Im jamie colby, in garden grove, california, about a halfhour south of l. A. Im on my way to meet a woman whose wild west inheritance might be worth a fortune. Come on. Lets go have a looksee. My name is melissa guy. When dad passed, he left me with 40 rare colt pistols, one in particular that led me to a bit of a showdown. Hi, melissa. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Melissa leads me into her living room. And shows me a small sample of the strange inheritance her dad, mel, left her. Oh, look at the handle. Come here, baby. This would be a gun that a cowboy would carry. Mel wasnt a cowboy but a World War Ii Navy vet who owned a sheetmetal company. He never had a thing for guns until his wife gave him this antique pistol as a birthday present. It was a couple dollars. And this is the gun that started the collection. Mel loves it so much that he decides to replate it with shiny new nickel. Then, he learns the refurbishing diminished its value. Its a mistake he only makes once. My dad decided right
Podcasts. Now, on american artifacts, a visit to the nras National Firearms museum in fairfax, virginia to see the collection of guns and learn about the role firearms have played over the course of American History. Welcome to the nra National Firearms museum. Im gypsumica, Museum Director, weve going to go through the museum and look at the history and their firearms. Well start with the earliest precolonial play and look at the role firearms have played in terms of the settlement and expansion of america and the role firearms played in military and the sporting and personal shooting roles. Well see the guns of champions and president s and heroes and great pieces of heart firearms engraving on a steel canvas. It is at nra headquarters in fairfax, virginia. Now the museum has existed for nearly 80 years and weve been in this location for about 15. Were custodians about 7,000 firearms donated to us or lent to us over the past 75 years. We have about 3,000 on display here. And about a
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im in rolling meadows, illinois. Its a suburb of chicago. Some weather, huh . Im here to meet two brothers whose strange inheritance had some serious strings attached. My name is justin snyder. And in 2006, our friend and mentor bill fosser passed away, leaving my brother and me a sort of Chicago Institution his puppet opera. Hi, justin. Im jamie. Jamie, nice to meet you. Im told that you have something that i may never see again. Here, follow me. I will. Justin leads me behind the scenes of a most unusual opera house. All these boxes here contain costumes for various, different productions. Wow this is my kind of wardrobe. If only it came in my size. The costumes are so small because the players taking the stage arent the supersized tenors and sopranos you expect to see at the opera. Theyre 16inch puppets. The maestro behind this pintsize production, justins boss, the late bill fosser. Who was bill fosser . Bill fosser taught me everything i kno
About a halfhour south of l. A. Im on my way to meet a woman whose wild west inheritance might be worth a fortune. Come on. Lets go have a looksee. My name is melissa guy. When dad passed, he left me with 40 rare colt pistols, one in particular that led me to a bit of a showdown. Hi, melissa. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Melissa leads me into her living room. And shows me a small sample of the strange inheritance her dad, mel, left her. Oh, look at the handle. Come here, baby. This would be a gun that a cowboy would carry. Mel wasnt a cowboy but a World War Ii Navy vet who owned a sheetmetal company. He never had a thing for guns until his wife gave him this antique pistol as a birthday present. It was a couple dollars. And this is the gun that started the collection. Mel loves it so much that he decides to replate it with shiny new nickel. Then, he learns the refurbishing diminished its value. Its a mistake he only makes once. My dad decided right then and there, if im ever going to buy anoth
Its been said god made man. But samuel colt made theme ball. This is the type of weapon that would have been used in lexington. While guns offer a window into our history the view hasnt always been krystle clear. Guns were a tool, more in the 20th century see convergence of gun laws and large number of guns. Ahead, how americas love affair with firearms may have started as only a cool crush. For more and more american women these days a concealed handgun is the weapon of choice. As our tracy smith saw for herself. Its no secret that more women are carrying guns, but where they carry them might surprise you. Are there bra holsters. There are. Youre sold out . Doesnt that figure . Ahead this sunday morning, female fire power. When an unsupervised child picks up an unsecured gun the result can be tragic. Martha tirer this will have one such tale. I thought of it has any other toy gun because it looked similar. At age 10, sean smith accidentally killed his little sister. An unlikely traged