Can We Keep Him?!?!?! 

I would keep it. Proves how determined you are to what you do. That was your reward for getting into veterinary school. Also i vote you keep Elmer

Keep he gun, every time you look at it, remember that feeling of being accepted into vet school and starting the job you love and has led you to this moment in life. They might just be inanimate objects but if there is a precious memory attached to it, then they are worth it.

Fun Fact Matt; The reason humans put such feelings into objects is because we struggle to remember things. Yes we have the memories of things, but the human mind is keyed to using visual stimuli or sound to trigger memory, so an object that reminds you of someone or something important to you, is something that will always bring you back. Most people are more afraid of that memory disappearing, not the object, but you don't realize that. :) Hope everyone's starting the year of great!!

Matt, Christmas 1982, first Christmas with my new wife. Her present to me was a new Browning Hi-Power (along with 2 bricks in the box). Fast forward 6 years and , with her permission, I sold the Hi-Power to a friend. He sold it . Huge Regrets. My Browning Grade V Citori she gave me for my 50th birthday will never be sold. I bought her a Beretta DT-10L from the Beretta Gallery in New York for letting me retire early and putting up with my shit for 26 years. She shot the gun very, very well. She made me promise before she passed away that I would shoot the DT-10 as my primary Sporting Clays gun. I do to this day. Don't sell the Glock, it has sentimental value and a great history.

I'm emotionally attached to my watch, my grandfather gave it to me before he passed. It's a cheap Timex but I wear it like a Rollex. 😂

The emotional attachment you’re talking about is not felt towards the object as much as the memories that object holds for you. So I don’t think it’s silly that you don’t want to get rid of it.

Sell it to a young man who just graduated and is looking to buy his first cc. That way it has the same meaning to him as it does to you.

Keep the Glock....it could be Lincoln's 1st gun....and that'd be super cool

Does that shirt come with muscles too?

I think it's ok to have a few things for nostalgic reasons, as long you don't end up unable to get rid of anything and you just have loads of *stuff* everywhere. Experiences are more important than stuff

Keep it... I'm a firm believer that a person should NEVER sell a gun.... start a tradition and hand it down to Lincoln when he's old enough...

i love off the ranch and demo ranch ... always waching right here in South Africa

The beginning of this video made me realize something. That’s last good time to spend with my dad was when he took me to the saddle shop, and I got to buy my very own saddle. I constantly am telling myself “go sell it and buy yourself something you like better.” And I always kinda am like nahhh I like it to much. But it’s not the saddle I have an emotional attachment to, it’s the memory’s.

Idea for Dozer Vlog: put a gopro harness on him and record what hes doing

Yeah, more Dozer and the chickens :)

Theres items that always "take you back", its not needed, not a necessity, but its a reminder of a chapter in your life. Lifes full of shoulda coulda...keep it. Someday Lincoln would cherish it along with the story

Just get a 9mm and keep the one you have

I got a big old kitchen cupboard that stood in my grandparents kitchen for as long as I can remember. They are both gone now, but that piece of old furniture which is also very practical will stick with me for the rest of my life and remind me of what it was like to sit in their kitchen. I also have an old measuring cup from my other grandma which we used to make cookies at her place, and that resembles that pair of grandparents to me. Never gonna get rid of that also. In my hall there is a board with hooks for my keys that was a gift of my late Dad, same deal - never going to replace it.

Three things: 1) Keep the Glock, yes it's virtually valueless in $ but because of it's significance to you from your father, keep it, deactivate & frame it even, but keep it. 2) Use the entire rev range of the Goblin, sounds on vid like you short shift every gear change (upshift in American 😜). I wanna hear that thing siiiiiinnng!!!! 3) more Dozer please 😁

Keep the Glock. Buy the one you want. We won't tell Mere...

This really made me think. I will admit, usually when you start talking about guns I switch to a different video, Im Australian and we dont have the gun culture you guys do over there.....and I like it like that, no disapproval or anything, just different strokes for different folks....but I stuck with this vid because of why you were talking about that particular gun. I would keep it.....just as I keep my Dad's pen that I was given after he died, even though it doesnt work any more....the love and the memories that I feel every time I touch that pen cant be replaced. Its a human thing, part of how we keep our record.

I lost a lot of things that I had emotional attachments to, when my house was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy. I had to learn how to just let it go, or spend the rest of my life grieving. Your great-uncle (Uncle Floyd, of course, right?) is a very wise man.

Such good advice not to get attached to stuff. I'm 58, accumulated everything I've needed and more, and am now downsizing tons. I've bought a smaller house for retirement and am tired of tripping over, storing, and am getting rid of my STUFF. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the tshirts !!!

Lol, everyone was thinking it’d be a “Don’t tell Mere” shirt. Excited to see the comments on this one.

I love how Lincoln just floored the pedal 😂

I hear ya, my husband (my boyfriend at the time) bought his first brand new pick up which a few years later became my truck for many years (which I drove until I graduated college). When I got my job I bought my first car but the Ranger stayed with us. We currently still own said Ranger with 250,000 miles on that poor engine. The thing is we put everyone of those miles on that 94 model year frame. Yes, we have had that truck for 25 years and until recently it still looked beautiful but it has been hit a couple times. My husband uses it as a back up vehicle to keep miles down on our other vehicles and it has amazing gas mileage. I LOVE THAT TRUCK. I don’t ever want to get rid of it but the last hit ( a few weeks ago) has forced the back bumper to flip under so the license plate is currently looking at the ground. Rust is bad so not sure it can be fixed easily. I’m so sad. 😭

The day before my 21st birthday my Grandpa asked me what I was going to do. I told him I was gonna apply for my CPL and go buy a handgun. He asked what caliber? I told him probably 9mm, and he got up, walked into his bedroom and handed me his S&W Sigma 9mm and said happy birthday. I know the gun isn't the best, but It shoots good, and hasn't had any problems. I don't shoot it much anymore, but I will never sell it.

It may be stupid, but it's part of what makes us human. Keep it 👍🏻 If it were holding you back, or preventing you from doing things I'd say get rid, but it's not. So enjoy being stupid and human 🤠 Oh yeah, love the new shirt and love seeing big Doze

I have a 7month old and before I had the worst patience with anything but from watching off the ranch it’s made me into a better father thanks bro!

You should do a dozer vlog were you put a camera on Dozers back for a day

Just make a don’t tell Mere shirt

I have this pink jewelry box and in the bottom drawer I have a bunch of little trinkets. Such as, a few rocks that i've found when i've traveled, a few drawings my childhood friend who moved drew for me, beads to a bracelet that broke long ago, a few photos, etc. Just little things yet I refuse to get rid of them. So no, I don't think it's weird. I actually think its important to hold onto things like that. Obviously, don't hoard, but just a few little things that will make you happy.

We need a dont tell mere shirt! (honestly not sure? attempt 39?)

Yep, I have a 1962 Chevy C-10 pickup. Bought it from my dad a couple years before he passed away. Had a 9 shot 22 revolver I sold it way back when I was in high school. Still regret it. Do have a few guns my dad willed to me, I’ll never sell them because every time I use them it brings back great memories with my dad. They will get passed down to my sons.

Thanks for telling me to sit down because I watch all your videos standing up

just by the 9 mm too. #donttellmere

I was away with the air force for a few months and watching your videos for the first time in a while was like reuniting with an old friend! Keep up the good work

I'm attached to my demolition ranch videos

Keep your glock Matt. It reminds you of a special moment in your life, and those moments make you smile. We need those smiles now a days. Keep up the good work!!

Why don’t you keep keep it and just buy the 9mm version?

At 100 I'll bet a hug from one of your kids would have meant more than any Thing he ever owned. Thanks for reminding me of that.

It isn't the object that we get attached to. It is the memory and meaning behind how we get something. I am a Miniature Wargamer and my first miniature I ever assembled and painted is kept because of the memories tied to it. In this case it was my friend and myself sitting down and practicing painting it. Then again... A 30mm x 35mm metal figure is smaller than most peoples attached objects.

I am 16 and my dad died 5 years ago and he gave me a necklace and I have an emotional attachment to this necklace. I would never get rid of it.

you can conceal carry any gun if you try hard enough.

The only things are items my grandparents passed down to me. A pin cushion, a feline anatomy book, an alarm clock and a jewelry box. All items I use, but I love them for reasons other than their practicality for sure ❤️

Selling one of your first guns ?? Good one Matt... 😂

Don't sell the gun : pass it on to someone you love and it'll still be a very special gun for both of you (and your dad) bye

I have had a lot of things handed down to me, since I've become sort of the family chronicler - like a knife my great-great-grandfather used to own more than a hundred years ago, or a piece of lace crocheted by a great-grandaunt before WW2. While they're only inanimate objects, I still feel like they are kind of an intersection between me and the people who used to hold them in their hands so long ago. I also keep random stuff as keepsakes to remind me of certain moments in my life or places I have been to (stones, bottlecaps, flyers, whatever), so I totally get that you feel attached to that particular gun.

Does anyone else think Matt should do a video on all the guns he has on demoranch? #demolitia

Keep it

The emotional attachment isn't to the item, but to what it represents. It's a physical representation of an occurrence or a person you love because they gave it to you or it belonged to them. Speaking as someone who's lost stuff in a house fire and another incident, you'll still remember the person and/or event long after the items are gone. It still doesn't stop me from wanting to hold onto "special items". My mom passed away nearly 4 years ago and I have several things of hers that are of no real use to me personally, but I keep them anyway.

Matt can you please do a draw my life? like if you agree

WHAT HAPPENED WITH MISS KITTYS MURDER HUNT? I WANT ANSWERS

Dude, that whimpering from the pup is killing me.. Keep us posted on his recovery please.

I got a chain with a coin from 1762 thats passed from father to son when the sons turn 18. So its been in the family for like 250 years.

Don’t tell my wife/mere shirt please!!!!!

I have a coat that was my mother's. We lost her and 2002, the coat doesn't fit me, it will never fit me it's way too small. But I couldn't part with it if my life depended on it. It still smells like her, so when I start to miss her in my closet and take the bag off and take a good snuff. It's silly I know, but it makes me feel good. My first handgun was a Smith & Wesson 38 special.it really wasn't the right gun for me, but at the time it was. So when I decided to get rid of it, I gave it to my son. He was with me when I picked it out, and I knew he would appreciate it. He carries Glocks normally, but he loved that gun. And I know you'll never get rid of it.

keep the 40 and buy the 9.

Matt is Mere beating you? Because you got deep with us for over 6 minutes at the start

It's also that when people are facing their own mortality, they try to make their wishes known about sentimental items/collections like that before they die so they don't pass the burden to their loved ones of trying to figure out what they might've/would've wanted. I'm doing my best to go through EVERYTHING I have and to ensure my loved ones know what I want done with what's remaining.

"Youre better than stupid shoes" Me: thats not what mom says

Put a gopro on dozer

Puuuhhlease can we keep the pup, his energy in the last video were he was featured in was soo totally awesome, just like your family. PUUUUUHHLLEASE with a cherry on top!

ive been sentimentally attached to my first truck since my dad gave it to me in high school. its an old 1989 blue f-150 that gets 26 feet to the gallon but damn do i love that old truck.

YEA, TALKING ABOUT UNCLE FLOYD!!

I cant speak to being 100, but I have many things that have memories of family and friends. The memories are in me, but the guns, clock whatever bring those memories flooding back every time I run across them.

Matt, Please add a playlist of Your favorite music so We all can enjoy

Keep the Gun. Go buy a new Gun.

Keep it. My dad bought me a Mossberg 500 when I graduated Marine boot camp. I ended up selling it a few years later and I've regretted it ever since. I really wanted a five-seven and thought I wanted it more than that 500 so I sold the mossy and a few other guns to buy it. I ended up selling the five-seven afterwards anyway for a bunch of reasons. It may have been just a cheap 12 ga pump gun, but if I could find my mossberg and buy it back, I would in a heartbeat.

That dog with the amputated leg is my favored I want it so bad

Keep it and pass it down to Lincoln when grows up

It's not so much an attachment to the object, it's the story or memory attached to the object. Keeping it keeps your memory of how proud you were for graduating

Waiting for Matt to get pulled over.

Lincoln can use that to get eggs

For me, it's trinkets. I have the key to the '95 Mercury Villager that my '06 Toyota Sienna replaced on the same ring as my Sienna key is on. I have a bunch of trinkets on my keys, from trips I've taken and friends have taken.

i wish matt was my dad :)

DONT SELLTHE GLOCK!

I still have a 22 rifle that my husband got from my grandpa more than 50 years ago. It isn't a particularly valuable rifle, but because it was my grandpa's, I will probably keep it for my son. Yeah, my grandpa really liked that rifle.

If the gun brings you joy than keep it, if it doesn’t go ahead a sell it.

I love how all 3 kids squeezed into the jeep!

@offtheranch we would love to see more dozer vlogs! Greetings from a vet student from switzerland!

My favourite gun is my old ranger reapter bolt action .22. It was my great grandfathers (he passed about 14 year ago) Then my grandfather's (he passed back in september) Then my fathers (he's still alive) He held onto it till I got my firearms pal. And now mine being my most favourite gun. And I hope to pass it on to my future children one day. There's no way you can take it away from me. Even if guns become banned I'd hide it. I'm 20 now and I plan to keep it as long as I can till I pass it down threw my future family

Actually, you are allowed to have a detachable magazine in California, however it can only be a 10 round capacity (or riveted at the 10 round mark, either way) and it can't have a button to detach it, so there are loopholes even around that.

It's only a matter of time before he impulsively buys a apache helicopter

I was thinking it was a "don't tell Mere" shirt ... ;(

OK, emotional attachments catch us by surprise. Watching your dad's video sitting in his truck and bringing out things that he treasures. When he brought out the 22 rifle it brought an emotional reaction to me that had nothing to do with him or that gun, it was my memories that were revived.

U should put some rubber on lincolen's ATV's wheels

Do an update on the Bronco

I have a knife that my father got me when I was about 7 years old ... I’m 43 now ... I carried that knife across 16% of the countries in the world while I was active duty military... I would be devastated if it was lost ... and I hope that you enjoy the knife I made you

KEEP THE POOR DOG PLEEEESE

#donttell mere shirts PLEASE!

Ya know, as I sit here at 5:22am and I think of all of the just, crap, that's wrong with this world. I also look at the things you and your family do, the fun you have, the happiness you bring. And it brings a little bit of hope for this world back, and that when it hits the fan, that you'll still be around to entertain us, and comfort us, and make us happy. I love your vids Matt. Keep up the good work.

Keep it! And buy a new one!

Keep the gun. Trust me, you'll want to have it when (god forbid) your father passes.

Keep the gun and keep the dog. One of the most energetic pups and positive pups I’ve ever seen. Y’all found each other with a reason

sentimental things is just a reminder

sit down with your great uncle his guns and a video recorder and have him tell you about them his stories will mean more to you then the guns themselves

In my opinion some objects can be really valueble because of a memory is based around that object, for example: Imagine that you were in the US army and that humvee was your patrol vehicle with 3 other buddies of yours. Those 3 buddies pass away for some reason and you get to keep that humvee. All those memories you have were reality in that humvee. To me that humvee would be priceless and I wouldn't be able to sell it to anyone. I would pass it on to my son or something and when I pass away he or maybe she can do whatever she wants with it but that humvee would have a story behind it. It sounds silly but if you think about it, some objects are just rellics of your memories. That humvee would be a memorie that still is there! but yeah in your case now matt it's a real fun vehicle and a nice offroad toy. I have a Landrover from 1969 and love it to bits!

keep it and just get another 9mm glock

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