without injury in case there's still a bullet in a chamber.

then you use an angle grinder to cut the frame or receiver in half.

...it is unloaded. If you don't know how, don't touch the gun, and get help from a competent person. The vast majority of gun-owners practice this all the time, which probably explains the Plummeting death-by-gun accident rate for children 15 yrs. and younger, and the Plummeting hunter injury rate.

If you don't know how to get a bullet out of the chamber, don't touch the gun.

they should be able to take them

Believe it or not there are millions of firearms that aren't committing any violent acts out there.


I rehomed around 30 firearms last year after my father passed away, my brother rehomed the other half and his safe.

The most guns that anyone can field at a time is one long arm (rifle or shotgun), with maybe 2 pistols as backup. So, beyond those numbers, is the OP really generating "blood money" from the guns? No. Selling to a peaceable collector will do nothing worse than clutter somebody's safe...

-app

Turn guns into musical instruments.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/colombia-dispatch-7-turning-guns-into-guitars-88180366/?no-ist

and I doubt a pistol would make a good guitar.

Religious attitudes toward guns are the reason that America has a gun problem.

When laws are passed to outlaw destroying guns from gun buyback programs, then clearly some people equate guns to fetuses and consider the gun to be sacred.

"Since 2009, at least 11 states have passed laws that either encourage or require police departments to sell seized or recovered guns -- with some banning police from destroying guns altogether..."

"North Carolina this week became the third state to forbid law enforcement from destroying unclaimed firearms and weapons collected in gun buybacks."

"Arizona law bans destroying guns purchased in buyback programs"

Why discard all that potential money?

The apparently faith based illogic clung to by many ban happy control folks is a lot of the reason America has some its problems with guns.

the ones used in crimes that the cops don't need for evidence. You can always contact them, but unless this artist is a Florida resident, the artist will have to fax a copy of an FFL to the one you plan to send them from. The dealer might charge you for the work and paperwork. The artist will definitely pay up to forty bucks per gun.

Or you can always do what one of Katie Couric's staffers did and admit to violating the Gun Control Act on TV.

The easiest thing is to load them in the car and pitch them in the ocean.
BTW, do you know how to unload and clear them?

and dump them. End of problem.

May be worth him selling them now and you guys enjoying the $$, doing something noble with it, or the kids inheriting the cash.

the grandchildren's college education.

Some of the guns might have historical value and belong in a museum. Have a good appraiser look at them before you decide what to do with them.

And go full Martha Steward. Repurpose into works of art that express a message.

... to a charity of your choosing. That guarantees a background check and legal sale.

Otherwise, somewhere down the road, you might find out that a gun or two was really worth a few thousand $$$ and realize that money could have really helped a lot of people.

auction house, for an appraisal of the value of your husband's collection. Depending upon what the collection contains, there may be some very valuable pieces.

Ultimately, the decision is still up to you...but at least you will be making an informed decision.

Since you use terms like "blood money" and "gun violence" when discussing his firearms...

I wonder just how much bloodshed and killing, his extensive collection has caused his family?

to knock over a corner liquor store or shoot up a school. He's right, get them appraised and sell them to other collectors who will keep them under lock and key in display cases. The ones that aren't valuable can be turned over to the cops or you can hire a steam roller for the day.

And they can keep the money to pay for some snazzy new armored vehicles.