I already have an agent picked out to help my wife sell my guns after I die. He will help her get them all sold without getting cheated. The only gun(s) I hope she keeps are the ones that she carries for her own protection.
Some people these days.
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I was too young when my grandfather died, but he had some old shotgun and a elephant gun, at least that's what I remember people calling it. My grandma ended up selling them at a garage sale, wish I could've had them. But I have a lot of his stuff, gold watch, dog tag, and most special piece to me is his wedding band ring.
It's going to happen to a lot of us!
If there are other heirs or beneficiaries of the dead gun collector's estate, they may have a legal action against the daughter who sold off Dad's gun collection while the deceased was cooling off.
Executors or Administrators of an estate are supposed to SAFEGUARD everything, document it, inventory it, read the will, consult with other heirs, and then dispose of the property in a way that is consistent with the terms of the will, or the instructions of the Probate Court for the estates of people who die intestate (without a will).
If you are a gun collector or just have some firearms that you've owned for a long time and you want to see stay in the family, WRITE THAT INTO YOUR WILL.
Make a new will. Or make a "codicil" (formal amendment) to an existing will, to address the gun issue.
Tell your family members that when you die, they are NOT allowed to just loot your stuff like Hurricane Katrina just went through and without a National Guardsman in sight!
Find the will, read the will, notify the Probate Court, and FOLLOW the will's instructions. That's how it's supposed to work.
Executors or Administrators of an estate are supposed to SAFEGUARD everything, document it, inventory it, read the will, consult with other heirs, and then dispose of the property in a way that is consistent with the terms of the will, or the instructions of the Probate Court for the estates of people who die intestate (without a will).
If you are a gun collector or just have some firearms that you've owned for a long time and you want to see stay in the family, WRITE THAT INTO YOUR WILL.
Make a new will. Or make a "codicil" (formal amendment) to an existing will, to address the gun issue.
Tell your family members that when you die, they are NOT allowed to just loot your stuff like Hurricane Katrina just went through and without a National Guardsman in sight!
Find the will, read the will, notify the Probate Court, and FOLLOW the will's instructions. That's how it's supposed to work.
This. OP, you shouldn't pass judgement on people unless you know the whole story. I often do it too (I think we all do), but then I try to put some perspective into my thinking. I don't know what a persons situation is. While I have my fathers guns and if I needed to pay for his funeral or my mothers doctor bills, I would have parted with them in a heart beat.
You can, just not with guns
