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(SMYRNA, TN)  Around 11:00 o'clock Monday morning (10/18/2021) a fisherman fell from into Percy Priest Lake from a boat at Jefferson Springs Recreation Area off of W Jefferson Pike in Smyrna. Divers from Rutherford County Fire Rescue recovered the body of 56-year old Danny Michael Pitts. A friend on the boat with Pitts told officials, "Danny lost his balance and fell into the lake when trying to hook a fish." He was not wearing a life vest, and the man in the boat told TWRA (Tennesse ...

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1:00 Pop culture usually influences the way we live. And it turns out firearms collecting is no different. Danny Michael, the Cody Firearms Museum curator, said in the past Western movies really influenced what type of guns were collected but today that is changing. A great example is the Die Hard series. "Where John McClane, you know, wields a MP five and a Beretta 92. And so later on these guns become collectible tourists," said Michael. A certain population who sees the movie and like it may decide to buy it. "They say, 'Hey, you know, these are modern firearms that are pretty readily acce...

1:00 The Winchester Model 70 has long been called the rifleman's rifle. The gun is also an iconic American Bolt-Action that was designed in the 1930s. It’s so popular that a version of it is still in production today.  The rifle has been used by hunters and target shooters for decades. Danny Michael, the associate curator of the Cody Firearms Museum, said it’s a target rifle, but in popular perception, it was only ever sought out for its commercial use.  “The Model 70 itself was only ever used commercially. But its design roots go back to World War I when Winchester was building rifle...