A short story of a nice old lady in White Plains, New York. Her husband (died prior to '86) was a collector of all sorts of firearms, all legally owned. Among his collection were several WWII era mg's (I don't recall which, this was a long time ago) all legally transfered in the 60's to him. He passed, and his poor wife, not knowing what to do, called the White Plains PD BEFORE her lawyer. They said they'd "hold them" for her, and she gave them his machine guns. No reciept, just a verbal agreement between her and the trustworthy officer. When it came time to go over the estate with her lawyer, the WPPD denied any knowledge of any firearms being recovered/held for her. Her own fault, of course, but a real eye opener all the same.