In the continuing saga of "How the rifle turns"...
Today CJ asked K-Bug if he could come by to pick up the bolt so he could take the pieces to our friend's gun safe. She said no. It then became an arguement over "the rifle was given with the plan for CJ and the bf to go hunting together".
So - either it was a gift or it wasn't. If it is a gift, then ownership needs to transfer to me until CJ is 18 and I get to decide how/when/where it is used/stored. If it is not a gift, then they get to deal with taking it back from CJ and I still get to decide how/when/where he gets to use a gun of any sort.
Some of this was discussed in text between them and CJ and then them and me on the phone. For all the talk, they kept trying to have it be a gift, but one they controlled. Sorry, no. I told them I wanted it decided and dealt with before I left on vacation. Actually, it needs to be dealt with before CJ goes off to training tomorrow evening.
Talking to the bf on the phone is like talking to a used car salesman. He is calm and finds ways to make you agree to small things and then you are close to agreeing to the big things. Or at least that is how I felt. K-Bug just doesn't see it at all. She wants us all to just get along.