[Ron Wood]

I believe Dr. Sturgis has had his collection classified as a "museum", therefore exempt from the insane rules of a private collection. To answer your second question...MONEY. Sturgis seems to have some of the deepest pockets in the collecting fraternity and is gradually acquiring the lion's share of the world's rarest Lugers and other early firearms. In some respects, having a representative examples from the complete evolution of the Luger all in one collection is a fabulous situation. On the other hand, I am deeply concerned that the existence of this collection hinges on the whimsy of government and that the museum status could disappear in a heartbeat. If you want to have nightmares, think of all of these single digit serial number weapons suffering the fate of tacfoley's collection.