John is a real pioneer in the gun fraternity and he would come to gun shows with as many as a dozen ( yes, a dozen!) handguns concealed n his person and you could not detect where they were secreted by just looking at him standng there. I spent a lot of time in his gun store in Temecula in yrs gone by. He had an oversize bronze statue made of John Wayne , standing in the store. When he was contmplating that project, I told him to be sure the statue was wearing one of the "Red River" special belt buckles on the gun belt. Wayne had those designed and made up from Mexican silver Pesos as presents for crew and cast members of the film " Red River" starring Wayne & Montgomery Cliff, showing a letter "D" and two curved lines depicting the flowing Red River., so it did. The "D" was for Dunstin (sp?) the character Wayne played in the movie. When his business failed and the store closed, someone acquired that statue, but I don't remember who now. Probably Gene Autry. John has not passed away to my knowledge. Ed.
