Beer and guns, no moral, what was I thinking?
In the navy, and playing with guns was part of the job, however, I came into possession of a semi automatic hand gun and some (fortunately) blank ammo.
being heavily into my alcohol at that time, it seemed natural to take the gun to the pub, where as the night went on it went from only me knowing I had the gun to half the damn pub knowing. Things are vey blurry, but I can clearly remember the pub landlord, John, a perma-soused paddy spotting the hulking figure of 'black Dave' through the frosted pub glass, running out, jamming the gun into his stomach and firing it, he came back in waving the smoking gun and proclaiming " I got me first black one!"
I've never seen a black guy turn white before, but black Dave was a whiter shade of pale to be sure, his jacket was marked and smoking and he said he though he was dead for sure
The evening culminated with me standing facing a phone box in which stood a fellow member of the navy against whom I had a grudge for reasons that no longer come to mind, I stood there on the darkened street with my legs spread and the gun held in both hands, pointing the gun at him until he eventually turned around, saw me, and then (comedy style) tried to get out of the phone box by pushing the wrong wall.
I loosed off half a dozen shots and saw his pants darken, and then ran down the street hooting with laughter, the rest of the evening is lost to alcohol sadly, other than a vague recollection of more shooting imna church yard.

Some things related to that evening came to light later and I spent a little time in RNDQs in Portsmouth, the naval prison (Royal Naval Detention Quarters) to think about what I had done.

In retrospect, I got off lightly, as about this time, the IRA were still active on the mainland, and gunfire in a naval town should have drawn a rapid response team. I'm lucky I didn't get shot dead by some twitchy fingered copper.

Length............ twenty eight days, with a day off for good behaviour.....
(pistonbroke, Fri 1 Jun 2012, 22:05, 8 replies)

Hahaha, you fucking nutter.
And I thought I was a twat when I'm pissed.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Sat 2 Jun 2012, 7:57, closed)

point blank range in the stomach?
not sure I believe that
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Sat 2 Jun 2012, 9:29, closed)

Point blank is not as close as some people think
In the article it states that blanks can be fatal from a few inches whereas point blank can be a couple of metres away.
( monkeyboyalpha jumping on the bandwagon since, Sat 2 Jun 2012, 10:34, closed)

he said "jamming the gun in to his stomach"
Which I would interpret is pressed firmly against.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Sat 2 Jun 2012, 11:06, closed)

if you want to be difficult then its john's stomach the shooter got shoved in
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sat 2 Jun 2012, 11:30, closed)

silly old 'black dave'.

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Sat 2 Jun 2012, 9:40, closed)

About as believable as the ol' pop up pirate story.
Amirite?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Sat 2 Jun 2012, 15:15, closed)

Needless to say, that was your first mistake.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 2 Jun 2012, 15:22, closed)

Shrug
Its how I remember it, the dudes jacket was damaged, but it had not penetrated the leather.
As i wrote this, i was aware of the fact that a blank can be fatal, having watched films such as southern comfort, so I knew people would pop up with 'expert' opinions, nevertheless, that's how it happened
(pistonbroke, Sat 2 Jun 2012, 15:38, closed)

Alright Jimbob

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Sat 2 Jun 2012, 18:02, closed)

Didn't know Honda made starter pistols.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 3 Jun 2012, 15:34, closed)

...
so no declaration and no weapons check at the armoury then?
Fuck me no wonder the RN is in a state.
( juanking ...and then it fell off, Tue 5 Jun 2012, 11:36, closed)