Uh, good point.
On the other hand, how many of these are working functional guns and how many are pieces of junk some jerk is just turning in for a buck?
How many belong to naive old ladies who have no idea of their value and received them as part of their husband’s estate and so are cheated out of their real value?
How about the fact that programs like this waste taxpayer dollars in that guns used by street thugs are obviously never turned int?
How about the fact that anti-gunners use phony programs like this to demonize an object, instead of concentrating on the real source of gun crime - criminals?
When my Grandmother's husband (not Grandpa) passed away, she was going to clear out his liquor cabinet. "Just junk it all", she said.
Dad and I got in the car and drove most of a night to rescue it. It was 1000's of dollars in (mostly) single-malt, and high-end blended scotch. Easily enough to stock a bar, and it kept us in high-tension booze for years.
The real prize was most of a case of turn-of-the century Napoleon Brandy. I literally fished it out of the trash. She was throwing it away "Because it was Old".