My first gun was a JC Higgins .22, bought it myself at 14 from Sears. Then I bought a JC Higgins bolt action 12 gauge. Then a Ruger Single Six, Remington 700 ADL .270, and a Llama 1911 in .38 super. In 1977 I was robbed and all of them were stolen.

A couple of years later the Englewood PD recovered and returned my Ruger, it was pawned by the son of a Denver cop. Several years after that a convicted felon was picked up packing my Llama and I got it back. Never saw any of the rifles again.