"Can I borrow your..."

[G-Man WC]

A family story I will share. My grandfather loaned a revolver to a friend back in the 30's.
The friend went home and shot his wife and bed friend dead.
Don't loan out a gun. All of the persons I would even consider loaning to are friends that own at least one weapon already. -g

[SacTown]

HELL NO!

[lilro]

Christ you guys are anal retentive. In the ops situation, hell no is the appropriate answer. But if you cant trust your so called "friends" to loan a firearm too, then I would suggest ALL OF YOU, need to redefine who you call "friend".

To note, I have 3 "TRUE FRIENDS", the kind that their is nothing I would not do for them, no matter the burden it put on me. And I know, that if I were in the same situation, they would be there for me, and they have been, no matter what the cost. That, is a TRUE FRIEND. Everyone else, they are people I know.

It's not really about trust. I doubt he thinks his cousin is gonna go do a drive-by or steal his gun. Things can go wrong. Especially with a person not experienced in fire arms. Say there's a hangfire or squib and he doesn't know what to do. Or he lets one of those girls shoot and they muzzle sweep the whole range. Even experienced shooters need another experienced shooter nearby to "spot".

[cannon]

I have one friend I would loan a gun to. Frankly, if he asked me if he could have one of my guns. I'd just hand it to him and say it's yours. Of course he would and has done the same.

I'm lucky to have such a good friend for the last twenty odd years.

[h0use]

wont let any one borrow any of my guns unless i am there

[FullAuto]

I don't even like people shooting my firearms when we go out shooting unless they have/can prove to me they know how to handle a firearm safely.

[stevec223]

borrowed

my brother (borrowed) my browning shotgun when i was in the army without my knowning....home on leave a year later, i pulled her out of the closet.....caked with mud.....beating followed....i still have that gun....pits and all.....no guns borrowed out of my sight....show anyone how to shoot though...hard lesson......

[monk]

Christ you guys are anal retentive. In the ops situation, hell no is the appropriate answer. But if you cant trust your so called "friends" to loan a firearm too, then I would suggest ALL OF YOU, need to redefine who you call "friend".

To note, I have 3 "TRUE FRIENDS", the kind that their is nothing I would not do for them, no matter the burden it put on me. And I know, that if I were in the same situation, they would be there for me, and they have been, no matter what the cost. That, is a TRUE FRIEND. Everyone else, they are people I know.

I blame facebook. Everyone and their mother is considered a "friend".

[ubet]

I blame facebook. Everyone and their mother is considered a "friend".

You hit the nail on the head with that one.

[ubet]

It's not really about trust. I doubt he thinks his cousin is gonna go do a drive-by or steal his gun. Things can go wrong. Especially with a person not experienced in fire arms. Say there's a hangfire or squib and he doesn't know what to do. Or he lets one of those girls shoot and they muzzle sweep the whole range. Even experienced shooters need another experienced shooter nearby to "spot".

Dont mistake me, I absolutely agree he should not loan guns to his cousin, no question. What I was referring too was the rest of the posters saying how they would not let their guns out of their sight, even in friends hands. But as the poster above that I quoted, he is dead on. Everyone know a days is considered a "friend".

[asgalindez]

Christ you guys are anal retentive. In the ops situation, hell no is the appropriate answer. But if you cant trust your so called "friends" to loan a firearm too, then I would suggest ALL OF YOU, need to redefine who you call "friend".

To note, I have 3 "TRUE FRIENDS", the kind that their is nothing I would not do for them, no matter the burden it put on me. And I know, that if I were in the same situation, they would be there for me, and they have been, no matter what the cost. That, is a TRUE FRIEND. Everyone else, they are people I know.

Even our "TRUE FRIENDS" screw up. Took one of my closest buddies shooting with me on BLM land. I was firing my Noveske upper/Mega lower build for the first time. Let my buddy try it out. When he was done he put it back on the shooting table, but one bipod leg wasn't on the table and the rifle dropped muzzle down into the wet dirt filling the front end of the barrel with mud and putting the first scratch on my new rifle. Promptly disassembled, cleaned, and put that rifle away for the rest of the day.

He's still one of my best friends (I'm his son's Godfather), but that rifle is off limits now.

[lilro]

Dont mistake me, I absolutely agree he should not loan guns to his cousin, no question. What I was referring too was the rest of the posters saying how they would not let their guns out of their sight, even in friends hands. But as the poster above that I quoted, he is dead on. Everyone know a days is considered a "friend".

I have a friend that I would trust my life with. Known for over 10 years. He's anti-gun, so he'd likely never ask, but if he did I would still say not without my supervision. It's not really a trust thing when it comes to firearms. It's a competence and knowledge thing. Say your friend wanted to borrow your firearm for an extended period, and didn't know it had to be oiled, and when you got it back it was rusted. That scenario has been mentioned in this thread.

[ubet]

I have a friend that I would trust my life with. Known for over 10 years. He's anti-gun, so he'd likely never ask, but if he did I would still say not without my supervision. It's not really a trust thing when it comes to firearms. It's a competence and knowledge thing. Say your friend wanted to borrow your firearm for an extended period, and didn't know it had to be oiled, and when you got it back it was rusted. That scenario has been mentioned in this thread.

Then its not a true friend. You wont even let him borrow a firearm, but you think you would lay your life down for him .

[lilro]

Then its not a true friend. You wont even let him borrow a firearm, but you think you would lay your life down for him .

So because he's not experienced in handling firearms he's not a true friend? Seriously? WTF? Like I said, I would not lend him a FIREARM without me being present. All he knows about guns is from Halo. Which doesn't even have real gun models. If I was present, OF COURSE I would let him pop off some shots.

IMO if you would let ANY person near your guns unattended, with them not knowing anything about guns is irresponsible, and you should not be allowed to own firearms.

[ubet]

So because he's not experienced in handling firearms he's not a true friend? Seriously? WTF? Like I said, I would not lend him a FIREARM without me being present. All he knows about guns is from Halo. Which doesn't even have real gun models. If I was present, OF COURSE I would let him pop off some shots.

IMO if you would let ANY person near your guns unattended, with them not knowing anything about guns is irresponsible, and you should not be allowed to own firearms.