Florida the rules are different here Chapter CXLIII

A gun exchange takes place in Central Florida. Guess what someone brings?

Orlando emptied its bureau drawers and closets Friday of more than 300 unwanted guns -- and one surface-to-air missile launcher.

The shoulder-fired weapon showed about 6 p.m. when an Ocoee man drove to the Florida Citrus Bowl to trade the 4-foot-long launcher for size-3 Reebok sneakers for his daughter.

"I didn't know what to do with it, so I brought it here," explained the man, who said he found the missile in a shed he tore down last week. "I took it to three dumps to try to get rid of it, and they told me to get lost."

After hefting the weapon designed to blow jets out of the sky, police spokeswoman Sgt. Barbara Jones commented, "I tell you, you never know what you're going to get."

Next time bring those heat seeking missiles you got laying around in the garage and get a pair of sneakers in exchange. My wife says the person bringing the missile should have gotten an entire shoe collection. Isn't this a great state or what?

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