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(Ressurected & Stickied) What's your plan for your guns when you kick the bucket? Do you have a gun trust?
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I will be buried with my weapons like the Kings and warriors of old to protect me in the afterlife.
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Wow, I thought this was going to be a "in your next life" thread...
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If/when I get old enough to start planning for "the end", I'll sell some off and give some to friends and family. But thinking of what happens to my firearms after I'm gone doesn't really interest me. I don't really care what might happen to my guns after I'm gone. Maybe that is a little callous to everyone else who is still here. But like I said, if/when I get old enough to implement a plan, I'll sell off and give away what I want to. I care about leaving my wife a house that is paid for.
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The only guns I care about belonged to my father, one of which may have seen combat by my father against the Germans during WWII.
colossians323
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If you are posting in this thread you are old enough.
If you knew the day you were going to die, you would be prophetic and be able to see what was going to happen to your guns.
My niece died of cancer at 14 years old
My neighbors wife has stage 4 cancer in her brain at 31 years old with a 4, and 6 year old child (prognosis not good).
My friend in high school split his head open on a telephone pole wearing a helmet and died.
The one thing everyone had in common was no one expected the end to come so soon.
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Yeah, I've experienced a lot of untimely death in my family. Maybe that experience has shaped my current mindset. Like I said, I guess I'm just callous, because I don't really care what might happen to my guns when/if I die. I'm not ready to get rid of them, I'm actually acquiring more. So when my sentiments change, and I start caring, then I will take action. But that time is not now. And if something suddenly happens to me, well more reason to live in the moment then.
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Exactly!!
The best time to plant a tree (or start investing)? Twenty years ago.
The second best time? Today, haha!!
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You can have AOW’s in CA. I have an NFA trust for the few I have.
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To whom it may concern . I'm a man who loves firearms . I have a few but can't afford them all .. lol I have 6 children all avid gun users and their children will be too . If anyone would love to have their metal babies go to a home that will love and cherish them for all time give me a ring . My lineage will be eternally great full . In my heart there is a love for vintage firearms my favorite to date is my grand fathers service pistol it will never leave the Harris family line . I enjoy the craftsmanship lost to time . I hope this doesn't come off as durpy or missingenuous I want to keep firearms in American heritage foreverrrrrr !! Good luck gentlemen . May you find yourself in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're gone .
Dave.
Dave.
The M4 will save you on Ammo expenses, but you can't shoot with it. Makes no sense to me.I'm 27 and I worry about this.. i already have a small-ish collection. I dream that one day I might hit 250. Who knows
I might sell all of my stuff and buy me a bmw m4
governmentsucks1776
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Trust me.. I think about this all the time. What if I just sell everything now? I would even make a nice profit... because everything has appreciated. But then what would I do? I just can't bring myself to the idea of selling. I have only sold 2 guns. 1 was to pay my taxes, I paid 350 for a 1911 (SA) with mags and two holsters. I then sold it for 750 around covid.. and the other one was a beretta 1951 that literally broke when I shot it. That is IT. No more selling lolThe M4 will save you on Ammo expenses, but you can't shoot with it. Makes no sense to me.
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well I will be dead so don't really care, my wife will probably sell them for half what I told her I paid for them. Only person in the family who is mildly interested in guns is my daughter and she would not want my odd mixture of guns, she would keep a few but dump the rest.
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I came across this older thread during a recent discussion of NFA items. I was going start a "GUN TRUST" post but we already have one.
Seems worthy of a Sticky given all the new members and the continued relevance of the topic.
Seems worthy of a Sticky given all the new members and the continued relevance of the topic.
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I literally just told my wife that, if anything happens to me anytime soon, to reach out to a couple of the members on here I've made friends with. They'll know what these things are worth and FFS do NOT take them to Turners.
My wife will contact my friend and I used to work with him in the industry.
My RAW's I have lowers to swap the parts.
My NFA stuff I have in a trust so I might but add everything else that's not a RAW in there to make it easy.
My friend will help my wife sell off anything she doesn't want.... she's a hoarder though so I'm sure she will want everything....
My RAW's I have lowers to swap the parts.
My NFA stuff I have in a trust so I might but add everything else that's not a RAW in there to make it easy.
My friend will help my wife sell off anything she doesn't want.... she's a hoarder though so I'm sure she will want everything....
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Curious how many members here have a gun trust.
I actually bought a DIY trust package last Black Friday but still haven't gotten around to setting it up.
I actually bought a DIY trust package last Black Friday but still haven't gotten around to setting it up.
- Do you have a gun trust?
- Did you use a California attorney or an online service?
- Is it a standalone firearms trust or part of your overall estate plan?
- Who did you name as trustees and successor trustees?
- What requirements or qualifications did you use when choosing trustees? (Age, firearms knowledge, California residency, ability to legally possess firearms, etc.)
- If you used an online DIY trust, are you confident it's solid as-is?
- Any lessons learned or things you'd do differently?
My trust is just a firearms one. I needed one to get NFA items back in the day.
I used a LDA cause its pretty standard.
My wife is on it and my Mother is the benificiary if we both go at the same time.
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NFA stuff to the wife, she has her own guns outside of my CZ’s. The kids are all getting the rest and have started taking them as they get older.