I contacted my folks this morning, I was going to get my father to use his dd214 etc to acquire a cmp garand so the family would have another one....spoke first with my mom, and explained what I needed them to do-----her response....I dont think he'll want to after all the liability if somone uses that gun in a crime.......I talked to Dad about it and he said....youll put me through hell here, if I do that for ya.....so thats how its done, my 61 year old mom is concerned that if someone steals that rifle and uses it that they will be prosecutted....this from parents who taught me gun safety and before I was allowed to shoot would let me clean the firearms that had been shot and then they taught me to shoot when I was 12, allowed me to compete in small bore competition both handgun and rifle....a father who retired as a warrant officer, after 30 yrs in the army including the green berets, and a tour in korea, vietnam, and two in thailand, a job as a probation officer and finally achieved his doctorates and taught criminal justice.......these bas***ds use fear, too bad we cant find a way to give them a little...fubsy.