by gjlog on Mon Aug 17, 2015 8:16 pm
A sad follow-up to this story. I just bought a gun online at Gunbroker and it offered a number of local FFL's. I chose one nearby and it turned out to be Matt's Firearms. I had bought from him three years ago--no more. He's divorced and lives in a modest and [ramshackle] house with his dog. He did not recognize me--not surprising for people in retail. However, I sort of recognized him, despite his aging, hair loss...So when he called in the purchase he mentioned his online name, "Wildfan1". That rang a bell and after he was finished I mentioned that I recalled that name from MNGuntalk and asked whether he was the same guy. He said he did not recall being on that site, although he said he had been on MNGunsite.com. The guy seemed beaten down. Very polite, but deeply affected by the bad turn of his life.