My relatives and guns
Some of them are nuts. Others do want more sensible laws. One of my experiences sums up some of it.
My 95 year old aunt passed away. She had been living in the family home with its attending collection of family heirlooms and memories. After she died, the estate should have been settled. Her heirs should have divided up that collection and settled matters.
But nooooo. The son who lived with her dug in and refused to let anybody in the house. He would not let them see, much less take, anything no matter how small. Thus began an all too familiar dreary family drama.
There were many items in that house. They ranged from 150 year old quilts to modern guns of all types. It would have been an adventure just cataloguing it. That was not to be.
My cousin, her son, had a heart attack in the yard one night. Then the house caught fire. It was an old whitewashed, clapboard house. Essentially the rooms were made of tinder. My brother got there just in time to make one foray to try and save something.
He was so proud when he talked to me. He had saved 'The Guns' from a horrible ending. I pointed out that he and everybody in that area already had enough guns to repel most invaders. From an economic or historic view, the quilts were a better bet. I wonder if there had been anybody inside what would have been saved first.
Sigh......
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