On a few to maybe even several occasions, I have wondered, if not worried, about guns that I have gotten rid of. There are several ways, over the years I have owned guns, by which I have gotten rid of firearms I have owned. They include: selling, giving away, being stolen, another was disassembled and thrown into the channel in a saltwater bay (no I did not shoot anyone with it before that).
What I have wondered about, even worried about, has been: did the person receiving it or recovering it plan to or actually use it in the commission of a crime. That is probably a very unlikely outcome with the one that went into the bay but what about for some others.
About a year or so ago - when I realized the last name of a criminal, who shot multiple people, was the same last name of a guy to whom I had sold a gun - I started to wonder about what if it had been the same guy! Luckily, it was not the same guy to whom I had sold it because I can just imagine the pain in the neck it could become. Things like law enforcement making inquiries of me about the sale, unwanted and unnecessary attention from the ATF, the possiblity of being sued by victims of the guy's crime because I sold him a the firearm he used to commit the crime creeped into my mind. Who needs all that!
Now, even though I try to remember if I sold a gun to anyone with the same name as a criminal I have read about in current news of a shooting, I am not all that concerned but do wonder. At least, I am not concerned enough to stop selling guns. Why not? Well, because every sale I make is 100% legal. I just wonder, or worry a little bit, is all that a gun I disposed of maybe was or will bbe used to commit a crime. I certainly hope not.
All the best,
Glenn B
