Gun control no joke

[DonP]

39. Local FFLs usually collect them

One of the local "mom and pop" stores I go to has a box under the counter by the register they use to collect them.

Laurie, who runs the place, said she gets 20 or 30 people a year on average, that come in with an old gun in a paper bag or pillow case that they found "in Dad's old toolbox" or "In the bottom of a closet" or "in the basement".

She had one woman bring in an old .22 snubbie, wrapped in oilcloth, that the grandfather had used decades ago for killing Muskie before bringing them into the boat in Upper Michigan. He kept in in the bottom of a tackle box with a box of .22 shorts - just in case he caught a big one.

They usually want to know if it's worth anything and she's honest with them about that. When they realize it's not a 1st generation Colt SAA or S&W Russian, they usually ask her to just get rid of it for them.

She showed me the box once and they were generally things like old Iver Johnson or Hopkins & Allen revolvers that had rusted to the point where you couldn't fix them and if you did they wouldn't ever be safe to fire.

She had two or three of her people go down to the latest one too. Each took 5 or 6 of these old guns and picked up some gift cards. She uses them to buy stock for the store and pay bills. She always has pictures of the "Buy Back" and the debit cards they got for their junk guns.

She has a nice framed picture of Father Flaky Pfleger shaking her hand and thanking her for "getting these guns off the street" for a publicity photo too.

I guess my short answer to the OP? Yes, Gun Control has become a joke, politically, legislatively and judicially, mainly through their behavior, lying and gross overreaching at every turn.