LUGER LARCENY

02-04-2002, 01:58 PM

I read with great interest the postings regarding the person or persons at Guns America, and I don't believe that I'm beating a dead horse, when I say step back and look at this situation. It appears as though that someone has misassociated the actions of some people and transferred them to a non-living piece of machinery, namely the Luger pistol. maby if we step back and try for a moment to see why he feels that way(which in my opinion is way off base). Perhaps he or others in his family were injured by someone who carried a Luger. It would be no different than the decendants of the Clantons, disliking a Colt Peacemaker for what it represents to them. Or the people with family members who were killed by John Dillinger in their dislike for 1903 Colt pocket Pistols. The Luger represents nothing other than a great invention, created at least in our opinion, a genius. The gun was the first of it's kind to revolutionize the concept of an automatic pistol(I know about Hugo's invention) I would venture to guess that 99.9% of the Lugers collectors, buy Lugers for their beauty, complexity, and place in the evolution of the modern handgun, rather than something "cool" the Nazi Party used to kill innocent & not so innocent people. I am glad that someone brought the views of Guns America to my attention. I will therefore chose not to buy anything from this auction site. It's up to you if you choose to do so. Personally, I don't quite get how a business, whose primary objective, is to sell firearms, can have such a negative bias towards a particular gun make, design, or history. Every gun on their site, has had at one time, an example used by someone to kill an innocent person. Well go figure!

I have allready given this some good thought and can't figure it out from any viewpoint.

My Very Best To All, Now let's buy some LUGERS!

Tim Canney

schwob · 02-04-2002, 05:56 PM

Hit them in the pocketbook!! The bottom line is all their narrow little minds can comprehend. My .02

02-04-2002, 11:25 PM

Schwob's response is even more stupid then the remark that prompted it. It confirms the suspicion expressed in the GunsAmerica comment that a bunch of the guys interested in lugers are at least misguided, probably anti-semites and at worst Nazi sympathizers. Obviously, it's not gonna hurt "those people" in the pocketbook since they don't want your $$ anyway, as that GunsAmerica post states. My dad was an officer in the Soviet army in WW2 and at different times carried both a luger and a mauser Broomhandle. That is why I wanted to own these pistols. I agree that the comment by the GunsAmerica owner(?) was idiotic, but it unfortunately apparently has some mertit.

Lonnie Zimmerman · 02-05-2002, 12:34 AM

schwob · 02-05-2002, 11:13 AM

Thank you very much.....

Dok · 02-06-2002, 08:31 PM

I believe this is your first posting... quite an introduction. I do hope you'll be a regular contributor in the future, it'll give us all a chance to form a better opinion of you, after such an abupt entrance.

Dok (Webmaster)

02-04-2002, 01:58 PM	#1
TIMOTHY CANNEY Guest Posts: n/a	LUGER LARCENY I read with great interest the postings regarding the person or persons at Guns America, and I don't believe that I'm beating a dead horse, when I say step back and look at this situation. It appears as though that someone has misassociated the actions of some people and transferred them to a non-living piece of machinery, namely the Luger pistol. maby if we step back and try for a moment to see why he feels that way(which in my opinion is way off base). Perhaps he or others in his family were injured by someone who carried a Luger. It would be no different than the decendants of the Clantons, disliking a Colt Peacemaker for what it represents to them. Or the people with family members who were killed by John Dillinger in their dislike for 1903 Colt pocket Pistols. The Luger represents nothing other than a great invention, created at least in our opinion, a genius. The gun was the first of it's kind to revolutionize the concept of an automatic pistol(I know about Hugo's invention) I would venture to guess that 99.9% of the Lugers collectors, buy Lugers for their beauty, complexity, and place in the evolution of the modern handgun, rather than something "cool" the Nazi Party used to kill innocent & not so innocent people. I am glad that someone brought the views of Guns America to my attention. I will therefore chose not to buy anything from this auction site. It's up to you if you choose to do so. Personally, I don't quite get how a business, whose primary objective, is to sell firearms, can have such a negative bias towards a particular gun make, design, or history. Every gun on their site, has had at one time, an example used by someone to kill an innocent person. Well go figure! I have allready given this some good thought and can't figure it out from any viewpoint. My Very Best To All, Now let's buy some LUGERS! Tim Canney

02-04-2002, 05:56 PM	#2
schwob RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Coast of Maine Posts: 273 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: LUGER LARCENY, AMEN Hit them in the pocketbook!! The bottom line is all their narrow little minds can comprehend. My .02

02-04-2002, 11:25 PM	#3
Steinberg Guest Posts: n/a	Re: LUGER LARCENY, AMEN Schwob's response is even more stupid then the remark that prompted it. It confirms the suspicion expressed in the GunsAmerica comment that a bunch of the guys interested in lugers are at least misguided, probably anti-semites and at worst Nazi sympathizers. Obviously, it's not gonna hurt "those people" in the pocketbook since they don't want your $$ anyway, as that GunsAmerica post states. My dad was an officer in the Soviet army in WW2 and at different times carried both a luger and a mauser Broomhandle. That is why I wanted to own these pistols. I agree that the comment by the GunsAmerica owner(?) was idiotic, but it unfortunately apparently has some mertit.

02-05-2002, 12:34 AM	#4
Lonnie Zimmerman User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 523 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: LUGER LARCENY, AMEN (EOM)

02-05-2002, 11:13 AM	#5
schwob RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Coast of Maine Posts: 273 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: LUGER LARCENY, AMEN, Thank you very much.....

02-06-2002, 08:31 PM	#6
Dok RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bermuda (Eat Your Heart Out) Posts: 1,626 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Welcome to the Luger Forum, Steinberg... I believe this is your first posting... quite an introduction. I do hope you'll be a regular contributor in the future, it'll give us all a chance to form a better opinion of you, after such an abupt entrance. Dok (Webmaster)