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yagotme

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34. If they are actually collector items,

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:54 AM

Feb 2018

the buyback will not give you anywhere near their actual value. Very few, if any, "collector grade" firearms are used in crimes. Too much $ to buy/keep up to throw away. I wouldn't lose any sleep with taking them to a reputable local gun store (or, if they are worth a crap, will come to pick them up if valuable), and have them sold on commission. You get nearer their actual value (the idea behind an "investment&quot , and know the guns will be sold most likely to a collector who will bury them in a safe, and probably will never have ammo loaded into them. Firing collector guns takes value off of them. Like buying a new Corvette, and putting 30,000 miles on it the first year.

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Could you date or be married to someone who owned a gun? [View all] johnpowdy Feb 2018 OP

They could own one if was in a bank security deposit box and I, alone, sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #1

No freakin' way !!!!!!!!! pangaia Feb 2018 #2

I do Joanie Baloney Feb 2018 #3

Yes but I'm in Northern Michigan. JNelson6563 Feb 2018 #4

AR-15 like guns have 1 purpose.. quartz007 Feb 2018 #10

Hmm, confusing... yagotme Feb 2018 #28

Did you post under the wrong comment? JNelson6563 Feb 2018 #55

You think putting a handgun under a pillow is a good idea? Wow! Kaleva Feb 2018 #72

I'm with you, also from Michigan trixie2 Feb 2018 #43

No loyalsister Feb 2018 #5

Totally agree. smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #66

I would not marry a single mother quartz007 Feb 2018 #6

I hate guns around children - too many guns left unattended womanofthehills Feb 2018 #47

You would not marry a person who raised her and her childrens' Squinch Feb 2018 #69

My wife owned a gun when I met her. I have lots of guns comradebillyboy Feb 2018 #7

Husband had two guns MaryMagdaline Feb 2018 #8

If they are actually collector items, yagotme Feb 2018 #34

Thank you. Something to consider. I appreciate the input. MaryMagdaline Feb 2018 #46

my ex-husband was an alcoholic and probably kind of Centrist and a gun owner TalenaGor Feb 2018 #9

Holy shit! trixie2 Feb 2018 #44

wa TalenaGor Feb 2018 #53

Not all guns are the same...re-ask using an Ar-15 or an automatic/semiautomatic gun angstlessk Feb 2018 #11

I would add (and did in my reply) rpannier Feb 2018 #19

Absolutely! Of course Id make getting rid of it a requirement for the next date.... unblock Feb 2018 #12

No LonePirate Feb 2018 #13

Nope we can do it Feb 2018 #14

lol obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #15

Yes I could rpannier Feb 2018 #16

Yes and I have Sunsky Feb 2018 #17

Depends entirely on the person and why they own a gun. I don't hunt, but I know people who hunt highplainsdem Feb 2018 #18

You make excellent points trixie2 Feb 2018 #45

There isn't nearly enough information in the given scenario to say yes or no mythology Feb 2018 #20

yes but I would not date a hunter Skittles Feb 2018 #21

Had an interesting discussion about this with my wife ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #25

they are still entertained by killing Skittles Feb 2018 #27

Yes, and I don't think she is aware of that fact ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #29

Of course... sarisataka Feb 2018 #22

I AM someone who owns a few guns. Kali Feb 2018 #23

I was married to a man who owned guns. Laffy Kat Feb 2018 #24

depends on what they need it for. but not gun nut NRA Types JI7 Feb 2018 #26

No. johnp3907 Feb 2018 #30

yes, my husband owns guns for hunting that are locked in a gun cabinet. OhioBlue Feb 2018 #31

I have a dozen guns that I have used for hunting over the years lancelyons Feb 2018 #32

Of course, and I am! Married for 55 years. napi21 Feb 2018 #33

No. I am male... madinmaryland Feb 2018 #35

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I own a Browning shotgun MontanaMama Feb 2018 #37

No lunamagica Feb 2018 #38

Probably. Grew up in a family where venison, pheasant, and duck were menu items. TygrBright Feb 2018 #39

good response Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #41

I agree trixie2 Feb 2018 #50

yes Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #40

No msdogi Feb 2018 #42

Sure. As long as was legally owned and operated AND was not used to shoot or democratisphere Feb 2018 #48

It is not guns that hurt people! akbacchus_BC Feb 2018 #51

Um, no. It's the guns. Squinch Feb 2018 #71

Nope. Not a chance. I get very nervous when a cop walks into a store with a gun on his hip. Binkie The Clown Feb 2018 #52

I don't think I could... yuiyoshida Feb 2018 #54

My father was physically abusive thbobby Feb 2018 #56

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Yes, and I did. Inherited, mostly, and not used for hunting. Shrike47 Feb 2018 #58

I live a five minute walk MFM008 Feb 2018 #59

It would depend LeftInTX Feb 2018 #60

It depends on the gun. Kablooie Feb 2018 #61

I am married to someone with many guns radical noodle Feb 2018 #62

I'm not a big fan of guns: struggle4progress Feb 2018 #63

Yes I could. But I'm very safety conscious and would expect them to be as well. Nailzberg Feb 2018 #64

I married a woman... quickesst Feb 2018 #65

Well, yeah................ raven mad Feb 2018 #67

Of course. It's a non-issue. aikoaiko Feb 2018 #68

A gun? Probably. An assault rifle? Nah. nt Codeine Feb 2018 #70

No n/t malaise Feb 2018 #73

It depends. no_hypocrisy Feb 2018 #74

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Locking Chemisse Feb 2018 #76