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I could use some informational assistance. My elderly dad, a retired lcol, just moved into 'assisted living' and gave up his large home workshop. He has set up a desktop workshop in his apartment and planned to finish & assemble black powder revolver kits as his main hobby. Problem is that Dixie Gun Works was his supplier and they have severely reduced their inventory of revolver kits. He's finished almost all the ones they do still stock (you should see the beautiful guns he's made) and cannot get most of the ones on his wish list, especially the LeMat. I've...

GAINESVILLE, Mo. (AP) -- A pastor was convicted Wednesday of abducting six of his grandchildren and holding them for years while he indoctrinated them in his anti-Semetic beliefs. The jury recommended the maximum sentence of 30 years. They had deliberated about an hour to find 73yo Rev. Gordon Winrod guilty. He was accused of abducting his grandchildren from their parents in North Dakota in the mid-1990's and hiding them on his 300-acre ranch for several years. Prosecutors said that Winrod brainwashed the children. Authorities have linked Winrod and his church, Our Saviors Church, to the Christian Identity movement, which considers ...