They did do something about it. They took our donated guns. What they did with them is a mystery.
Not really a mystery:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Committee_for_the_Defense_of_British_Homes#British_responseYou do get an unfortunate dose of leftist hysteria when you read the article (anytime you see the letters “NRA” the opposite of what the article reads is the truth) but, to a large degree, the guns weren’t really useful to a war effort, the English civilians were mystified as to what they were supposed to do with them, many were civilian weapons, in American civilian caliber that were unsuited to use in England, and, I’d bet a bunch just sat and rusted until they were useless.
The 50 aging WWI era destroyers we sent were likely a God send, but, it was a foolish notion that we needed them back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyers-for-bases_deal#DealBest,
Ted
