bogie
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When you get a C&R and the government officially labels you a collector. For everyone else, it's an arsenal.
Saw this in another thread - You know, this actually may make sense. Say you have some neighbors over, and one of 'em sees the giant safe with the 48 ammo cans stacked next to it, and notices that there's a huge stack of long skinny boxes in the back of the hallway closet, and takes it upon themselves to call the cops and the media...
You meet the cops at the door, and rather than being at a loss for words - "She said what? You wanna do what? They're just my boomsticks..." and ending up on the 6 o'clock news, with your "arsenal," you instead say "Oh, hello Officer Friendly. The gun collection? I'm a licensed collector - I have a federal C&R Firearms License - would you like to see it?. Lemme make some coffee for you guys - but I'm fresh outta donuts. Oh, and if you want me to start dragging stuff out of the safes, my attorney says I should call him."
Now, these guys are gonna be coming in anyway. Regardless. Because your neighbor probably told them that you have a machinegun sitting on your kitchen table, and the NRA truck is backed up to your back door, full of saturday night specials to hand out to the local children on their way to school... So, we're thinking damage control mode - you've gotta proactively defuse the situation.
If you have a C&R, your law enforcement folks may or may not remember about it. Can't hurt to remind 'em about it. But since MOST cops are essentially bureaucrats with badges, that piece of _federal_ paper may go a long way with them.
I'm not "into" old military boomsticks, despite twice-annual Knob Creek trips. But now I'm thinking of getting a C&R.