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They have been saying sandyshoes17 Dec 2012 #1
That's an antique collector gun. JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #2
Yeah, the caliber stops meaning quite as much once you're out of the twentieth century Posteritatis Dec 2012 #9
That's a very expensive rifle that would be bought by a serious collector or target shooter slackmaster Dec 2012 #3
Wondering if it was a reproduction ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #11
She was receiving $250,000 a year in alimony alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #15
A Henry is an Old West era lever-action rifle. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #4
I have a Martini-Henry slackmaster Dec 2012 #5
Meh, looks just like an AK-47 to me! Posteritatis Dec 2012 #6
Here's a handy chart for ID'ing guns: Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #8
The car always cracks me up. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #10
Ha! First laugh I've had in a couple of days! Thanks! nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #16
Hahahaha JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #24
Or a collector nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #7
She needed it to compensate for the size of her penis. Being a teacher, she knew that. Edweird Dec 2012 #12
She wasn't a teacher. Squinch Dec 2012 #27
Henry rifles were made in New Haven, CT. FarCenter Dec 2012 #13
You just can't handle the fact that a female teacher owned and enjoyed shooting guns Edweird Dec 2012 #14
Yikes!!!!!!!!!! former-republican Dec 2012 #17
Not that likely with a mid-nineteenth-century rifle. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #19
Stop using logic former-republican Dec 2012 #20
D'oh. Sorry. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #22
There were no helicopters in the civil war nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #21
a riffle is a rocky shoal or sandbar lying just below the surface of a waterway. are you talking dionysus Dec 2012 #30
oh my DevonRex Dec 2012 #31
the rebels used to lure the union soldiers down to the killing riffles. while their horses dionysus Dec 2012 #32
I control the universe DevonRex Dec 2012 #34
Apparently the mom also took her kids to the range malaise Dec 2012 #18
If you have guns at home and children, old enough, like nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #23
Collected guns and taught her sons how to kill... you really do reap what you sow. nt Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #25
Sad but true.n/t godai Dec 2012 #26
I'm pretty sure the original Henry rifles were not produced in .50 caliber tularetom Dec 2012 #28
What if he killed her to get to her weapons? malaise Dec 2012 #29
it would seem that way, since he first tried to purchase one. bettyellen Dec 2012 #33
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