Alright here's the situation, my brother's birthday is not far off. I currently (due to bills and expenses) have about $200 in money to spend, not a lot for purchasing a firearm, but don't say anything yet, let me continue here. My brother is a little weird, what I mean by that is, he's always been far left and pretty anti-gun, however he once told me he wanted a cheap little handgun for self defense (understandable since he was once mugged at knife point, though managed to get away and call the police) I was thrilled he was taking in interest in firearms I offered to take him to the range with me several times, he always said however something to the effect of "I'd love to but today I'm busy" until one day he said "Yeah I'm not really into guns, I don't think people should have them." Sure confused the hell out of me. I still don't know where he stands on guns he sort of flip flops between being pro and anti all the time. But anywho since his birthday is about a month away, I was considering buying him a Titan 25 or a Hi Point or maybe even a Beretta 21 just like I have but I really don't know because like I said I don't know what he's going to think. My predictions of what might happen are this:
A) He'll be outwardly upset and won't accept the gift
B) He'll be like 'oh... thanks' then get rid of the thing
C) or (hopefully) accept it and keep it in a drawer or something like I hope he would
Should I get him a gun for his birthday? Or something else? Hell I'm tempted to go and ask him if it's alright to get him one but that'd ruin the surprise... maybe I should just buy him a tasor or can of mace, it'd be cheaper but I definitely wouldn't feel right having my brother depend on such crap to defend himself
A) He'll be outwardly upset and won't accept the gift
B) He'll be like 'oh... thanks' then get rid of the thing
C) or (hopefully) accept it and keep it in a drawer or something like I hope he would
Should I get him a gun for his birthday? Or something else? Hell I'm tempted to go and ask him if it's alright to get him one but that'd ruin the surprise... maybe I should just buy him a tasor or can of mace, it'd be cheaper but I definitely wouldn't feel right having my brother depend on such crap to defend himself