Solomonson
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I'm curious, are any of you old enough to remember when firearms were proudly displayed? I think the tradition goes far back in the US.
Two of my uncles displayed some of their guns on racks in their dens. Some friends of the family had large gun cases either in their front rooms/parlors or their family rooms/dens.
Not much later I had a two-bit gun rack in my bedroom that held an old Nagant (a gift from one of my above uncles that had always been around the house), an old SxS .410 shotgun that had been my grandfathers, my brother's Marlin single shot .22 and my Daisy BB gun. I was so proud that they hung in my room!
Later one of my uncles gave me their gun rack (after they began keeping their guns in a safe) and I ultimately had 8 long guns on display. Even years ago it shocked some of my friends to see them.
Now talking about one's gun safes has almost become a fetish for some it seems. I suppose it has to do with the days we are living in? Security? At least to some degree. I see large/beautiful gun cabinets for sale for next to nothing now and then on the used market here locally.
Two of my uncles displayed some of their guns on racks in their dens. Some friends of the family had large gun cases either in their front rooms/parlors or their family rooms/dens.
Not much later I had a two-bit gun rack in my bedroom that held an old Nagant (a gift from one of my above uncles that had always been around the house), an old SxS .410 shotgun that had been my grandfathers, my brother's Marlin single shot .22 and my Daisy BB gun. I was so proud that they hung in my room!
Later one of my uncles gave me their gun rack (after they began keeping their guns in a safe) and I ultimately had 8 long guns on display. Even years ago it shocked some of my friends to see them.
Now talking about one's gun safes has almost become a fetish for some it seems. I suppose it has to do with the days we are living in? Security? At least to some degree. I see large/beautiful gun cabinets for sale for next to nothing now and then on the used market here locally.
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