Posted on 03/26/2020 6:44:47 AM PDT by marktwain
Private Purchasers at Gun Turn In event Courtesy Dean Weingarten
Headlines were screaming panic. The old man was prepared and working on the computer when the phone rang. As has become a necessity, the number on the phone I.D. was examined. An old friend, trusted and proven, was on the other end.
“Have you got any guns you are willing to part with?”
“Maybe. I haven't done an inventory in a bit. Let me check.”
The FBI NICS background check lines were full. The system was overloaded. Store shelves were empty. Approvals defaulted to three days wait.
Some buyers were panicked. There were rumors of coming armored patrols in the streets.
Rumors of martial law, rumors of all gun sales to be shut down.
A close relative of the friend knew a good guy who was in panic mode. He had a family to protect. He had sold his previous guns years earlier, now he was desperate.
He was willing to make a 400-mile round trip to make a private sale.
“What have you got? Anything?”
Sorting through the eclectic collection brought fond memories.
Collectible. Not a common caliber. A spare. No rifling left, from corrosive ammo and hard usage 80 years ago. Projects needing to be finished.
Another phone call, in reply. A couple of pistols, a couple of rifles, a shotgun were offered at slightly more than market prices.
“He is a good guy… I don't want to take advantage…”
The next day, the young family man drove away with a beat-up, but functional old FN 9mm. The old man had never fired it.
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I have quite a few for sale. PM me. :)
Absolutely.
If the gun grabbers were honest about just wanting a background check, they’d decouple the check system from the firearm / serial number.
Their insistence on receiving identifying information about the firearm makes it obvious they are pushing for registration.
Haven’t owned a registered firearm since the early 80s.
Funny thing, free market firearms seem to bring premium prices.
For later.
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Over the years,I’ve come across some great deals. My prized possession is a Colt Python in excellent condition I bought from a South Texas rancher 20 yrs ago for $350.
It is always a good thing to have cash on hand for such occasions.
That’s me
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