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Whovian

(2,866 posts) Sat Dec 15, 2012, 01:32 PM Dec 2012

That's not a typical weapon someone looking for defense would buy. That's the type a kid might buy after watching a movie.

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Mom had a 50 caliber Henry? (per CNN) [View all] Whovian Dec 2012 OP

They have been saying sandyshoes17 Dec 2012 #1

That's an antique collector gun. JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #2

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 wasn't a teacher. Squinch Dec 2012 #27

Henry rifles were made in New Haven, CT. FarCenter Dec 2012 #13

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

oh my DevonRex Dec 2012 #31

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

Sad but true.n/t godai Dec 2012 #26

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