National It’s Way Too Hard To Dispose Of Unwanted Guns In The U.S.

[Joe Link]

It's Way Too Hard To Dispose Of Unwanted Guns In The U.S. | HuffPost

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[Mica]

I personally think that's crap for the most part.
I do have a couple pump shotguns that I have used for parts because they weren't serviceable anymore. It's just hard for me to destroy a firearm. It just seems wrong to me.

 

[Ura-Ki]

..............Said No one EVER!
Don't want guns, don't by guns!

 

[Tomahawk67]

First thing I notice is that the article doesn't allow comments. This is because they know a bunch of people with functioning brains would call BS.

 

[darkminstrel]

Angle grinder and 10 minutes = no longer a "gun", only metal scraps.

 

[Tomahawk67]

Although I don't support unwanted guns in any way shape or form, because every gun deserves a loving home, what's so hard about taking the "attic borne" box'o guns to the local PD?

 

[Koda]

Boy talk about a bunch of fake news antigun indoctrination.... Suddenly theres a huge problem with "disposing" of unwanted guns because destrying them is the only way to assure they wont wind up in the wrong hands.

Nevermind the fact that gun stores can only resell them with a background check that anti gunners voted for and would be happy to take them off your hands.

 

[11Charlie]

..............Said No one EVER!

I will take any unwanted gun and pay for the shipping. consider it disposed of.

 

[mrblond]

oh look, the huffcompost.. the biggest piece of leftist bubblegum still in print.

 

[titsonritz]

Yeah their huffing alright.

 

[Member 34319]

Think of the children!

Make slides!

 

[Medic!]

You guys would not believe what I had to go through!

 

[11Charlie]

You guys would not believe what I had to go through!


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My precious!!

 

[Medic!]

Wrong? It isn't a holy relic, it's just metal and wood. Jeez, let's not fetishize a gun. It's a tool, nothing more.

Not always.
Some guns have a place in history and It would be a shame to loose them.

Others are works of art worth many tens of thousands of dollars.

 

[po18guy]

Am gonna set up a booth in Seattle "Unwanted gun turn-in site."
The stolens I'll let Seattle PD have. Any that are left, well...

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Not always.
Some guns have a place in history and It would be a shame to loose them.

Others are works of art worth many tens of thousands of dollars.

So the bottom rifle...
A J. Henry Trade rifle , .50 caliber , circa 1840s ....
Has a interesting carving on the bottom of the stock :
"Bill Willyum's his rifle"
Now there was a famous mountain man named Bill Williams...he trapped in the area where I got the rifle...the rifle is of the time of Bill Williams... it was a commonly found rifle maker , there is a western fur trade distributor's name marked on the barrel... this really Bill William's rifle...?
I don't know...but I damn sure ain't going to dispose of it either way....

It is easy to get rid of a gun ...
Sell it...
Gift it...
Turn it in to the local Police Department...
The article in the OP makes a issue when there is none...

So guns are indeed just tools...
Some like my flintlock rifle here are teaching tools , a historic item , a working rifle as in still a shooting and hunting rifle...not just a simple tool....
Firearms mean many things to many people...the same gun can also be different things to the same person.
( @PDXShooter12 )
Andy

 

[Capn Jack]

I wonder who is going to win the Bloomberg/Soros prize for the most ridiculous anti-gun OpEd.

Some of them are really reaching...

 

[JeffPDX]

I wish people would send the unwanted firearms to Numrich instead of the Police programs. They would probably get more money and I could find parts to some of my older firearms.

 

[Medic!]

Hey Andy. That flintlock needs some more investigating.

As to Historic guns? I'm gona hang on to General Mayhew ''Bo'' Fosters 1903 for a long time.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Medic!,
It a continuing research project for sure...I have done pages of work looking into it.
If there is ever any interest in that here... I may polish up my work / findings / thought and post 'em here...
Andy