1st question........ Mother's gun in 1966......

1966 was still the "age of revolvers" in America......... with the exception of Colt 1911s in .45acp, S&W Model 39s in 9mm and Browning HP's in 9mm.

Small autos were mostly European WWII "bring backs"..... Mausers, Beretta 34 and Walther PP series (PP and PPK)in .32 and 9mm short (.380) taken from German and Italian Military officers/SS and police units. These guns weigh as much as a 5 shot J-frame Smith!

1966 was 3 or 4 years into the "James Bond" craze...... Beretta's were bad (in "Dr. No" Bond has his .25 Beretta taken by M cus it jammed and got him shot)

On the other hand the Walther PPK, Bond's new gun..... were are the hottest thing going .........PPK's in .32 and .380s. Like Dirty Harry's S&W Model 29 .44 magnum in the 70s.

Laws were a lot different in 1989 than today.........for example for many years a Pa. concealed carry permit from another county weren't good in Philadelphia................. did that change before 1989 ????? yes...... what year? who remembers.

Dad's worrying about their daughter being raped ....... gives them a gun........... heck none of those bring backs were registered.