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A word of warning to all C&R and Antique collectors

A word of warning to all you C&R collectors who are not worried about possible firearm legislation because you don’t collect “assault rifles.” On Sunday I was speaking to a retired Dublin Ireland police officer I have known for many years. He warned “Tony, they (politicians) are going to do to you what they did to us.” He went on to tell me that his former police captain took away his reproduction .44 caliber cap and ball revolver that he used for U.S. Civil War reenacting. It was taken away because “You don’t need it.” To paraphrase an old saying: “Give them an assault rifle and they’ll take your flintlocks!” Tony Petruso