Problem With Giving A Rifle As Gift To Someone Diagnosed With Cancer

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Good luck to your dad.

Sounds like a good time to get 2 of the Swede Mausers and some non-corrosive ammo and spend a little time shooting at the range with him.
 
I think you're asking if giving your pop the rifle would be seen as you suggesting he "end it all", but honestly, why in the world would anyone, including him, look at it that way?
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I didnt even see it this way. I had no Idea people would think this. Even if he was "sick" Id just see it as a way for him to enjoy family moments during his last days.

Guess I try not to see the worst in people?

BTW hope he has fun with it!
 
Proceed as though nothing were wrong.
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Yep. Just go on living life to it's fullest. Many, many people survive cancer these days. My Mom did. My prayers to you and yours. AC
 
You've gotten good advice from a lot of friends above so all I'll say is good luck to you and your dad and my prayers are with both of you! Oh, one piece of advice - spend as much time with your dad as you came!

Buel
 
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It's therapeutic! Think of it this way... a little positive thinking can help big time.

Perhaps imagining that the X-ring is full of cancer cells might put the appropriate concept in play.
 
If i had recently been diagnosed with cancer i would want people to give me as many guns as possible. If i had found out my son was going to give me a rifle and then repealed his decision i would be really pissed. Plus theres the possibility that he can beat it. So why not?
 
I agree, get him the gun. My father recently passed from a long battle with cancer so I am familiar with the effects it has on a person as well as their family. If he has an interest in one then I urge you to go forward with your plans to give him a gun. Hopefully you have the opportunity to take him to the range as soon as you give it to him. This was he will have something to look forward to (additional range trips) as he undergoes his treatment.
I was unable to be with my Dad as he went through his illness. I would give anything to be able to go back and share something like this with him. Best wishes for you Dad and may he have a speedy recovery and many days at the range.
 
Get him the firearm. Then take him to the range and enjoy his company. No one is guaranteed tomorrow, so he, and you, and all the rest of us should enjoy today as much as we can. I was diagnosed with leukemia and kidney cancer at 63 and I was told there was little or no chance at all that I would survive. But thanks to God, some wonderful doctors, and especially marvelous nurses, I did survive. I passed my 5 year mark, which is considered a cure, a month or so ago. These days it is very likely that he will do as well as I did, and he will be in our prayers.
 
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