tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985287502362877219.post7995429630606711468..comments2023-11-10T11:44:01.894-05:00Comments on The Miller: Gun StoryJB Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06747865545380623939noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985287502362877219.post-39759065430692166752011-06-06T21:01:38.453-04:002011-06-06T21:01:38.453-04:00I know the feeling, thankfully we have managed to ...I know the feeling, thankfully we have managed to hang on to the family guns that have passed through the generations.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985287502362877219.post-68694002157064196922011-06-06T19:34:35.619-04:002011-06-06T19:34:35.619-04:00My mother sold all my father's rifles when he ...My mother sold all my father's rifles when he developed Alzheimer's (never asked if I wanted them - she hated guns), but she did save his WWII M1911A1, which I inherited when he died. Which gave me the opening I needed to win a long "discussion" with my wife, who also (still) hates guns. Now I have several, and Dad's .45 just sits and rests, getting cleaned and oiled every so often.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015544320906146949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985287502362877219.post-36163011291765233352011-06-06T18:14:49.630-04:002011-06-06T18:14:49.630-04:00I do have two of my Fathers guns and one of my Fat...I do have two of my Fathers guns and one of my Father-in-Laws guns.<br /><br />Two of my brothers got two of them as well.JB Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747865545380623939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985287502362877219.post-11350949104465195672011-06-06T16:01:02.604-04:002011-06-06T16:01:02.604-04:00I'm sorry...
I got lucky. I got all of my gra...I'm sorry...<br /><br />I got lucky. I got all of my grandfather's guns...Jay Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2985287502362877219.post-44514725877832528532011-06-06T13:09:12.023-04:002011-06-06T13:09:12.023-04:00I know the feeling.
My Dad had a Colt Vest Pocket ...I know the feeling.<br />My Dad had a Colt Vest Pocket .25 ACP.<br />He carried it fishing, and elsewhere.<br />I had been HIS dad's backup - his dad had been a RR policeman!<br />My step-mother gave it to a friend of the family, one of my Dad's students. Without even bothering to ask me.<br />It was only a .25, but, it was my Dad's.Guffaw in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356210589713923042noreply@blogger.com