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Originally posted by Alberta Canuck:
A lot of your suggestions are worthwhile and appreciated but are beyond my ability. I cannot inventory my stuff because I do not have the physical strength to do it.. I have decided not to sell it piecemeal because I do not have the physical strength left to do that either.

So, my best friend is coming up from Tucson next Tusday to meet with me and several folks from Riata Pass Auctions (which also has an auction house in California). They will apparently do the inventory for me.

Then after the auction the things which do not meet the reserves will likely be transfered to another friend who is a local store-front gun shop owner. That way I will not have to 4473 them all back into my possession, my wife will get a check for the things which do sell at the reserve or higher, and the local shop can pay her as and when the rest of the stuff sells.

I want you guys to know how much I miss your company here on line. I also miss being able to shoot any more. I shot from one to six days a week for over 50 years and loved almost every minute of it. I didn't enjoy every minute of being a national team member because of the politics of it, but it was still well worth doing and I learned from it.

The major thought I would leave all of you with is to NOT fill your minds or souls with hate for any group...liberals, illegal immigrants, or anyone else. Our democracy, our country, and out freedom depends on accepting the outcomes of votes, followed by the actual support of the wishes of the voters until a next election, by which time we may be able to convince them to vote things OUR way.

And, a thought which I know will be very unpopular here... The NFA of 1934 established Class III weapons law ammonst other things. Much of a PITA as that was/is, it has maintained the rights of us to own machine guns, etc., at all for over 70 years, with none of the legally owned Class III stuff ever being involved in violent felonies. If Class III comes to include semi-auto "assault rifles", it may well be the very process which protects our right to own THEM for the next 70 years as well.

Our government is what WE each, individually, make of it. Substituting hatred of other groups and/or of our government in general will only lead to anarchy, more violence, and a loss of freedom in general for everyone.

BTW, as a 32-degree Mason, I have no fear of death, though I DO greatly fear the process of dying. So far it is neither comfortable nor calm. Being smothered by one's own malfunctioning heart is not a thing I would see happen to any of you.

Hopefully I will get to speak with you guys a bit more here, but if I do not, live with grace and pleasure, and pass in peace when your times come.

AC

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Originally posted by LJS:
My prayers for you and your family. It is amazing how close you can become to fellow AR contributors even having never met them. Your loss will certainly diminish this site!