The Instruments of the Quick and the Nemesis of the Dead

This past weekend Jared & I took a quick trip to Claremore, OK

where we visited the J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum. 

This is the LARGEST private gun collection in the WORLD!

I have to say that I was excited to see this immense collection - my mind couldn't

even fathom what a collection of this caliber would even look like. 

This was such a neat place full of history & charm. If you get the chance to

see this awesome collection, you should take it.

This was posted in the museum & I loved it so much that I though I should share it.

My Arms Collection

These are man-made Tools of War or Peace, of Love or Hate
Labeled at will by man, their Creator.

Tools, ingeniously designed, used by Aggressor or Defender
classed again by man, their Maker.

Blameless, products of metal and wood, shaped by the skill of
Master Mechanics, embellished by the hand of an Artist --
condemned because of mis-use by man, their Possessor.

A mighty Protector on the side of right -- A Destroyer on
the side of Evil -- an eternal Chameleon.

Look upon them as they are displayed -- impotent Curios of a
day now past, outliving their Masters.

Let their purpose and history be forever in the eyes of the
beholder; romantic, destroying or preserving; weaving untold tales
of daring or cowardice, of chivalry or cunning. But see them as
they shall always be -- ominous reminders of sudden action --
the instruments of the Quick and the Nemesis of the Dead.

Ray Riling 1960