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OH JEEZ! PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUrfect!
(thanks Leo)
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Saw one a couple years ago someone turned in their grandfathers ww2 MP40 bring back⊠was a registered MG⊠got $200 gift card for a $40,000 transferable and of course it was destroyed and removed from the registry 
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OK Matt,
Now Iâm truly depressed. Wouldnât be so bad if I knew it was reacquired and sitting in some collectorâs safe.
Sometimes I think I love guns more than peopleâŠpeople (usually) just suckâŠis that wrong?
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That reminds me of the Buick GNX that was crushed during Obamaâs Cash for Clunkers program.
Stupidity runs rampant.
I could rant on til my thumbs cramped up about the stupidity of these âbuy backâ programs, but Iâm preaching to the choir. I cringe when I see the pictures of some of the collector guns sitting on the tables tagged for destruction.
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Seriously. Atleast donate it to a museam or something so that the history isnt lost. Virtue signaling for social media woke credits just pisses me off
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As a car guy i absolutly detested cash for clunkers. So many awesome classic cars and trucks were destroyed. It put a massive hurting on the used vehicle and parts markets
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I lost a nice Buick âGSâ to the frigginâ city (NYC) because I slept in after a (12) hour shift and it was Street sweeper day, the side of the street my car was onâŠâmy badââŠthey crushed it because they said it was a dope dealers car⊠right⊠It had cragar mags, side pipes, was painted an original brownâŠno bling neon greens⊠doper car my aâ. Frigginâ New york. Wipe it clean and start over.
âŠsorry rough start to the day
This is from âWikiâ but pretty much same car (only in Brown)
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Sorry to hear of that. I always likes those cars. I could never live in NYC. Never. Hope your day is getting better, BTW.
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Thank you Sir, I just irks me sometimes to hear the âwasteâ of stupid people.
Throwing out heirlooms, guns, cars (My uncleânow dead) promised me his
T-Bird ('63) âWHEN HE GOT TIRED OF ITâ and he junked it because it had a couple
of dents⊠MORON-not the sharpest knife in the drawer (It was a TEE-BIRD dammit!), but the MP40 tale
by Matt (above) triggered the Buick memory. Actually my PTSD triggered my âbad dayâ today
letâs blame the true culprit 
.But Itâs an MP40 ! That would be awesome and to see it destroyed
The history behind thatâŠitâs just disheartening. That Buick loss was a heartbreaker though. I know in my mind ITâs JUST A CAR. But when you baby something back from the brink, you massage the paint back to good health, Pick just the right rims and tires, THRUSH side pipes ,the way the Hurst shifter felt in my hand⊠and then to have that crappy city LIE to me saying they thought it was a drug dealers carâŠThey did an unforgivable Oopsie! and didnât have the chops to say âSorry man, we screwed upââŠNo honor amongst thieves I guess âŠ
I never did love New York never, Iâm glad Iâm away from there ,especially nowâŠ
Albuquerque is no great shakes but I feel free here. Wide open Mesaâs, not crammed into
tight housing, able to shoot when I want (for now)⊠Thereâs no Nirvana out there
so Iâll take my small slice of heaven in New Mexico.
Thanks again for asking Joseph
PS: I know it wasnât on topic any of this. sorry guyâs
No easy days lately
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No, Don, I dont think you took us too far off topic, and I (and I expect most all of us) understand your frustration. It was basically the point of @leo23âs opening post. At some point, things can stop being âjust a gunâ or âjust a car,â and they become artifacts of our history that most people agree should be preserved. Itâs when they fall into idiotâs hands and get destroyed, or worse yet, when itâs institutional stupidity, (like your Buick and that MP40 fell victim to) that it gets extremely frustrating.
Actually, the MP40 was a victim of both kinds of stupidity.
If the municipalities that really want to have gun buy backs (a term I hate because it implies they sold the gun in the first place) were decent or honest theyâd only do it with an expert present who could advise owners that they own a classic and itâs worth far more than the gift card they were going to get. Instead theyâre happy to steal from people who donât even know it, then destroy history (or quietly add it to their own collection).
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My son left behind a 2018 Dodge Challenger t/a. 6.4 Hemi, supercharger, 182 mph. It is in my driveway now with expired KY tags. I think it will be in probate, but Iâm going to do what it takes to keep it. My neighbor recommended pinstriping a little memorial to my son on the rear fenders, and I think thatâs an awesome thought. Probate or whatever, itâs getting washed, waxed, interior cleaned, oil change, blocked and covered.
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Sweet ryde Matt!
Just please make sure you get it detailed first by a reputable detailer , then get it âstripedâ
ask if the customizer has pictures of his other work or what he/she is working on now.
One of my stress re-leaving hobbies has been Detailing, I canât paint for sâ ! but Iâve seen some
really sweet rydes messed up by an inferior job of one or both âprofessionalsâ.
If they get âinsultedâ by the inquiry simply walk away
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Was the gun shredded or did it end up getting diverted to a cops gun collection? The world may never know.
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they claimed it was destroyed but we all know how that goes sometimes ahem
Bulletin: The Biggest Gun Heist You Havenât Heard About (thetrace.org)
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Does anyone seriously think that this isnât happening at other facilities across the country. I doubt that the antique and collectable guns are in a cops collection, but I would be quite certain that they are in a politically connected persons collection. Mayor, Governor, Big time political donner, or the above mentioners family or friends.
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Iâll just say a good friend of ours whoâs in the know on these issues put it this way, they âknow when to hold âem, and know when to fold em.â Just another example of how some on a modest govt. salary live, letâs say, very well.
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At this point, one can only hope that the previous owner was informed about the value of the gun they just got $200 for.
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Why would you even think that Ron?
Honestly Sir, to think any gubment âofficialâ
would âdo the right thingâ is laughable these dayâs.
It reminds me of the âfightâ by erected politicians back in WW2
over the flag raised on âIWO JIMAâ It belonged to the
UNITED STATES MARINES who bought and paid for it with
their blood and lives! not to be put on some worthless Polâs wall.
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The guys at the gun check desk at the gun shows see every gun that comes through the door. Some have made some outrageous buys and others direct sellers to their buddies. I hate seeing some widow get ripped off on her husbands WW2 Luger bring back but it has happened. AH picked it up for $75 and was bragging about it. I donât think the people at the buy backs are any different and the police departments probably auction off high value turn ins just as they do with their evidence guns. I have seen people set up tables with signs offering more money for turn ins.
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