What do you guys think?

[JohnnyEgo]

Sad but true, there is a market for this sort of thing. When a woman shot herself on my old range with one of our rental guns, we five or six calls the next day asking if it would be for sale.

If it was something unique that I really wanted, I doubt I'd be particularly haunted by that aspect of its provenance, provided it was not someone I knew. But if it was something relatively common place, I'd most likely pass in favor of one with less emotional baggage.

[Martinjmpr]

When a woman shot herself on my old range with one of our rental guns, we five or six calls the next day asking if it would be for sale.

Well, let me just file that away under "things I wish I didn't know."

[Fentonite]

I used to have access to dig through police trade-ins (duty and evidence guns) from a police supply in Austin. I got several good deals, but looking at the calcium stripes on top of the barrel and rusty blood spots turned me off from an almost-free model 65.

[Joe_K]

It?s a tool. Clean it, use it, dont get worked up about what someone else did using it to achieve their will. If you spend all day worrying about where that $20 bill has been, who slept in your hotel room before you on a trip, you will wind up near suicidal yourself. I find myself getting horrified about what evils exist on the cellular and internet networks I use, but accept I cannot easily control what others do with the same tool, not a perfect one - for - one analogy but similar enough way to think about it.

[flogger]

It's something you would remember every time you looked at it. Kind of creepy to think about even holding a 'known' weapon like that, but as mentioned, some have unknown histories. That being said, lots of variables to consider in the who/what/when category.
I was looking up Earnest Hemmingway's suicide and what he had used, it was his prized English side by side pigeon shotgun. The gun was eventually dismantled, cut-up and buried in a field outside of Ketcham Idaho. Story goes that someone found it and re-built it!?

I heard of someone who collected assassination weapons, not the original but 'like' models. A specialized field of gun collecting.

I would pass, bad Juju.

[bellavite1]

I couldn't care less.
Actually, if it was somebody I really didn't like, I would be willing to pay extra...

[ray1970]

Fascinating the different view points so far.

Since a few inquiring minds want to know, the specific firearm I am alluding to belonged to my grandfather. It isn?t anything exotic or valuable. Its a Ruger and it?s either a speed 6 or a security 6. I can?t recall. I retrieved it from the police in 1994, cleaned it up, and put it away for probably fifteen or twenty years until my dad was finally ready to put it away in his safe. It sat there until my dad passed away in July.

I?ll eventually be selling it and just trying to get a feel about if I should disclose it?s history to potential buyers or not.

[WETWRKS]

Fascinating the different view points so far.

Since a few inquiring minds want to know, the specific firearm I am alluding to belonged to my grandfather. It isn?t anything exotic or valuable. Its a Ruger and it?s either a speed 6 or a security 6. I can?t recall. I retrieved it from the police in 1994, cleaned it up, and put it away for probably fifteen or twenty years until my dad was finally ready to put it away in his safe. It sat there until my dad passed away in July.

I?ll eventually be selling it and just trying to get a feel about if I should disclose it?s history to potential buyers or not.

I wouldn't mention it.

As far as our family...my grandfather committed suicide with a WWII surplus military 1911. The family headed to Wyoming where he lived and towards the end of dealing with the funeral and splitting up his items and such I mentioned retrieving the firearm from the police. We had a card for the contact officer so with there being no objections from any of the family I called about it. The officers were kind and had not only the pistol but a suicide letter and a bit of other evidence we were allowed to retrieve. When we showed up they told us the armorer had professionally cleaned and oiled the pistol for us. We also found out that the officers had cleaned up the scene as they did not want the family to have to deal with it. I hear horror stories of families who have had to clean up things like that themselves.

We have that 1911 and keep it ready for home defense. None of my direct family are weirded out by it's history. Frankly...as it is WWII surplus it may have other deaths attributed to it. I saw on auction the other day a classic colt revolver with notches in the grip...most people wouldn't be too freaked out over owning such a gun. It is likely because of the time difference. I have never had anyone question if that Indian arrowhead that someone found had kills on it. Yet it very well could have.

[Gunner]

Fascinating the different view points so far.

Since a few inquiring minds want to know, the specific firearm I am alluding to belonged to my grandfather. It isn?t anything exotic or valuable. Its a Ruger and it?s either a speed 6 or a security 6. I can?t recall. I retrieved it from the police in 1994, cleaned it up, and put it away for probably fifteen or twenty years until my dad was finally ready to put it away in his safe. It sat there until my dad passed away in July.

I?ll eventually be selling it and just trying to get a feel about if I should disclose it?s history to potential buyers or not.

Well if you list it here, the cats out of the bag and we all know.

For me I don?t think I?d care one way or another. I think I?d only care if it was someone close to me who used it. But if I?m a disinterested 3rd party probably wouldn?t bother me as much.

Now if it?s a house? I might care then

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[BPTactical]

Fascinating the different view points so far.

Since a few inquiring minds want to know, the specific firearm I am alluding to belonged to my grandfather. It isn?t anything exotic or valuable. Its a Ruger and it?s either a speed 6 or a security 6. I can?t recall. I retrieved it from the police in 1994, cleaned it up, and put it away for probably fifteen or twenty years until my dad was finally ready to put it away in his safe. It sat there until my dad passed away in July.

I?ll eventually be selling it and just trying to get a feel about if I should disclose it?s history to potential buyers or not.

Anybody else think it’s weird that I noted a Ruger Security Six in my 1st post?