OK, point taken, I was thinking commercial purchases where they run a check to approve it. Like a NCIC to be sure that you are not a known fugitive or felon.
Not any of those other situations like family hand me downs, etc…
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I live by a HARD rule on my guns. My neighbor wants to use my gun? Well there will be a way do you want to use my gun? And any reason he gives me my answer will be NO.And if they don’t understand then which part don’t you understand? The first part or the second part? And I will be glad to explain that to them. They belong to me & if anything goes wrong I will be held accountable for their actions with my gun. I have been to the range with a few friends & one may ask me if he could shoot my gun. Sure, but I’m right there with them. i don’t want to worry about someone using my weapon to shoot someone or do some wrong with my weapon. and my answer will always be NO.
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But. But. It is Michael Jackson … Neverland Ranch the kid will have FUN.. He will remember this for the rest of his life … He severs Kool-aid with jesus juice in it …
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My firearms are either with / on me or in my house.
There’s no way I would allow anyone shoot my firearms without my presence.
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@Nathan57 valid point.
But the issue with the private transfer is you will need to save the record of the privately transferring ownership since the gun was originally registered in the first owner’s name, and that’s the only name assigned to that serial number, versus transferring ownership at the gun store where is becomes registered in the government records.
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All my neighbors have their own firearms so they have no need to borrow mine.
Though, in the astronomically unlikely event that an armed mob started rampaging through our tiny little town while my neighbors were visiting at our house, I would probably hand them one so they wouldn’t have to head defenselessly back to their own home to get their own firearms.
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@Shamrock In that unique scenario I would probably do the same.
The issue with that neighbor who borrowed my friend’s gun is he left it over a week in the closet not being secure in a safe or locked while he had young kids in the house, that’s absolute ignorance and carelessness.
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Yeah I would be very reluctant to loan anyone a firearm unless I was there to supervise its use or was sure that they were capable of using it and caring for it in a safe manner.
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NO. The risk/reward ratio is all out of whack in this situation; there are too many variables to even make a rational assessment.
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My firearms stay with me always. If not being carried then within reach or they’re locked in my safe.
The ranges I have visited have rentals of all kinds. If you can’t afford to rent one then I’ll take you to the range and you can shoot mine while I stand right behind you.
If you feel like you’re in danger from bad people, we can call LEO or you can stay in my spare room until it’s safe.
I will not take the chance of loosing my 2A rights because something happened even if it was beyond your control. Stay safe all.
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Like I said before. I have lent firearms to folks before. Some of them have been neighbors, actually FRIENDS, that I trusted implicitly at the time. One in particular used to be one of my best hunting mentors. He helped me keep trespassers off my land, hunted with me every opening day and his kids learned to shoot with .22s I provided since I keep .22 rifles stacked like chord wood because I can’t pass one up when the opportunity arises to add to the collection. Actually I’ve had parties at my house with 10+ kids happily blowing up a hillside with a stack of bricks of .22 ammo I’ve provided with MY rifles.
Again no one that doesn’t know me well enough would ever dare ask me to borrow a gun, and no one that I know well is unworthy of me lending one to.
My list of “friends” is REALLY small and there are no idiots or unworthy people in it.
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Hello and welcome, Tom221, we’re glad that you’ve chosen to join us and hope that you enjoy the community!
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Will you though?
Why would you be held accountable?
Do we know of instances where a legally-loaned firearm was used by the person who borrowed it and the ‘owner’ was held accountable for the other person’s actions?
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What state do you live in that your guns are registered?
I am not aware of any state in which your guns are registered, yet private sales without the government involved background check are legal. Those kind of seem mutually exclusive.
Filling out the 4473 when you buy the gun does not register it to you. It is only registered to you if you live in a bad-for-guns state that has a state level registry
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Way to go!
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No, I will be WITH mine, always. If he wants to use one, I’ll take him to my range. Borrow? Not in this lifetime. Neighbor, or neighbors kid, or parties I known wind up with your firearm and use it in a criminal activity YOU may be n deep crap with the constabulary. Nope-ain’t happening.
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Did I say no before?
I don’t loan out my truck, I don’t loan out my fishing poles, I don’t loan out my tools, I don’t loan out my guns and I don’t loan out my wife or my dog.
I was trying to channel a little Dr. Seuss, but that kind of fell flat.
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That would be a big “Hell, no!” to a neighbor, or anyone else for that matter, asking to borrow one of my firearms. The liability is way too high.
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I’m in Virginia, to my knowledge is that the gun would registered in my name when I buy it, but I could be wrong. I will look into it. Thanks for the info.
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