Who Will Have Your Firearms When You Are Gone?

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My wife, son, and daughters will get most of them. My son-in-law, who I have gotten interested in shooting and C&R firearms will probably get a few. If any others marry into the family before I croak, I might leave something to them if they prove themselves to be worthy.
 
I have 5 kids, 1 niece and 1 nephew (plus a wife). So I would imagine that they will all be gone through. All the little ones and the wifey are shooters.

They'll probably argue about getting their favorites, but since I'll be taking a dirt nap they'll have to settle it amongst themselves.

As for Mr. Sharps, when you leave this earth, which I hope isn't for a long time, I will gladly help take some of those pesky guns off your family's hands.
 
On down the line......my 3 sons .... grandkids!

I like sharps idea too....the wife could sell what the kids have not claimed!

But knowing her, she will keep em all!........:D
 
In the tradition of my dad, who is 80, and my wife's dad, who is 70-something, I hope I might live long enough to hand most of them off to deserving grandkids before I'm gone.
 
im 21 and have no clue lol... if i ever have children they will get them... if not and I know ahead of time that im gonna die of something I will ask friends/family who are into shooting which one they want

I know one thing I dont want them to end up in a garage sale at an absurdly low price like you see some ladies doing with they're late husbands guns because they don't know what they are worth...
 
I have no idea, since I have no obvious beneficiary that would be interested in the guns, apart from their monetary value. (That includes my wife.) But really, why should I care, since I'll be dead? Often, we think we can control things from the grave. That's neither entirely possible, nor entirely desirable. I'll let Fate and Karma sort things out.
 
My kids, if they want them. If I don't have any, or they don't want them, then whoever I think deserves them can have them.
 
Hard to say at this point in time. I have no will set up (I'm 26) since it seems a bit early in life to set those things in stone. The only thing my wife likes is my Colt 22 target pistol, and she probably wont care to shoot it any more if I died tomorrow. Most would be sold so she and my 2 year old daughter could have a good amount of money to get by. I do keep an updated list of my firearms and their values just in case. My reloading stuff would go to my dad and two brothers, and probably a couple of the rifles and shot guns. I hope I have more than one child (I'd really like a son) to share them with. I also hope my daughter gets into it more than my wife has. I suddenly have this feeling of loneliness. I don't have anyone close to me that enjoys shooting and guns and can afford too as much as I do. thank goodness for you guys here on THR.
 
when I die all my guns will go to my wife. I assume she would only keep a couple handguns and give the rest to my son and dauther.
 
Assuming I die from old age, I will give them to my grandkids as soon as they are old enough to be responsible for them. (My own kids have no interest in firearms.) I'm not going to wait until I'm dead or so old that somebody needs to feed me.
 
They will be split between my Son and my Daughter. All except one, my Son has promised that when I go in the ground I will have a revolver in one pocket and a pint of Jim Beam in another. Keep shootin'
 
just make sure you all have youe estates in living trusts before you get sick and require nursing home use.there is now a 5 year lookback rule on admittance to a nursing home under medicare rules the ref asset protection.

living trust avoids probate
 
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My wife gets first dibs on most, except for a few that were bought for me by my family. Those are passed on to my brother, and if he for some reason would not want them they are to be passed on to my cousin. I have no children so those plans are pending some unforseen newcomer. lol
 
My will leaves everything to my son. If he is not 18 at the time of my death, my brother will manage everything for him in the manner I proscribe until my son reaches the appropriate ages for property. That is the plan anyway; I think much can happen with movable property before the will is executed if steps are not taken.

Which leads me to ask: does anyone here have a plan in place to keep things from disappearing once he or she is gone and before the will is executed? i.e. a person dies, and before the executor (or whomever is 'in charge') can secure the house and property the family's black sheep steals heirloom firearms meant for someone else...
 
I'll be dead then, so I don't really care. :neener:

I imagine that my suriviving relatives will probably just sell them off and pocket the money. :rolleyes:
 
I'll probably have them sold and the money donated to a political group such as the NRA-ILA. I'm not married, probably never will be, no kids and I don't speak to my parents or sisters. So I basically don't have a family and probably never will. I'm not really sure what to do with my guns to be honest.
 
All my heirloom firearms were stolen 25 years ago. The new stuff is inventoried, and split between my sons, with cash to equalize the value - one has no interest in guns, but likes cash just fine!
 
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