Just over 78 years after their epic final stand near Gibsland, Louisiana, Bonnie and Clyde are once again in the news. Four firearms from their notorious arsenal, all handguns, are up for sale. The pieces are bona fide American law enforcement and firearms history, as well powerful pop culture materialized, so I thought I’d take a closer look.
The pieces included are a stolen M1911 that came from a National Guard armory that Frank Hamer took from Clyde’s waistband after their final shoot-out, a Colt New Army .45ACP that was floating around the car, a classic FitzColt, and (from Bonnie’s cold, lifeless, 23-year old thigh where it was held there with white hospital tape) her personal Colt Detective snubby.
For more see the article I have over at GUNS.com (link)
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Let me introduce myself. I am a bit of a conflict junkie. I am fascinated by war and warfare, assassination, personal protection and weaponry ranging from spud guns and flame throwers to thermonuclear bombs and soviet-trained Ebola monkeys. In short, if it’s violent or a tool to create violence it is kind of my thing.
I have written a few hundred articles on the dry encyclopedia side for such websites as History Times, Firearms Talk.com, GUNS.com, Suite 101 (where I am the contracted Feature Writer for Military History) and Combat Forums; as well as for print publications like England Expects, and Strike First Strike Fast. Several magazines such as Sea Classics, Military Historian and Collector, Mississippi Sportsman and Warship International have carried my pieces. Additionally I am on staff as a naval consultant and writer for Eye Spy Intelligence Magazine.
Currently I am working on several book projects, including a section in the upcoming Mississippi Encyclopedia (to be published by Ole Miss this summer), an alternative history novel about the US-German War of 1916, and a biography of Bennett Doty. My first novel, about the coming zombie apocalypse was released this Spring by Necro Publications and can be found at Amazon.com.
In my day job I am a contractor for the US federal government in what could best be described as the ‘Force Protection’ field. In this I am a certified Firearms, and less-than-lethal combat instructor.
