[Swordmaker]

Was the armoury actually located in Old Sac? I always liked Old Sacramento. We always took Jefferson or Harbor Blvd to Capital Mall, past Rayley Field, across the Tower Bridge, to the Capital building. I always got a kick out of that 2nd floor door to no where. Kind of reminds me of the Winchester House in San Jose. I liked the K Street Mall too. I still remember some of the streets, like Bradshaw, Power Inn Road, Howe Ave, Arden Way, Greenback Lane, Walegra, to name a few. Many of my co workers live in Sac, Fair Oaks, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, North Highlands, Orangevale, Antelope. I bought my BMW at the Roseville Auto Mall. It all brings back memories.

Nope, it started at 16th and Broadway across from the Tower Theater and the then defunct Tower Drug Store location where Tower Records got its start as a counter end cap in the Drugstore. . . Streets. Cattercorner from our store was Store No. 1 of Tower Records. The Armoury then moved to 22nd and J in 1974 or so. My dad and I built the gun racks using redwood wiggle board designed for fiberglass patio panels. Worked great.

The J Street location is where the SLA cased us and where Squeaky Fromme kept coming in only for me to kick her out at least twice a week. . . until she took her pot-shot attempting to assassinate President Ford.

[Mark17]

Yes,I remember Tower Records. It was still open, I think, while I was working at Solano in Vacaville. Every 3 months, for those of us working marked posts, we shot the Mini 14, S & W .38, Remington 870, and the H & K 94, until they took it away. My only problem with that, is I would prefer to shoot weapons when I wanted to, not when they wanted me to. I remember the SLA and Squeaky, but I was stationed in TX when all that went down, so I didn’t know they were in Sacramento. I did have the misfortune of running into Squeaky’s buddy, Charlie Manson, when I was at San Quentin. The dude is really weird.