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Gun Control & RKBA

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HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 12:42 PM Jun 2016

What to do with inherited guns you do not want [View all]

This is an issue I have thought about as the wife of an elderly man with a lot of medical issues, and a gun collection. What if I survive him and automatically inherit his guns? I am very much anti-gun and he has known this for over 40 years. I told him to at least Will them to somebody who wants and can own them. No, he has not done this. He says that I can sell them and make money from them. Blood money no matter how much I could sell them for. No, I do not want to make money from guns. Give them to the local police who will only sell them too? Same thing. Our children and their spouses do not want them either.

I would like them taken out of circulation for nobody to own them. I have read of an organization that will melt them down and make jewelry from them. Good solution in my book.

All this gun violence in our society keeps bringing this home to me. If I can do my small part, minus Husband's Will, I will do it. The bought and paid for NRA Congress is going to do NOTHING about it.

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Have them melted down kimbutgar Jun 2016 #1
I'd say destroy them but I haven't the foggiest idea how to do that, especially no_hypocrisy Jun 2016 #2
first you make sure you there isn't one in the chamber gejohnston Jun 2016 #18
Whenever you deal with a gun for whatever reason, you check to see if Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #22
It seems like a waste to destroy them, but when they become your property to do with as you wish.... Just reading posts Jun 2016 #3
call the police mwrguy Jun 2016 #4
Find them a loving safe home with trusted instate friends. ileus Jun 2016 #5
Plus, a lawful collector with 50 guns is no more dangerous than one with 5 guns. appal_jack Jun 2016 #13
Here's an idea for her nykym Jun 2016 #6
cool, but how is she going to get them to Columbia gejohnston Jun 2016 #12
Why should guns not be destroyed, are they are sacred? sanatanadharma Jun 2016 #7
Not sacred, just expensive. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #19
Strange, my guns don't have umbilical cords. My deer rifle has a sling. Does that count? Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #23
Agreed.......... mostly discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #24
that organization only takes gejohnston Jun 2016 #8
Find a deep lake Runningdawg Jun 2016 #9
Not exactly environmentally conscious ... Straw Man Jun 2016 #17
Collecting for over 40, years he may have some stuff worth some pretty big bucks. jmg257 Jun 2016 #10
Exactly. Depending on how many and collectable they are, selling then might pay for Just reading posts Jun 2016 #15
Historical value also FuzzyRabbit Jun 2016 #26
Take a welding class safeinOhio Jun 2016 #11
just a few more things gejohnston Jun 2016 #14
Have a local FFL sell them on consignment and donate the money ... DonP Jun 2016 #16
Seriously, before committing yourself to just having them destroyed, consult a knowledgeable S_B_Jackson Jun 2016 #20
I wonder.. virginia mountainman Jun 2016 #21
You can donate them to my safe via an FFL. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #25
Valuable collector's items are unlikely to be used Warpy Jun 2016 #27
chances are the cops will just sell them to an FFL at the next police auction. gejohnston Jun 2016 #28
Right. Straw Man Jun 2016 #29
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