sequins
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Hello friends,
Recently my best friend lost his father rather suddenly to complications of his advanced age. I was close with his father as well, and though he did not leave me his revolver explicitly my friend felt that he meant for me to have it and he wanted to gift it to me as he settled the estate. I attended the memorial a few days ago and afterwards when he was gifting me the revolver I noticed that the serial number was scratched out- that is to say it was purposefully defaced with the intent of obscuring the serial number. The serial number is still clearly legible despite the scratching, and I asked my friend why the hell his dad would do such a thing? He told me that the gun was actually stolen at one point and recovered with the serial number in that condition, I'm unsure if a police report was filed and I think this is a case of "it's complicated".
I am extremely reticent to receive such a firearm, but it really means a lot to me to hold onto such a meaningful memento from the old man. He was a real friend and mentor to me and having his gun would really be special to me, I shed more than a few tears at the memorial.
I would post a picture but I declined to take possession at the time and neither he nor I know what to do. Should we throw it in the river? Cut it in half with a welder? Can we re-etch the serial numbers and make it legal? Like I said I don't want to discard it unless I absolutely have to, but I can't possess an illegal gun and I doubt the old man really understood how serious of an issue it is to have such a firearm.
What do you think I should do?
Recently my best friend lost his father rather suddenly to complications of his advanced age. I was close with his father as well, and though he did not leave me his revolver explicitly my friend felt that he meant for me to have it and he wanted to gift it to me as he settled the estate. I attended the memorial a few days ago and afterwards when he was gifting me the revolver I noticed that the serial number was scratched out- that is to say it was purposefully defaced with the intent of obscuring the serial number. The serial number is still clearly legible despite the scratching, and I asked my friend why the hell his dad would do such a thing? He told me that the gun was actually stolen at one point and recovered with the serial number in that condition, I'm unsure if a police report was filed and I think this is a case of "it's complicated".
I am extremely reticent to receive such a firearm, but it really means a lot to me to hold onto such a meaningful memento from the old man. He was a real friend and mentor to me and having his gun would really be special to me, I shed more than a few tears at the memorial.
I would post a picture but I declined to take possession at the time and neither he nor I know what to do. Should we throw it in the river? Cut it in half with a welder? Can we re-etch the serial numbers and make it legal? Like I said I don't want to discard it unless I absolutely have to, but I can't possess an illegal gun and I doubt the old man really understood how serious of an issue it is to have such a firearm.
What do you think I should do?