question about burying a gun with its owner?

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Dear Smith and Wesson Forum i have a gun question. is it legal to bury a favorite gun with its owner when the owner dies if the deceased had no family or friends to leave the gun with? any and all help in answering this question would be greatly appreciated sincerely and respectfully mg357 a proud member of the Smith and Wesson Forum.
 
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I don't know of any reason why not unless your state has some weird law that would prevent it. Personally I would just put it in the coffin out of view and keep quiet about it.
 
My great uncle asked me and my brother to put 100 dollars each in his coffin when he died...my brother put in a hundred dollar bull and I put in a check for 200 and took the c-note.
 
sipowicz----seems like i've heard that story before--told as a sort of joke--however-----have you checked your bank statement to see if that $200.00 check ever cleared????
 
LLN said:
sipowicz----seems like i've heard that story before--told as a sort of joke--however-----have you checked your bank statement to see if that $200.00 check ever cleared????
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If the check was cashed, he should be very careful where he sleeps at night...:D
 
I would think, "outa sight, outa mind" or don't ask, don't tell.

But I see you are in Ill a nose, so there are probably many laws and restrictions on this very topic.:)
 
I would not be surprised if someone at the funeral home would make off with a gun left in a coffin. Don't put it in the coffin until the last possible moment.
 
cowart said:
I would not be surprised if someone at the funeral home would make off with a gun left in a coffin. Don't put it in the coffin until the last possible moment.
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Serious answer: Agreed, the problem is both somebody lifting it at the funeral home/church and also the potential for somebody digging it up later (especially if it's a "nice" gun).

I've seen where people are laid out with their finest jewelry, etc. and then at the casket sealing, the funeral home manager removes it all discretely and gives it to the family. Perhaps that's an idea?

If he really wanted to be literally buried with it, then maybe you could at least disable it? I'd hate for it to be stolen/dug up and later used in a crime?
 
bitstream said:
If he really wanted to be literally buried with it, then maybe you could at least disable it? I'd hate for it to be stolen/dug up and later used in a crime?
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It needs to be cut into pieces, otherwise the "thief" would just fix it by replacing the missing part(s).

Pete
 
Why would someone want to do that? Why just throw a good gun away like that? A favorite family member or close friend would be a better option.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, but a good gun can go on forever...
 
I had a friend that used to ride funeral escourts. He told me of doing a funneral where a gypsey king or head guru died. He was interested in how gypseys hold a funneral so watched. He said people filed past the casket and dropped money in the casket while the crying old widow watched. At the end of the funneral she asked the director could she have a few moments alone with her husband. My buddy got real curious to watch and kind of hid in a room to one side out of sight around a curtin. He said she walked up to the casket and picked out the money and spit on the corpse!
 
oldfella said:
It needs to be cut into pieces, otherwise the "thief" would just fix it by replacing the missing part(s).

Pete
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Sorry, by "disable", I meant literally to disable it permanently in a proper manner chosen for the specific weapon. Hopefully there is a more graceful method than just hacking it into pieces.

I'd still go with my first suggestion of laying him out with the weapon artfully and then removing it before sealing the casket and giving it to the family. Of course, then you better have somebody stand guard during the visitation, etc.
 
With all due respect to the question that makes as much sense as burying me with my Rolex. No laws against either-but do you REALLY want to do it?
 
Rumor has it that a relative was buried with his Thompson SMG. He had picked it up during the Solomon campaign and saw no reason not to bring it home when the war ended. As it had never been properly registered I really don't think any of the surviving relatives wanted to be associated with that firearm, so I suspect his wishes were granted.

Besides, as his Grandmother was Cherokee the idea of sending him off with his favorite weapon may have played well with other family members anyway.
 
I heard about this old black man that wanted to be buried in his cadillac. They granted his wish. He was slowly being lowered in the grave with a crane. He was sitting in the cad wearing a derby hat with a stoggey in his mouth and a bottle of his favorite booze on the seat by him. A couple of his best friends were watching in awe. One turned to the other and said, "Man! Now dats liveing!"
 
I told my wife "Nothin fancy, I don't wear a suit in real life, don't catch me dead in one..." do it cheap as can be, have a BBQ after, keep my ashes till she goes (and vice versa) then have the kids dig a lil hole, toss our ashes in and plant an oak tree there... we always was a little nuts, might as well stay that way!
 
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