Can I be buried with my pistol?

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I have thought seriously that when my Father passes away, to have him buried in his US Marine uniform with an M1 at his side and a Jap helmet and a broken samurai sword at his feet. An alternative to the M1 would be a USMC NCO sword on his breast.

I would like to at least have a sword buried with me. I hope to have decendants to leave my guns to.

I also want to be buried with a good pair of shoes, even if I don't have feet. :neener:
 
Since your CCW will expire eventually, you should get a separate compartment in the coffin not readily accessible by the cadaver, and keep the firearm and ammo separate.

:D
 
You'll want that pistol real bad when it turns out you weren't really dead and are 6 feet underground! :neener:
 
My dying wish is to be cremated, and then my ashes mixed with the appropriate powders and loaded into the appropriate cartridges and to be included with all my guns when they change hands.

How's that? :D
 
I worked in the mortuary business for several years. Not all funeral home employees are scrupulously honest, especially now that they are corporate enterprises more often than family businesses, IME. I'd counsel against putting anything of value in a coffin unless you plan on staying with that coffin right from the moment you close the lid until the last of the earth is heaped on top of it. At many of the newer "memorial garden" type cemeteries that isn't even practical. They hold a service at the on-site chapel and everybody goes home. No grave-side service at all.
If the purpose is purely symbolic, why not follow the ancient Egyptian lead? Even an image of a gun will provide you with arms in the afterlife. Have a photograph taken of your personal arsenal and have that picture tucked in the coffin with you. Then, if you believe in such things, you'll have all of them to shoot "on the other side."
 
I second what Golgo said, I know someone who works at a funeral home and he's always got loads of used pocket knives trying to sell people. He's admitted to a couple people where they come from a time or two also. Despicable. :fire: People like that make me sick. :barf:
If you want something of value included in the burial, I suggest placing in the coffin at the services very discretely .
 
i don't want to take anything with me. i feel comfort in the fact that my stuff/guns will go to my sons. pass the gun down to the next generation whether it be a son, daughter, nephew or whoever. just my opinion, different strokes though.....
 
Don't laugh Bokchoi.
I believe American Rifleman some years ago told the story of a fellow wishing the same thing. His friends stood around stuffing his ashes into shotgun shells then trundled off to the range to send him off. Worked well, and there was not a dry eye in the house.
 
I'd say during the last pass to pay respects, you have a close friend discreetly place it inside the casket with you. Only you and he/she would know...............well, you, him, and US !!!!!!!
 
I heard of a fellow who wanted his ashes scattered over his favorite rifle range. So his shooting buddies took the urn and set it out on the 100 yard line on a windy day and gave him 3 volleys of musketry with live ammo. Acomplished both the salute and did a grand job of dispersing his particles over the landscape.
 
This is kind of a fun thread, but seriously.. Wouldn't you rather leave your gun to a family member or close friend so that it could be used, and you be remembered by them having it? When we die, we will be through with material and earthly things forever. All things will eventually melt away in the end, so why not let someone enjoy it while they can?
 
You can put about anything short of a biohazard in the coffin before burial.

When my wife passed away, I asked the funeral director, "could friends and family place mementos in her coffin?"

He said, "sure - not a problem."

Then he related a story:

"We did a service for a Harley biker club guy once. All his buddies were there."

Then he said:

"I could have cried looking at all that Jack Daniel's going to waste in the ground."

I am sure you can be buried with your favorite pistol.
 
Befriend a local funeral director, preferably one who is a gun-nut.

Get him to stuff the pistol inside you while he's embalming.

Talk about concealed!:D

Travis
 
I opted for cremation.

And I wanted my ashes sprinkled in menu items where liberal politicians are known to graze. Right back at ya, Hillary/DiFi/Chuckie/Ted!

I've been working on a list, too. Uncle Mikey Irwin gets the Remington Model 8, Tamara the Caspian Officer's ACP, 4V50Gary the 1903A4, Preacherman the military 870, hkmp5d the M14NM, Ala Dan the S&W Model 52, Stainz the 696, SMLE the 1917 NoIMkIII*, and so forth, as I figure out who else gets what. My highly-coveted, extremely-limited-edition 6.5-06 Interdiction Rifle should go to the NRA museum, assuming whoever delivers it there actually follows through on the task. ;)
 
So Paddy O'Shaunessy says to his best frind, Liam McGinty, he says, "I'm goin', Liam, and I want yez to remember me. Promise me you'll pour a pint of Guiness on me grave every year at the anniversary of me death."

An' Liam, he says, "I will, Paddy, so I will. You won't mind if I strain it through me kidneys first?":D
 
I see no reason why not. You could probably put a case of ammunition in there too, in case you go down instead of up. ;)
 
God only likes 1911s.
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LOL, reminds me of a joke I heard a while back...

One of our fellow gun-nuts passed, and while in heaven he noticed a man with a 1911 blasting away at targets and hitting them dead center every time. Of course, the late gun-nut asked "Is that JMB?" The angel replied "No, thats God, John taught him how to shoot."
 
Just as long as they don't cremate you with a fully loaded .45 in the coffin...
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Preacherman - - -

- - Funny you should mention that.
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I don't think he's trying to be funny. I think he's just worried. In his job he is likely to end up in the line of fire... :D
 
You are 34, a lot of time before your last day. You can change your favorite 9mm few more times before your last hour. Best of luck with your decision. If you will change your mind send this gun to my...:)
 
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