My wife and I are currently living paycheck to paycheck. I have been hit with health problems and we have a 13 month old boy. I am not healthy enough to even watch him on a daily basis so we also have to pay for child care.

It is my impression that most of the folks on the busse-kin boards are older and have decades of experience in their careers or are retired, or close to. They are no where close to living paycheck to paycheck and likely have substantial life savings. (We were doing decently well until I got sick.) My suggestion is to not collect these pricey knives until at least you are well into your career. I have had to stopped collecting and are pretty actively having to sell off all my stuff. Knives are cool but food and bills take precedent.

Your parents should not have opened your mail. They do, however, have every right to search every inch of their property. You do not have a right to store a firearm on their property without their knowledge. If, for whatever reason, you cannot tell them about it you should at a minimum find a gun storage service and use it, or a kindly and trustworthy relative, or just get your own place. If you cannot afford you own place you probably should not be buying guns and knives.

Sorry for the sermon. I really am trying to help someone not make mistakes that I have and really wish I hadn't.