Where/how to buy a used gun

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To the question of why do you need more than one or two or three (or a dozen) firearms?

Many are specialized and fit a narrow need. Skeet shooting, sporting clays, quail hunting, turkey hunting, deer hunting, rimfire competitions, long range rifle competitions, cowboy action shooting competitions, self defense (need at least a shotgun, rifle and pistol), hand gun bullseye competitions, etc, the list goes one and fortunately I don't have to give a reason for what I own.

I mean, why would anyone need more than a used jelly jar for a drinking utensil? Well, some folks like to have a different glass for water, white wine, red wine, sparkling wine, cognac, coffee, hot tea, iced tea, fruit juice, etc,

I mean, why would anyone need more than a big ole cast iron skillet? It would really do just about anything, right? Why do you need multiple sauce pans, double boilers, different sized skillets, cake pans, bunt pans, etc?

A fisherman could get by with one cane pole with a piece of line, a hook and a float but do you question why they have multiple types of poles, reels, baits?

Gardening tools? One shovel should do.

There are so many things in life that are like that.

No reason to get bent out of shape over numbers when gun owners can really only use one at a time anyway.

So how often do you go quail hunting or participate in cowboy action competitions or any of the rest of that? Yeah, I didn’t think so. And your estimate of a “minimum” of three pieces for self defense seems insane.

Can't speak for the OP, but I myself go hunting for several species every season.
Do I go to cowboy action comps? No.. but I do attend 5 or 6 different comps a year.

If you think 1 item is all you need for self defense, you're wrong. What happens when that item is upstairs and your home invasion takes place while your folding socks in the basement?

This is what paranoia looks like.

If you’re in your basement folding socks, don’t be an idiot and run upstairs brandishing your handgun. Run out the basement door and call the police from your neighbors’ house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the question of why do you need more than one or two or three (or a dozen) firearms?

Many are specialized and fit a narrow need. Skeet shooting, sporting clays, quail hunting, turkey hunting, deer hunting, rimfire competitions, long range rifle competitions, cowboy action shooting competitions, self defense (need at least a shotgun, rifle and pistol), hand gun bullseye competitions, etc, the list goes one and fortunately I don't have to give a reason for what I own.

I mean, why would anyone need more than a used jelly jar for a drinking utensil? Well, some folks like to have a different glass for water, white wine, red wine, sparkling wine, cognac, coffee, hot tea, iced tea, fruit juice, etc,

I mean, why would anyone need more than a big ole cast iron skillet? It would really do just about anything, right? Why do you need multiple sauce pans, double boilers, different sized skillets, cake pans, bunt pans, etc?

A fisherman could get by with one cane pole with a piece of line, a hook and a float but do you question why they have multiple types of poles, reels, baits?

Gardening tools? One shovel should do.

There are so many things in life that are like that.

No reason to get bent out of shape over numbers when gun owners can really only use one at a time anyway.

So how often do you go quail hunting or participate in cowboy action competitions or any of the rest of that? Yeah, I didn’t think so. And your estimate of a “minimum” of three pieces for self defense seems insane.

Can't speak for the OP, but I myself go hunting for several species every season.
Do I go to cowboy action comps? No.. but I do attend 5 or 6 different comps a year.

If you think 1 item is all you need for self defense, you're wrong. What happens when that item is upstairs and your home invasion takes place while your folding socks in the basement?

Why are you even engaging these gun-hating zealots?

The necessary and sufficient answer to "you don't need" is "shut up, eff off".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the question of why do you need more than one or two or three (or a dozen) firearms?

Many are specialized and fit a narrow need. Skeet shooting, sporting clays, quail hunting, turkey hunting, deer hunting, rimfire competitions, long range rifle competitions, cowboy action shooting competitions, self defense (need at least a shotgun, rifle and pistol), hand gun bullseye competitions, etc, the list goes one and fortunately I don't have to give a reason for what I own.

I mean, why would anyone need more than a used jelly jar for a drinking utensil? Well, some folks like to have a different glass for water, white wine, red wine, sparkling wine, cognac, coffee, hot tea, iced tea, fruit juice, etc,

I mean, why would anyone need more than a big ole cast iron skillet? It would really do just about anything, right? Why do you need multiple sauce pans, double boilers, different sized skillets, cake pans, bunt pans, etc?

A fisherman could get by with one cane pole with a piece of line, a hook and a float but do you question why they have multiple types of poles, reels, baits?

Gardening tools? One shovel should do.

There are so many things in life that are like that.

No reason to get bent out of shape over numbers when gun owners can really only use one at a time anyway.

So how often do you go quail hunting or participate in cowboy action competitions or any of the rest of that? Yeah, I didn’t think so. And your estimate of a “minimum” of three pieces for self defense seems insane.

Can't speak for the OP, but I myself go hunting for several species every season.
Do I go to cowboy action comps? No.. but I do attend 5 or 6 different comps a year.

If you think 1 item is all you need for self defense, you're wrong. What happens when that item is upstairs and your home invasion takes place while your folding socks in the basement?

This is what paranoia looks like.

If you’re in your basement folding socks, don’t be an idiot and run upstairs brandishing your handgun. Run out the basement door and call the police from your neighbors’ house.

Leaving your wife and kids upstairs to the mercy of the invader. But no worries, guys, the cops should be here in 15 minutes or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the question of why do you need more than one or two or three (or a dozen) firearms?

Many are specialized and fit a narrow need. Skeet shooting, sporting clays, quail hunting, turkey hunting, deer hunting, rimfire competitions, long range rifle competitions, cowboy action shooting competitions, self defense (need at least a shotgun, rifle and pistol), hand gun bullseye competitions, etc, the list goes one and fortunately I don't have to give a reason for what I own.

I mean, why would anyone need more than a used jelly jar for a drinking utensil? Well, some folks like to have a different glass for water, white wine, red wine, sparkling wine, cognac, coffee, hot tea, iced tea, fruit juice, etc,

I mean, why would anyone need more than a big ole cast iron skillet? It would really do just about anything, right? Why do you need multiple sauce pans, double boilers, different sized skillets, cake pans, bunt pans, etc?

A fisherman could get by with one cane pole with a piece of line, a hook and a float but do you question why they have multiple types of poles, reels, baits?

Gardening tools? One shovel should do.

There are so many things in life that are like that.

No reason to get bent out of shape over numbers when gun owners can really only use one at a time anyway.

So how often do you go quail hunting or participate in cowboy action competitions or any of the rest of that? Yeah, I didn’t think so. And your estimate of a “minimum” of three pieces for self defense seems insane.

Can't speak for the OP, but I myself go hunting for several species every season.
Do I go to cowboy action comps? No.. but I do attend 5 or 6 different comps a year.

If you think 1 item is all you need for self defense, you're wrong. What happens when that item is upstairs and your home invasion takes place while your folding socks in the basement?

This is what paranoia looks like.

If you’re in your basement folding socks, don’t be an idiot and run upstairs brandishing your handgun. Run out the basement door and call the police from your neighbors’ house.

Leaving your wife and kids upstairs to the mercy of the invader. But no worries, guys, the cops should be here in 15 minutes or so.

And the invader will take them hostage the moment he heard you. Great idea.

These scenarios in your mind are a sickness.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This is why we live by the saying “Come and take it”

How many of the “come and take it” crowd are meekly obeying the “stay at home” decrees?

Not me. I've been going to the beach every other day. Closest I've been to another person on the beach besides my girlfriend has been 100+ yards.

I've put a rifle in my vehicle to supplement the handgun I carry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is why we live by the saying “Come and take it”

How many of the “come and take it” crowd are meekly obeying the “stay at home” decrees?

Not me. I've been going to the beach every other day. Closest I've been to another person on the beach besides my girlfriend has been 100+ yards.

I've put a rifle in my vehicle to supplement the handgun I carry.

+1. You rock!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe stop voting for fools who want to enact ill-conceived gun control laws that don’t stop gun violence but do prevent law-abiding citizens from protecting their families.

-Normal upper-income NoVa resident who owns more than a dozen firearms.

Why in the world do you need that many guns?

How many pairs of shoes do you own? How many pots? How many pans? How many outfits?

Why do you “need” all of that stuff?

Hoarding guns for an imagined apocalypse is a much different mindset than buying several pairs of running shoes or heels.

Why is this person hoarding, in your opinion?
My grandfather was a gun collector who had many guns, one going back 500 years—a Chinese musket. Many were antique firearms. He shot almost all and kept a fine notebook on how he had acquired them, how they fired, what he liked about them, and when he knew it, their individual history. He had far more than a dozen. It was a wonderful collection. He also had modern guns as well, as he was an avid hunter. Over the years almost all were sold.
I have one, a beautiful musket from the Colonies, ca. 1740. The wood and brass work are beautiful and it is a little bit of American history from close to 300 years ago.
I wonder if the gentleman with a dozen firearms, who seems to some to be hoarding, might similarly have some beautiful antiques in his collection.
Or perhaps he just likes to shoot different guns and different calibers and at different types of targets.
But I suspect he didn’t acquire all of his guns in the last three weeks, hoarding them all.
Possibly time to wrap up this thread, as the OP has been answered in abundance, very early on, by thoughtful and sincere posters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is why we live by the saying “Come and take it”

How many of the “come and take it” crowd are meekly obeying the “stay at home” decrees?

Not me. I've been going to the beach every other day. Closest I've been to another person on the beach besides my girlfriend has been 100+ yards.

I've put a rifle in my vehicle to supplement the handgun I carry.

+1. You rock!

Congrats, you won “most pathetic wannabe of the day” award!

Better to ask his “girlfriend”, if he has one, how she feels about him spending 24/7 on DCUM. Also why he’s dumb enough to leave a rifle in his “vehicle” where it can be stolen and used against him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe stop voting for fools who want to enact ill-conceived gun control laws that don’t stop gun violence but do prevent law-abiding citizens from protecting their families.

-Normal upper-income NoVa resident who owns more than a dozen firearms.

Why in the world do you need that many guns?

How many pairs of shoes do you own? How many pots? How many pans? How many outfits?

Why do you “need” all of that stuff?

Hoarding guns for an imagined apocalypse is a much different mindset than buying several pairs of running shoes or heels.

Why is this person hoarding, in your opinion?
My grandfather was a gun collector who had many guns, one going back 500 years—a Chinese musket. Many were antique firearms. He shot almost all and kept a fine notebook on how he had acquired them, how they fired, what he liked about them, and when he knew it, their individual history. He had far more than a dozen. It was a wonderful collection. He also had modern guns as well, as he was an avid hunter. Over the years almost all were sold.
I have one, a beautiful musket from the Colonies, ca. 1740. The wood and brass work are beautiful and it is a little bit of American history from close to 300 years ago.
I wonder if the gentleman with a dozen firearms, who seems to some to be hoarding, might similarly have some beautiful antiques in his collection.
Or perhaps he just likes to shoot different guns and different calibers and at different types of targets.
But I suspect he didn’t acquire all of his guns in the last three weeks, hoarding them all.
Possibly time to wrap up this thread, as the OP has been answered in abundance, very early on, by thoughtful and sincere posters.

Sorry, this is just creepy. Fetishizing, stroking a weapon of death....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the question of why do you need more than one or two or three (or a dozen) firearms?

Many are specialized and fit a narrow need. Skeet shooting, sporting clays, quail hunting, turkey hunting, deer hunting, rimfire competitions, long range rifle competitions, cowboy action shooting competitions, self defense (need at least a shotgun, rifle and pistol), hand gun bullseye competitions, etc, the list goes one and fortunately I don't have to give a reason for what I own.

I mean, why would anyone need more than a used jelly jar for a drinking utensil? Well, some folks like to have a different glass for water, white wine, red wine, sparkling wine, cognac, coffee, hot tea, iced tea, fruit juice, etc,

I mean, why would anyone need more than a big ole cast iron skillet? It would really do just about anything, right? Why do you need multiple sauce pans, double boilers, different sized skillets, cake pans, bunt pans, etc?

A fisherman could get by with one cane pole with a piece of line, a hook and a float but do you question why they have multiple types of poles, reels, baits?

Gardening tools? One shovel should do.

There are so many things in life that are like that.

No reason to get bent out of shape over numbers when gun owners can really only use one at a time anyway.

So how often do you go quail hunting or participate in cowboy action competitions or any of the rest of that? Yeah, I didn’t think so. And your estimate of a “minimum” of three pieces for self defense seems insane.

Can't speak for the OP, but I myself go hunting for several species every season.
Do I go to cowboy action comps? No.. but I do attend 5 or 6 different comps a year.

If you think 1 item is all you need for self defense, you're wrong. What happens when that item is upstairs and your home invasion takes place while your folding socks in the basement?

This is what paranoia looks like.

If you’re in your basement folding socks, don’t be an idiot and run upstairs brandishing your handgun. Run out the basement door and call the police from your neighbors’ house.

Leaving your wife and kids upstairs to the mercy of the invader. But no worries, guys, the cops should be here in 15 minutes or so.

And the invader will take them hostage the moment he heard you. Great idea.

These scenarios in your mind are a sickness.

The sickness in your mind is your absolute conviction that a gun cannot successfully be used for self defense under any circumstances, which leads you to contrive preposterous "counterarguments" for every possible scenario, as you just did here.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, this is just creepy. Fetishizing, stroking a weapon of death....

"You're enjoying yourself wrong!"

The eternal cry of the outraged, scolding Leftist wannabe authoritarian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is why we live by the saying “Come and take it”

How many of the “come and take it” crowd are meekly obeying the “stay at home” decrees?

Not me. I've been going to the beach every other day. Closest I've been to another person on the beach besides my girlfriend has been 100+ yards.

I've put a rifle in my vehicle to supplement the handgun I carry.

+1. You rock!

Congrats, you won “most pathetic wannabe of the day” award!

Better to ask his “girlfriend”, if he has one, how she feels about him spending 24/7 on DCUM. Also why he’s dumb enough to leave a rifle in his “vehicle” where it can be stolen and used against him.

You're an idiot if you think the rifle gets stored in my vehicle. It's only in there when I go to the beach. I park on the beach so I'd obviously see if anyone even got close to me, since everyone has been 100+ yards away.

as for 24/7 on DCUM, don't project your life on others, it's pitiful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Sorry, this is just creepy. Fetishizing, stroking a weapon of death....

"You're enjoying yourself wrong!"

The eternal cry of the outraged, scolding Leftist wannabe authoritarian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe stop voting for fools who want to enact ill-conceived gun control laws that don’t stop gun violence but do prevent law-abiding citizens from protecting their families.

-Normal upper-income NoVa resident who owns more than a dozen firearms.

Why in the world do you need that many guns?

How many pairs of shoes do you own? How many pots? How many pans? How many outfits?

Why do you “need” all of that stuff?

Hoarding guns for an imagined apocalypse is a much different mindset than buying several pairs of running shoes or heels.

Why is this person hoarding, in your opinion?
My grandfather was a gun collector who had many guns, one going back 500 years—a Chinese musket. Many were antique firearms. He shot almost all and kept a fine notebook on how he had acquired them, how they fired, what he liked about them, and when he knew it, their individual history. He had far more than a dozen. It was a wonderful collection. He also had modern guns as well, as he was an avid hunter. Over the years almost all were sold.
I have one, a beautiful musket from the Colonies, ca. 1740. The wood and brass work are beautiful and it is a little bit of American history from close to 300 years ago.
I wonder if the gentleman with a dozen firearms, who seems to some to be hoarding, might similarly have some beautiful antiques in his collection.
Or perhaps he just likes to shoot different guns and different calibers and at different types of targets.
But I suspect he didn’t acquire all of his guns in the last three weeks, hoarding them all.
Possibly time to wrap up this thread, as the OP has been answered in abundance, very early on, by thoughtful and sincere posters.

Sorry, this is just creepy. Fetishizing, stroking a weapon of death....

You do know that many museums collect and display historic weapons, right? It sounds like the gentleman above probably sold or donated his antiques to museum collections, which add to our knowledge of the lives of those who went before us.