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I stopped in at one of the local pawn shops to pick up some AR lowers I had ordered. While I was there I had a look around. There was a Ruger 10/22 sitting on the rack marked $139.95. It was in pretty good shape but missing the magazine.
I asked my buddy, Mike, that runs the shop if he could make me a better deal. He said it was marked at a pretty good price but would let me have it for $120 out the door. I countered his offer with $110. He came back with, $100 plus tax would be $110.50. I said deal.
Well I had a few earns to do before I made it home, but made it there about an hour later. As I was taking the 10/22 out of my car, my cell started ringing. It was my buddy Mike from the pawn shop. Mike said that the lady that had lost the rifle on pawn was at the shop, and that she was very upset and almost in tears. The 10/22 had belonged to her father. I stopped Mike and told him that I would bring the rifle back after work tomorrow before he asked. Mike thanked me and said that he would let the lady know that he would have her rifle back.
I could just keep the rifle, but I already have six 10/22s. Plus Mike will give me a great on something else.
Do not relish to feel what the men that used these weapons felt when they saw the elephant. For the elephant has tusk and to see him is to have his tusk dig deep into your soul. You will always have a part of you that will be cold and empty.
Yup. I've made it clear to my kids that when I die they can have all my guns, after their mom has her pick. But should they even *think* of selling them I will come back and haunt their ass.
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I worked at a pawn shop for three years, many years ago. People pawn stuff for many reasons. When someone pawns something in LA. they have three months to pay the loan back and get there stuff back. Or they can just pay the interest each month to extend the loan. Once the loan has expired the pawned item becomes the shop's property.
I remember the same customers coming in every month or so to borrow money on the same item time after time.
It would be nice to know that one day the lady is able to pass this rifle off to someone in her family.
Do not relish to feel what the men that used these weapons felt when they saw the elephant. For the elephant has tusk and to see him is to have his tusk dig deep into your soul. You will always have a part of you that will be cold and empty.
FelixEstrella wrote:Yup. I've made it clear to my kids that when I die they can have all my guns, after their mom has her pick. But should they even *think* of selling them I will come back and haunt their ass.
I've got some junk, so that kind of thing would just be hanging baggage on my kids. I'm thinking of having them draw cards for the order of choosing, then just take turns. They can do some horse trading afterwards.
If I don't die unexpectedly, I plan to give the ones that mean something to me to the kids (or grandkids!) I think will share that interest before I die.
Note to self: start reading sig lines. They're actually quite amusing. :D
I brought it back on Thursday. On Friday my buddy told me that the rifle had actuality belonged to the lady's father in law. They picked the rifle up about an hour after I returned it. My buddy said that the husband was so happy he had tears in his eyes.
If they end up passing it to one of their kids later on, this will be just a little piece of it's history.
Thanks for the kind words guys.
Do not relish to feel what the men that used these weapons felt when they saw the elephant. For the elephant has tusk and to see him is to have his tusk dig deep into your soul. You will always have a part of you that will be cold and empty.
Father in law still alive? When did the husband receive the rifle?
Is Louisiana a community property state?
I think we know why the wife was so upset the other day.
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"I support the Second Amendment, but". . .
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