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On behalf of the Nichols Family I would like to
gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions to this website, both by
advertisers and also by those who have given of their time, their photos, their
knowledge, their insight and their support of my efforts to give something back
to the toy community that has so richly blessed our lives—mine in a
personal way and America's in general, for there was a time when we had some
real heroes and we went out and played our games and emulated these
legends—both real and imagined. I can't help but think that those days are
not really gone. Historians will proudly tell you (thus trying to build
themselves up in your eyes with their "insight") that the Old West we remember
never happened, and there is a small amount of truth in that. But the greater
truth is that in the movies and TV shows we watched, there was a Code that was
instilled in many of us that remains to this day: A Code of Honor and decency
that transcends the "reality" that was The West.
We had our
heroes, and we knew the difference between Right and Wrong and though some
didn't live up to those ideals, I think that the country as a whole was better
off with their toy guns, battling it out on the sandlots and "forts" that we
created than we are now when the games have turned sour and deadly and society
blames objects rather than enforce a strict Moral Code. It's so much easier to
blame a toy than it is to blame an entire nation that is on the verge of
completely losing its way.
There were millions of us out there who wore our
sixguns and yet we had a complete grasp between the "real" and the "imagined."
Now our TV heroes require a new vengeance, and blood must be spilled and what
comes out of their mouths is being recited by the youths of today, instead of
the Creeds of our old heros like Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger and Tonto,
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Gene Autry and the other matinee idols who taught us
to live by OUR WORD.
When I went to school we recited The Lord's Prayer and God
wasn't absent from our schools. Funny thing...weapons were never used and
religion was. Now we don't have religion in public schools, but we seem to have
plenty of weapons (occasionally). What happened? Can it be reversed? How is our
"new found freedom and sanity" working? And most importantly...what are you
doing about it?
I myself am an evangelical Christian and am not ashamed of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ — OR — am I ashamed of the "rightness" of the
Constitution of the United States of America. I respect others' opinions and
listen, but our country needs to get back to basics. I served in the U.S.
Navy—attached to the U.S. Marine Corps as a hospital corpsman during the
Vietnam era, but I was never in Vietnam. I am doing what I can to change
things. Won't you do your part too?
If you're in the firearms-related
manufacturing (or selling) business, then one thing you could do to help is to
advertise on this website. Our visitors are YOUR KIND OF PEOPLE. These
are people who love guns and usually have the money to buy them. Running an ad
in the Right Column costs less than 1/10th of a penny per day per page per
year. And unlike magazines, where you read the mag a couple of times and then
stick it in the bathroom rack, our customers just KEEP COMING BACK, day after
day and there your ad is. We do get out the word! You can even check our
statistics, as the entry to our webcounter is on our Advertise
Page.
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The names below are in alphabetical
order by first name—just to get you to read them all and find yours. If I
missed you, then let me know and I will correct that mistake, for it was an
accident. It has been said that all Evil has to do to triumph is for Good Men
to do nothing. (women too!) Be a part of the solution. This site represents an
important part of our history and that bygone day should not perish. I do what
I can, but you can probably guess that it takes a lot of help.
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And, of course, my
lovely wife Carol for tolerating me at the computer for
hours/days/weeks/months/years/centuries!
(I've told you a million times, I
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