What gun(s) are you being buried with when you die and why?

I have a history written for each significant gun in the collection and would much rather my boys have and enjoy them as my plans for the afterlife don't include any need for self defense or overcoming a tyrannical government. I do hope there is trap up there.

I'm not even real sure I'm going to die, so have no plans on being buried with any gun. Should I die, guns will not matter anymore.

Bob Wright

Are you serious????

None, I won't be able t use it and it'd be a waste of a good gun. The boys will get all of mine.

Whatever firearms I have at the end of my time here will all go to my nephew, since I have no children. I think it's a bad idea putting guns in coffins, because dollars to donuts, they won't be there when it goes in the ground.

I'm planning on leaving them behind. They are actually in my will. I have an additional note with my will making suggestions on my hand tools, reloading and casting tools and my lead and brass stash.

What a waste to bury a gun with the dead. These are objects that should live on, in the hands of somebody else.

Actually, burying objects with the dead ("grave goods") is as tacky and outdated a custom as taking photographs of the dead. Civilized people don't do such things.

lightman said:

I'm planning on leaving them behind. They are actually in my will.

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Big mistake. Probated wills are public records, so the whole world will know what guns your heirs have. For ordinary guns, a "letter of instruction" left with your attorney will suffice. For NFA items, you can use a trust or simply rely on your state's rules of distribution (in order to be eligible for tax-free Form 5 transfer, in the absence of disposition by will).

Reminds me of the woman who was buried in her Cadillac, took a good car out of circulation that could have been enjoyed by others.

I guess I don't know why I'd want to be buried with a valuable or sentimental item. I'd rather leave them to friends and family so they can appreciate and enjoy them, or sell them if they don't care and buy something they will enjoy. Or I'll sell them off some day and take a trip before I'm too decrepit.

It's all moot for me though. I want to be put in a biodegradable bag and have an oak tree planted on me so it can eat me. I believe in recycling.

cheygriz said:

Are you serious????

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If that were directed to me, yes. Dead serious.

As a Christian, I live with the premise that The Lord Jesus Christ may return at any time to collect the Church, living or dead. This in I Corinthians 5 : 13~18.

And I believe that time to be very near.

Bob Wright

RedlegRick said:

Whatever firearms I have at the end of my time here will all go to my nephew, since I have no children. I think it's a bad idea putting guns in coffins, because dollars to donuts, they won't be there when it goes in the ground.

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If your gold fillings don't make, guns sure wouldn't!

All of my firearms are indicated on my will as a congenial list to my sons, none are individually listed, my firearms are way to important to me than be destroyed, as I do believe in life after death but not on this earth.

BobWright said:

If that were directed to me, yes. Dead serious.

As a Christian, I live with the premise that The Lord Jesus Christ may return at any time to collect the Church, living or dead. This in I Corinthians 5 : 13~18.

And I believe that time to be very near.

Bob Wright

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ummmmm...... perhaps. And perhaps 20,000 years away.
Matthew 24:36 King James Version (KJV)
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

My question, though, is why you would need a gun if you're taken in the Rapture??

Hi...
No guns being buried with me...not even a consideration.
My son will inherit all of them...rifles, handguns and shotguns, plus all the reloading equipment and components.

I'm going to be cremated so I won't have a gun with me, but I showed my heirs where to put my cannon when they shoot my ashes.

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Not a one. I'm not King Tut.

And if I return to a society where guns are needed for protection from criminals or a tyranical government, or to provide food by hunting animals, then I'll be VERY disappointed.

My daughters will be getting all mine. Heck, they're damn near shooting them better than me anyhow! Lol

I won't be buried with any firearms for the same reason I won't be buried with the proceeds from my life insurance.
Because I'll be freaking dead. And enjoyable things can only be enjoyed by people who are not dead.
Sorry friend, but I find this to be silly. And I know you're not alone. A lot of folks do this.

I'm considering cremation, but I wouldn't want to be buried with a gun....... Because that gun's gonna rust and I wouldn't be able to rest in peace next to a rusty gun. Any firearms I leave behind will go to my son.

hi-impact said:

I just wanted one, even though I know it's wasteful and I can't do anything with it because I'll be freaking dead.

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Wasn't meant as a personal attack friend.
You wanted opinions, that's mine.
There is something I want done when I'm gone that most others don't want as well, so you're not alone.
I don't want to be cremated or embalmed. I just want to be buried. No vault, no preservation.
I want to simply return to the earth. I want to decay and have flora and fauna dine on me as I have dined on them while I'm alive. It's nature's way, and it's a good way. I simply want to be recycled back into the universe. I can't think of anything more beautiful or poetic than that. And some folks think I'm crazy. And that's okay.

I've looked into how to do this and it is possible to do so legally, but requires very careful planning.