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What do I do with Dad’s guns?

A friend of a friend contacted me, explaining that her dad had been a gun collector for many years. He recently passed away, leaving his gun collection to her and her sister. She asked me, “What am I supposed to do with these? I don’t want these guns!”

BITE MY LIP

It took all my fortitude to not blurt out, “Give em to me!” It wouldn’t do any good--she probably wouldn’t understand that I am cut from a different piece of cloth than most of her friends and associates. Unlike them, I have always believed, a person can’t ever have

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