So I'm now a gun owner...

[Buzzword]

...through no fault of my own.
It was a weird Christmas, to say the least.

We stayed with my father-in-law, a retired cop who has always been an amazing cook and didn't disappoint this year (we had Paul Prudhomme's hot-n-sour beef....intensely everything in the flavor department).

But he surprised us with his presents for us.

Two Glock 22s, one altered for my wife who is lefthanded, with several hundred rounds of ammo and a cleaning kit.

Apparently he'd gotten them for us the day of our wedding, nearly six years ago, and had just recently gotten around to making the alterations for my wife's pistol.

So we now have all this stuff laid out on our kitchen table, and I don't feel any safer, I don't feel more secure, I don't feel more independent, and I really don't feel any more free.

Instead, I feel more burdened.
It's another thing I suddenly have to be constantly conscious of, in the midst of being pulled in far too many directions just trying to be a responsible adult.

 

[Jedidiah]

I get bad gifts sometimes too. In time he'll stop pestering you about them. Then you can sell them (legally). You'll probably be able to pocket over a grand for them.

 

[Buzzword]

I get bad gifts sometimes too. In time he'll stop pestering you about them. Then you can sell them (legally). You'll probably be able to pocket over a grand for them.

I don't think it would bug me as much if he had given us one of his historical pieces.

He owns a couple of 1873 Winchesters, an M1 Garand, a Colt Peacemaker, etc. and I'm a huge history buff, so the Gun that Won the West or the Gun that Won WWII wouldn't feel as awkward, especially since the former has so little recoil.

The pistols he gave us were apparently manufactured for law enforcement, and while that's good in the resilient materials department, the guns themselves seem soulless.

 

[Jedidiah]

...The pistols he gave us were apparently manufactured for law enforcement, and while that's good in the resilient materials department, the guns themselves seem soulless.

:chuckle: I thought you just didn't like guns.

 

[Buzzword]

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:chuckle: I thought you just didn't like guns.

I like guns with a history.

Spoiler

Or which demonstrate craftsmanship.

Or both.

 

[Jedidiah]

I like guns with a history.

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Or which demonstrate craftsmanship.

Or both.

Very cool. :zman:

 

[The Berean]

I would suggest that you don't sell them. Your father-in-law went to a lot of time and trouble to give you these guns as gifts. It's probably very important to him that he gave them to you and your wife. Keep them and don't use them if you don't want to.

 

[Buzzword]

I would suggest that you don't sell them. Your father-in-law went to a lot of time and trouble to give you these guns as gifts. It's probably very important to him that he gave them to you and your wife. Keep them and don't use them if you don't want to.

Yeah, I doubt we'll sell them for the time being at least.
Especially since he also gave us around 500 hollowpoint rounds of ammunition for them.

They'll probably just stay in the closet, especially since my wife is far less at ease with them than I am.

 

[TomO]

Yeah, I doubt we'll sell them for the time being at least.
Especially since he also gave us around 500 hollowpoint rounds of ammunition for them.

They'll probably just stay in the closet, especially since my wife is far less at ease with them than I am.

Get a small safe. Toss them and the ammo in there and forget about them. You never know...One day you might be happy to have them. lain:

 

[Jedidiah]

Yeah, I doubt we'll sell them for the time being at least.
Especially since he also gave us around 500 hollowpoint rounds of ammunition for them.

They'll probably just stay in the closet, especially since my wife is far less at ease with them than I am.

Hmm. Throw in the ammo and you can probably clear fifteen hundred in a carefully executed, legal private sale for the weapons and bullets together.

I'm offering information, I don't think you're impulsive and you'll take your time deciding. If anything happens, that million-to-1 shot, where you need to decide right away, that always makes you a gun owner for life. So assuming that doesn't happen and you rid yourself of your stuff there, I'm letting you know, conservatively, this assumes they are brand new in box and remain in new condition. You'll clear fifteen fins.