I loaned a shotgun to a friend. He sold it because he needed money. I told him I would have given him all the money he needed. He is still my friend. It's only money.
News for you sport, that is no friend.
Good answer. My take is that the "friend" is a thief.
Of course he was a thief. Have you people never read Les Miserables? There's more to life than huntin and fishin.