This is obviously just speculation, but how much do we want to bet the driver was on their phone? 50/50 at least

If you sell to a shop you're going to lose money the same way you do trading in anything else, since the shop has to take a cut to sell it at a profit.

I'd sell on Reverb.com. Make sure to take it to your shipper of choice (UPS, FedEx) and have their store pack the item because this will place the burden of damage during shipping on them. They'll do it correctly with the proper box and foam sheets to keep it safe. If you pack it yourself, it's on you if it breaks. Some idiot tried to ship me a guitar on Reverb by packing it in a soft guitar gig bag, inside a box stuffed with a half-assed combination of packing peanuts, bubble wrap, and bunched up paper grocery bags. The thing cracked at the neck joint and that guy was out $1200 because shipping insurance doesn't cover damage from a shitty packing job.

Do you people even bother Googling this stuff before making up stats and up voting blindly?

Stray bullets when these idiots miss several times are, in fact, quite dangerous. Did you forget about the multiple kids killed by stray bullets in broad daylight over the last couple years? They weren't the target. They got hit anyway.

Murders both locally and statewide are up significantly from 10 years ago. Lower than the 90s, yes, but no you're wrong about violent crime "decreasing". It isn't, sorry. It bottomed out in the late 2000s to early 2010s and has since recently begun increasing again.

State Police 2022 report:

"By the numbers: The state recorded 1,194 violent crimes per 100,000 residents last year — a 2.5% increase over 2020.

The 2021 rate is still 16% lower than a decade ago. The rate of property crimes dropped 2% between 2020 and 2021 and is down 33% over the last decade.

Yes, but: The murder rate has almost doubled over the last 10 years.

The state recorded 6.59 murders per capita in 2021 compared to 3.69 in 2011.

The state counted 570 murders and non-negligent manslaughters last year, up from 550 in 2020. In 2011, the total number of murders sat at 299."

We experienced nearly 3 additional murders per capita in 2021 than in 2011 across Virginia.

How is a serial killer a "point of failure"? That's not the correct phrase for describing that.