People borrowing firearms?

Never again.......Many yrs ago I lent my hunting rifle to a buddy of mine. He was murdered shortly after and I had to go to his moms to get it back. one of the worse days of my life!!
 
I have some guns I loan all the time and some I will never loan. If I have a good friend that needs to borrow a vehicle for legitimate reasons, I most certainly would, just as if a family member or good friend needs to borrow a firearm to hunt with. Guns are material things and can be replaced, My friends and family are responsible folks that would fix or replace any damage. If one cannot trust their friends.....they need to find new friends.
 
My Brother has a 50BMG Bolt gun that he lets me "borrow" the only rule is that he comes with me. It is a lot of fun on ground squirrels.
 
Nope...even my sons use my guns here on our range but go home empty handed (unless they brought their own!). Sure, I've given both of them a number of guns over the years, but that makes them theirs, not mine and I wouldn't think of "borrowing" them. Friends? I offer some the chance to shoot on my range, but no borrowing. Same goes for my Harley...nobody rides it but me; and let's not even think about my chainsaw! Rod
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rodfac,

You and I may be related. :D
 
I cannot say that I categorically don't loan guns. I am cautious about loaning guns, but I do loan them out from time to time. The conditions under which I loan them depend on who's asking to borrow, and why.
 
A friend of mine was given a handgun by her husband for her anniversary.

He works out of town and she asked me to work with her on shooting it.

The gun had problems and needed to go back to the manufacturer and I lent her a Ruger Security Six for the six weeks or so the gun was gone.

She got her gun back and returned my gun to me along with a loaf of pumpkin bread:D

Her husband is in town this weekend and we are all going to the range tomorrow.

He bought her a new Browning Buckmark for her birthday and we are taking it out.

Her husband has brothers who own Kimbers and he has the hots for one.

I am going to take the two Dan Wessons I have so he can try them out. . .who knows. . .I might have another convert:D

We have known them for years and I trust them. My wife had their kids in school for a while.

I would not loan a gun to someone I only knew casually.
 
I do aviation contracting... which means I move around a lot... and I have no permanent home.

So my firearms are kept at a friends house whom I have known since we were in first grade.

Now that I have a fiance, she keeps them... seeing as several are hers or ours.

Looking to settle down somewhere so I don't have to worry about this, but that depends on finding a company that wants to hire rather than contract out.
 
I will let my friends shoot any gun I own while at the range. "Lending" out however is another story. Not gonna happen.

I recently had a friend who wanted to travel to pick up a gun, he mentioned in passing: "Yea I was going to drive down there to meet this guy, I was wondering if I could take one of your pistols."

Nope.
 
If I have a good friend that needs to borrow a vehicle for legitimate reasons, I most certainly would, just as if a family member or good friend needs to borrow a firearm to hunt with. Guns are material things and can be replaced, My friends and family are responsible folks that would fix or replace any damage.
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I have not had a friend ask, but have several friends who have more-or-less recently acquired their CHL.

When they discovered (as I did, years ago) that their current range pistols were not necessarily the best for EDC, I have taken them to the range, let them try a few smaller ones, and offered to lend them said smaller pistols for a week or two.
 
In the U.S., unless there are state laws, loaning a gun is no different than loaning any other item with a potential for misuse, in other words, loan only to someone you know and trust. But do not loan an NFA firearm; doing so can be considered by BATFE as an illegal transfer, and that is a felony. If you own a registered Thompson SMG you can let others shoot it, but you have to be present.

Jim
 
I hunted deer for years with a borrowed shotgun. I've hunted pheasant with a neighbor using one of his guns.

I guess I think different about material objects than do most. They are meaningless to me. People matter, stuff doesn't.

If I borrow, I endeavor to return it in better condition than I received it. If I lend, I expect to never get it back (even though I almost always do)and it's a bonus if I do.
 
"I must be the odd man out as I will lend firearms, but only to people whom I implicitly trust." Yep. I've even swapped for a week or so, a time or two.


Almost all my friends I trust that much have died off already so I don't think it will be an issue any more though.
 
I've never had anyone ask. If I were to loan a gun, it would have to be someone I know and trust. I put it in the same category as a chainsaw, lawnmower, or car. It's something that when operated by an idiot is prone to expensive damage or could cause a serious injury. I am very careful to loan such items to people who are not idiots.
 
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