a pair of diamond ear rings that took me two years to pay off. Congratulations...........
 
of course there would be a small bill of "sale" to be signed for a small amount of money never really received
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There is probably no need. It is 100% legal under US federal law to give a firearm as a gift. State laws vary, but there is no prohibition at the national level.

You may have been misled by the "...are you the actual buyer..." question on the Form 4473. You would not be the first. :rolleyes: This is explained in the fine print. The key is GIFT- i.e. NO compensation expected in return.
 
Man, you're going to go through enough changes without getting off on the wrong foot. You should re- think this. If she is not an avid hunter-shooter, you are really going to step in some pretty ..., . Good luck, and God bless.
 
She owns one pistol (SIG 228) and we go to the range every once in a while.
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One pistol and goes to the range once in a while is NOT a woman who is "in to guns". Let me put it this way - I'm a guy and I love guns, but if someone gave me a gun as a wedding present, I'd think it was freakish. I would, however, put up with freakish if it was either a: Borchardt C-93, Sig AMT, Bren Ten, Sig X-Five, or Korth 357.
 
A wedding gift to your wife should be the thing that she wants most in the world that is within your financial means.

If you have to ask if it's appropriate, you don't have to ask.
 
If I bought my wife a gun, she would shoot me with it. She has expressed such to me:o

If I bought her one as a wedding gift, she would kneecap me, then proceed to pistol-whip me:eek: She has expressed that as well

However, if your wife is a gunner and will appreciate the gesture, a very very nice, classic revolver might suffice. Lots of engraving, scrollwork, shiney finish, et cetera.

If she is an antique aficionado and can take a joke...as pnac stated a set of matched dueling pistols might not be half bad.
 
What were you looking at getting her?

A hideous piece of tupperware or any other black gun or a nice elegant rifle like a no.1 international etc?
 
Do bride and groom get each other wedding gifts? Is that the norm now? Sheesh, I thought the diamond engagement ring was the groom's gift to his bride! The point of a wedding is to accumulate enough loot from the help of friends and relatives to get the two of you a good head start in securing a house and starting a family. Now, when your wife has a child, you better get her something nice!....and NOT a gun.

.....................not a gold watch either!
 
Something blue,,,

A bride is supposed to carry:
Something old, Something new, something borrowed, and something blue.

Does a blue steel handgun fit the bill?

Aarond

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A wedding gift to your wife should be the thing that she wants most in the world that is within your financial means.

If you have to ask if it's appropriate, you don't have to ask.
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Common sense sucks sometimes :D
 
You are damned if you do. What was your upbringing? It would display a complete lack of class. Have you ever shopped in a jewelry store? How do you think she is going to feel telling her personal friends and relatives of such a gift. She will be embarassed. Do you plan of wearing camo or jeans at your wedding? :eek:

A diamond or some other form of personal item. :)

Let me know when you will be on the Jerry Springer Show. :(
 
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My wife LOVES to shoot handguns. She LOVES the 1911 platform and has told me straight out that she wants one.

That said if I EVER got her a 1911 for our anniversary she'd shoot me with it. I think I'd have been sleeping alone every night of our honeymoon if I'd tried to give her a gun for a wedding gift.

Come to think of it I didn't give her a wedding gift. That's what the guests do. I gave her a ring and that's all you should have to give her (material wise that is) when you get married.

If you must go ahead and give yourself *ahem* her the rifle. You'll be in the dog house right out of the wedding but hey at least you've got yourself a rifle. Don't expect any favors from her for a LONG time though.
 
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