The shop’s doorbell jingles. A well-dressed older gentleman in his early eighties enters. He’s carrying a soft gun case. I’m drooling at all the side-by-sides the Olathe Gun Shop is famously known for. I hear the man say he wants to place a shotgun on consignment. My interest is piqued. I move closer but don’t want to appear nosy. Pretending to look at a shotgun, I watch as a vintage-style camouflaged gun case is unzipped. A single-shot shotgun slides out. “Made in England. This beaut’ looks like a twelve-gauge.” Are the phrases I hear from, Brad, the shop’s resident shotgun...
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