herrwalther
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This is mostly going to be a gun related rant post that hopefully other people can relate to. I just came back from my family homelands in upstate NY. One person I visited was my grandfather. He had a very modest collection of 3 rifles going back generations.
A Marlin 1936 (not 336) in 30-30. A Winchester 190 in .22 S/L/LR, and an unknown single shot 22LR rifle I could not identify the last time I saw it. The Marlin was bought by my grandfather's father (My great- grandfather whom I am named after). The Winchester was given to my grandfather by my grandmother as a wedding gift sometime in the late 50s or 60s. All these rifles were bequeathed to me in his living will.
Current legislation recently passed in NY greatly scared my grandfather about willing the firearms to a family member. Just before the law was signed into effect this week, my grandfather sold all these rifles out of fear he or I would become a felon from these firearms. It is very frustrating when an 80 something year old man is scared out of family heirlooms because a law is about to make him a criminal, or thinks he is because he doesn't understand the law very well.
A Marlin 1936 (not 336) in 30-30. A Winchester 190 in .22 S/L/LR, and an unknown single shot 22LR rifle I could not identify the last time I saw it. The Marlin was bought by my grandfather's father (My great- grandfather whom I am named after). The Winchester was given to my grandfather by my grandmother as a wedding gift sometime in the late 50s or 60s. All these rifles were bequeathed to me in his living will.
Current legislation recently passed in NY greatly scared my grandfather about willing the firearms to a family member. Just before the law was signed into effect this week, my grandfather sold all these rifles out of fear he or I would become a felon from these firearms. It is very frustrating when an 80 something year old man is scared out of family heirlooms because a law is about to make him a criminal, or thinks he is because he doesn't understand the law very well.