My wife has also held a licence going back to the early years of marriage years. And yes they were "lifetime" licences.
It was useful to have both of us licenced and in fact my wife had some rifles of her own including an Anschutz smallbore rifle and a 308 P14 range rifle.
Now however, so many years later, and not wanting to sound morbid (I'm not) I see another aspect. I will kick the bucket before my wife, law of averages. The police will NOT be able to descend on my residence to take away my firearms, never to be seen again by my family.
And recently my youngest daughter suggested getting her licence, for the same reason, protection of family assets. Thanked her for her well meaning (realism?) gesture but said no at this stage. She lives too far away for her being licenced to help.
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