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(20,868 posts)She knew how I felt about it and she hid the guns from me.
Suddenly, she fell ill and was in the hospital, dx'd with a terminal illness.
Suddenly, I get a telephone call from a sibling who was very excited about one thing -- not Mother, but the guns she had.
Seems those guns, well ... who were they registered to? No one seemed to quite know.
My late mother had cancer and it was affecting her brain and the guns, where were they? She would not tell me!
My sibling wanted answers and/or the guns right away, like NOW as they may have been in my late father's name, sibling's name, or even Mother herself. No one seemed to know.
To add icing to the cake, Mother had several lawsuits going on when she died and had many bizarre thoughts towards the end of her life, before the diagnosis.
What I did:
I found those damned guns and I took them to the local Sheriff and filed out forms and had them melted down/destroyed being I had Power of Attorney.
*sigh* of relief from gun nut idiot sibling.
Did the idiot sibling learn anything? NO, still well-stocked and waiting for the next war is what is said now. Kinda scarey isn't it? What is this "next war" crap? again.
And to think, my new grand nephew could end up in THAT house; a 6 mos. old baby!?
for the world.
Glad you see the light and thanks for your words/post. I hope others will learn from the likes of you, stories like mine and whatever else it takes for them to see the reality of gun ownership -- it is not worth it! Hell, I lived in a large city for many years and have traveled the world and I have never wished I had a gun nor have I ever a need for one of them.
My interaction with guns is limited. It was an act of destruction, having one "destroyed" which was not easy task btw. Dare I suggest that it is perhaps easier to obtain a gun that get rid of run of the damned things?
& recommend.