Well, I would hesitate for two reasons. First possession of stolen goods is not a nice thing to be charged with. Second, if the firearm had been used in a crime and they were disposing of it on a no questions asked basis, I would hate to find out in some police station that a firearm I had, was previously used in some serious crime and be asked if I had a good alibie as to where I was when the crime was committed.
But that is just me. These things may not bother you or the folks purchasing from those in line.
Actually, you bring up some very good points that I hadn’t thought of.
I had to laugh this morning when I saw the follow-up to the missile launcher story... all the excited tweets from the mayor and pictures posing with the thing... and it wasn’t even turned in. It was bought by another guy at the event. The police looked it over to make sure it was safe and GAVE IT BACK.