American Rifleman September 1950

Internet Archive ^ | September 1950

[OttawaFreeper]

I uploaded a few articles of interest including letters from an African safari, shotgun patterns, gun makers in San Francisco during the mid 19th century, muzzleloaders military semi autos and their use, and finally ads of interest. Pardon if the pages are not in perfect sequence.

[yarddog]

My oldest Brother was an NRA member around 1960. He had to go through a lot of hoops to join.

[PGalt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rdHdUDmGn0

[LouieFisk]

“Happiness Is A Warm Gun article, American Rifleman magazine, May 1968”
https://www.beatlesbible.com/gallery/miscellany/american-rifleman-happiness-is-a-warm-gun_01-2
Where Lennon got the idea for the Beatles song. Grimly ironic, considering the manner of his death.

[Veggie Todd]

Why couldn’t Chapman have taken out Yoko instead?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember that as I joined in 1968. Had to get a lawman, police officer or military officer’s signature to get me in.

[dfwgator]

Why couldn’t Chapman have taken out Yoko instead?

I have a theory on that. I think Yoko ordered the hit.

[LouieFisk]

“Why couldn’t Chapman have taken out Yoko instead?”
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He only had a gun on him, not a wooden stake.

Though John was a pretty awful person himself by every account. Not bad enough to warrant death, just a real jerk.

[Veggie Todd]

I have a theory on that. I think Yoko ordered the hit.

I never thought of that. You might have something there.

[dfwgator]

I base it on the fact, that John had an affair a few years earlier, and also some of the stories that he was “evolving” politically, namely that he liked Reagan. So, Yoko, may have sensed it as a threat to the “legacy”. No proof, but it’s just something I always wondered in the back of my head.

[AlaskaErik]

My oldest Brother was an NRA member around 1960. He had to go through a lot of hoops to join.

When I joined as a life member in the 80s I just had to have money.