redloki
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I have to completely agree with your assessment Jamz. Very nicely said.
... late grandfather's Arisaka type 99 with an intact chrysanthemum...my grandmother...HATES GUNS...has decided she wants to bring them all with her when she moves to Texas this winter!
I even bought them both gun safes when they had kids and got married. I didn't want my grandkids playing with guns with working parents.
My daughter even remarked several times how she would always remember the day that I took ..both.. of my 20 ga. 870's apart and switched the wood and metal and made one PERFECT 870 to give her when she left home.
BUT..... I recently found that she had let her hubby use that 870 and he had put it away with BLOOD all over it and now it is a pitted rustbucket.
Well, I had GIVEN the guns to the kids without "strings" attached (as all gifts should be) but that little 870 shock made me decide to also ask my SON about the Colt I had given him long ago that both my dad and I used to win trophies with. He didn't know where it was.
"Isn't it in the safe?" I dumbly asked.
"The safe's full." was the reply.
Now, what the safe is full OF is none of my business. But as of last week, I completed the sale of every last one of my "collector" guns. (I cheated and kept one "Black Widow" Luger)
The guns are gone now. Harsh? Maybe, but I have always sort of considered that I was just the "caretaker" of the guns and unrealistically expected that that attitude would carry forward and maybe someday, someone would get some nice guns that had passed through MANY generations.
Folly.
It's a "mixed bag." I sort of miss the guns. But I also feel better knowing that (due to the price) they now WILL be "cared for." Maybe the buyer will also find himself in the same situation someday. I hope not, but there's really no way to know.
I won't go into a lot of detail, but I'm not kidding, I feel your pain. Recently found out, of the 11 firearms I bought my grand daughter, 5 are left. 4 of those are, and always have been in my safe. Seems they disappear when others have them.. She is 11, and I always wanted to buy her a gun, for every year of her life. I can't prove anything about what happened, but both of us KNOW! She loves her guns, and it sucks, what is happening. I will controll future purchases for her. LIVE AND LEARN!Topgun said:I've just completed a very difficult decision. I love my kids and I love my guns. My kids are in their early 40's. Along the way, I have given guns to them. Nice guns.
I even bought them both gun safes when they had kids and got married. I didn't want my grandkids playing with guns with working parents.
My daughter even remarked several times how she would always remember the day that I took ..both.. of my 20 ga. 870's apart and switched the wood and metal and made one PERFECT 870 to give her when she left home.
BUT..... I recently found that she had let her hubby use that 870 and he had put it away with BLOOD all over it and now it is a pitted rustbucket.
Well, I had GIVEN the guns to the kids without "strings" attached (as all gifts should be) but that little 870 shock made me decide to also ask my SON about the Colt I had given him long ago that both my dad and I used to win trophies with. He didn't know where it was.
"Isn't it in the safe?" I dumbly asked.
"The safe's full." was the reply.
Now, what the safe is full OF is none of my business. But as of last week, I completed the sale of every last one of my "collector" guns. (I cheated and kept one "Black Widow" Luger)
The guns are gone now. Harsh? Maybe, but I have always sort of considered that I was just the "caretaker" of the guns and unrealistically expected that that attitude would carry forward and maybe someday, someone would get some nice guns that had passed through MANY generations.
Folly.
It's a "mixed bag." I sort of miss the guns. But I also feel better knowing that (due to the price) they now WILL be "cared for." Maybe the buyer will also find himself in the same situation someday. I hope not, but there's really no way to know.
So, kids, if you really WANT to get the old man's guns, please be aware that TAKING CARE OF WHAT YOU GET may have a real payoff for you.
It's part of the new abandoning of responsibilities trend
Well, I had GIVEN the guns to the kids without "strings" attached
so you are complaining about What exactly? parenting skills?
reap what you sow? is that the phrase?
if a student doesn't learn, the teacher didn't teach.
Oh horse hockey there are countless factors that go into how a kid will end up other then just the parenting. Part of my extended family has two kids, one son and one daughter. Their daughter became succesful in the computer industry and brings in a little over a million a year. Their son? He is lucky to bring in 30 and has strugged with drug and alcohol abuse his entire life. Just blaming how someone turns out on their parents isn't always near true. You can have the best parents in the world have a kid that turns out to be a scumbag. And scumbags can produce doctors, lawyers, scientists, etc.raised the kids? uh huh.
and taught em what?
yep. and how much of it stuck?
hmm. so you are complaining about What exactly? parenting skills?
reap what you sow? is that the phrase?
if a student doesn't learn, the teacher didn't teach.
where did i go wrong?
oh, wait, that's the phrase i Didn't See.