Originally Posted by weaselsRus " A guy here walked into our LGS, asked to see a Ruger 357, opened the cylinder, stuffed one round in and offed himself. ..."
I suppose the LGS owner then had to list the Ruger .357 as "Slightly Used, Excellent Condition."
When I lived in Studio City, Calif. years ago, there was a large, well known gun store, B&B Gun Sales in North Hollywood. I'd bought a number of guns there over the years, new and used, plus ammo, reloading stuff, etc., I'd come to know the owners, Bob and Barry Kahn pretty well. One afternoon I was in there checking out their used guns section to see if anything interesting had come in.
I was standing beside an older woman, probably in her 70s, who was gingerly handling a semi-auto pistol of some caliber. .32 ACP maybe. She wanted the pistol for "self protection." She told the salesman she'd "take it." I knew him pretty well. He asked her if she wanted a box of cartridges for it?
She said, "Oh, I don't want any bullets. I could never shoot anyone. I don't even want to shoot it. I just want to scare them away."
The salesman and I kinda looked at her askance, then he talked her out of buying the pistol. Sold her a small canister of mace instead. He later told me that wasn't the first time he'd run into people like that.
It takes all kinds.
L.W.
