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I've held quite a few. A friend of the family's in Switzerland (you know how all males keep their military gun at home), a tribesman's in northern Pakistan, a soldier on duty in Sri Lanka ... it never really seduced me but I have to admit it was always strangely fascinating. To wield that amount of power, brrrr (shivers).

But I have had a number of guns pointed at me, on different occasions. The largest number of times being in Sri Lanka at checkpoints. It's always a bit intimidating to have several soldiers point their guns at you (even more so when it's a beautiful girl in uniform, who's giggling at you when she learns, in a brief pidjin English conversation, that you come from France - you're always a bit scared that she'll negligently pull the trigger while laughing).

by Alex in Toulouse on Tue Jun 6th, 2006 at 09:36:24 AM EST
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Had a small pistol when on an expedition in Brazillian jungle. Never fired it. Also had there a snake gun which looked like a pistol with a long barrel but was actually a shot pistol using tiny cartridges. There were some deadly snakes there.

Have fired various shotguns, but only at clays - would never hunt.

Have handled several of Elvis' guns when they came over to Finland for an exhibition and we had to photograph them for the catalogue.

A few of my gangster friends have guns, but it's just macho.

Once fired two machine guns (live and blanks) at range in Bisley for a scene in a film. It was easy to feel the power. Not a nice feeling.

I am happy to live in Europe with tight gun laws.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Jun 6th, 2006 at 02:32:43 PM EST
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