When my kids were pre-teen, and teenagers, they loved to shoot. They also worked as the target crew for local rifle matches at my gun club. Then I sent them to "good" universities, and they returned home liberal, with no more interest in guns or shooting.
As adults they have zero interest in inheriting any firearms. So, at age 75, I'm gradually selling off the collection and putting the proceeds into the grandkids' 529 college tuition funds.
Contrary to some of the earlier comments about guns not being good investments, my experience differs. I recently sold a Colt Diamondback for 5 times the amount I paid for it 30 years ago. The same was true of an S&W revolver I bought new in 1964, and sold last year. Many other items in the collection are worth several times what I paid for them -- albeit that I have owned (and used) them for 30+ years. Even calculating an "alternate cost of funds" I've made a profit on most guns I've sold.
The other open question is whether or not our grandkids will even be allowed in 2040 to keep any guns they inherited from Grandpa.
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