What will you do with your guns when you die?

[DWS1117]

I know, morbid subject, but it will eventually happen to everyone.

My wife an I are in our mid 30s. I know we are still young, but lately we have been thing about what would happen if something happens to us. This got me to thinking about my guns. Sure my house, cars, bank accounts that easy, but what about the guns. Naturally they would be left to my son. But what of my son is taken along with us? what then?

I have decided to leave them with a shooting buddy and friend. With him I know that they would taken care of and used. If not I know my anti mother or rabidly anti mother in law will either sell them for a fraction of thier worth or even worse take them to the police or a gun buy back to be destroyed. My mother would just sell them. The MIL would do the other.

We have to make sure our guns get the proper care when we are gone. What will you do with yours?

 

[shooter1]

Easy for me. My son is an adult, and I have started giving him the family guns, along with some other collectables and guns I no longer use. In the event my wife and I go at the same time, he has access to my home to collect the others. He has two girls that have no interest in guns. Guess what he does with them at his demise is his problem.
str1

 

[Jake]

I've got four kids. All of which like guns.

 

[Double Maduro]

My SA .22 goes to my oldest grand daughter, she loves that "cowboy gun".

All of my relatives know and so do her parents, everyone approves.

The rest of my stuff goes to my best friend who will use it and take care of it.

DM

 

[Standing Wolf]

This unmarried, childless man's guns are to be sold, and the proceeds divided between the N.R.A. and G.O.A.

 

[Daniel964]

I'll be dead.

What ever my wife wants to do with them. If its at a young age she'll probably give a lot of them to a friend of mine thats into guns too.

 

[TallPine]

I hope to be eventually blessed by a couple of decent son-in-laws ...

 

[R.H. Lee]

If my son doesn't want 'em, I'll leave instructions for WA to auction 'em off here on THR and send the net proceeds (after a reasonable auctioneering fee) to my son.

 

[juggler]

Deja freakn' vu!!!!

My most significant other (wife) and I were just talking about this. Our thought is to leave the assorted weapons to the club to be used as a pool of firearms to instruct and allow memebers to try different calibers and configurations.....side-by-side/over-under/auto shotguns, pistols and autos, etc. Even let the un-initiated try a Glock or two

My club recently bought 2 20 gage auto's to interest the younger crowd in skeet shooting, so they may be appreciative of this idea. I will be bringing it up in the next meeting. For those of you unfamiliar with my club, it ranks up there with the best I've seen described on this forum.....at least as far as the people are conserned. Some of you have some verrrrrrry impressive ranges.......but that's another thread. No complaints where I am now, fer sure!!

Since we have no kids, and the nearest nephews nieces don't live in the part of America that allow guns to be transfered, this seemed to be the best way to share the wealth.

 

[joab]

I'm 42 and they've already been divied up between my son and nephew.

Son gets the ones that are near and dear to me. Nephew liivng in semi rural NH gets all the hunting type guns.

Then they can trade between themselves or sell them off.

Most will be given while I'm still around to enjoy them enjoying them

 

[cidirkona]

I'll be burried with my Glock... if that's legal. The rest of them will go to my friends.

-Colin

 

[Jason Demond]

Passing them on to family, that's crazy!


When I die, I'm into the next life strapped!

 

[R.H. Lee]

I'll be burried with my Glock... if that's legal.

Load it, and leave instructions to dig it up in 1000 years-see if it still works.

 

[Smoke]

I have a list of where they go along with my will.

After watching my grandfathers, they gave away most of their guns to the grandkids before they passed. A large collection of guns didn't mean much to a 90 year old man but seeing in person the joy of giving them to you proginy was priceless.

I hope I'm that lucky.

Smoke

 

[sensei]

My children have already decided who gets what.

I've already been told I can't do anything with the S&W 13-4, 3" barrel .357. My 17 year old daughter has called for the Glock 30. My oldest son wants the Kahr PM9. They are undecided on who gets what as far as the hunting rifles and shotguns go. We have a few that were handed down to me from my father and other relatives.

They were discussing this over the Holidays.

I told them to a least discuss it when I wasn't in the room.
They just laughed.

sensei

 

[ruger270man]

I'm only 20, but hopefully I'll have some children that are into shooting as much as I am, and they will be gladly passed down to them.

If not, I'll donate it to a local gun range and have them do a giveaway for kids or something.

 

[Shooter973]

After I'm gone!!!

I have 2 sons and a daughter with the daughter the middle child. She is not very interested in my guns, so she will get the monetary value of her choices. My sons, starting with the Oldest will get his choose first of one firearm, then my Daughter or her Husband will choose and then my youngest son chooses. This will continue until all are spoken for. If my daughter doesn't want her gun, she will sell it to either one of my sons at a reasonable price. Barring that she can do what she wants with them. My sons are avid shooters and hunters , and already have some things picked out that they would like. I'll let them come and use them or borrow them now at any time but they are still mine until I choose to give them away or die. Seems to be the only fair way.I have already charged BOTH of my sons to treat their sister fairly, or her husband. I think they will.

 

[RifleDude4Ever]

Give them to a close friend.

 

[Guy B. Meredith]

Take them with me--just makes sense that Heaven must have one heck of a shooting range.

Don't have any good candidates in this world. Sister's an anti, brother's a felon, daughter is a dork, current in line to be future SIL an anti. Wife won't last as long as I will if she is any prognosticator.

 

[dairycreek]

Will give them all away. Already started

 

[homeka45]

Great question, reminds me that I haven't given it much thought. But I will be following this thread. Only one daughter who's estrange after being brainwashed by the ex-wife. Stepkids maybe, but I gotta see how they turn out.

 

[USP45usp]

My will thus far:

All my things go to my Mom. She will give the guns that she doesn't want to my best friend in GA.

If my Mom passes before I do, all my things go to my best friend in GA.

If my best friend passes before me, then all things will be held at a local auction. All guns will be photographed and put upon these boards: www.thehighroad.org , www.thefiringline.com, www.familyfriendsfirearms.com and (I need to add), my board for sale/offer before they go into auction.

And yes, this is what I have written in my will. All money from these auctions will go to the Childrens Hospital. (I'm being cremated and it's almost paid for anyway).

Wayne

 

[Spackler]

At that point, it won't matter much to me.

There are just a couple that I want to make sure get passed on to the proper people. Beyond that, right now I don't know.

 

[Spot77]

Hey everybody....don't forget some important things:

Make sure somebody you TRUST knows WHERE the guns are, HOW to handle them safely, and the COMBINATION to the safe.


This thread is not a good omen for me....Not 15 minutes ago I gave the combinations to my guns afes to somebody I trust for this very reason

 

[Taurus 66]

I'm having mine buried with me (if possible under the law). I'll have racks on both sides holding the long guns, my 357 at my hip, a pocket pistol in my suit, and a snubby strapped to my ankle.

C'mon grave robbers! I DARE YOU!