I understand all of that, but in the big scope of things wouldn't having $1000 at this point be better than nothing. Sometimes you have to take a bigger hit than you're initially willing to take to salvage a bigger ticket item....like the house. The gun can be replaced at a later date when things turn around for him financially, right now it seems to make more sense from my perspective to take a bigger hit if necessary in order to do what's really important at this point.
I cant disagree but again its not up to me. I just took the pics and posted on GB for him due to my feedback and exp there.