February 13,2011 Flobert

Today is a very special day for me.
Chris is going to bring my father's gun home  and I am going to shoot it again. This is so exciting!
Getting the gun to Canada was not without challenges.
It started in Germany , with Dad telling me, that the gun was not registered. So when Dad moved to the nursing home, I suddenly had a non registered and therefore illegal gun on my hands. No chance to bring it to Canada!
My Cousin was kind enough to grant safe storage for the weapon , until I knew what to do with it.
There was never time to deal with Dad's gun while he was still alive and so I kind of forgot about it.
After Dad's passing  and my subsequent grief , I went through some of his paperwork and found, guess what? The gun registration! All the angst, for nothing.
My relief was of short duration, the city of Neuwied was hot on my heals to find the whereabouts of Herr Kretschmers weapon.
My cousin and I talked it through and I forwarded his address to the city.
Because  it took a while for Chris to find out, what rules and regulations to gun import from Germany applied, the German police got involved and hunted my cousin down.
He is now known to them as a unregistered gun owner. The horror of it all.
He was however able to ship the gun to Chris , who as a hunter and my stepson, was able to claim ownership .
The gun arrived Wednesday.
My cousin will be so relieved , that he is again an innocent man in the eyes of the law. Chris just need to provide him with a paper , stating the arrival here in Canada.
The best part today is not , that the gun is coming to me, but what I am planning to do with it.
Chris will  find out today that he is going to be the official heir to this weapon.
He and my Dad hit it off when they met and I am sure Dad would love for him to own his Flobert.It makes me happy to give Chris something which connects him to my family and particularly to my Dad.
The only caveat is, I want to shoot it every once in awhile!