By Slanted Light

Actually I can give you another giggle probably. When they were passing around the different kinds of guns to look at, we were encouraged to test the various components - bits that slide and press to release the magazine, or put the safety on or off, or decock the gun or whatever. You remember I said how at the same time as they were passing them around, they were explaining all the other guns, etc? So there I am, pressing the various bits, and wondering why that particular button doesn't loosen the slide when one of the instructors comes up and kind of looks at me, and then takes the gun out of my hand. "What? What did I do?" I ask intelligently. "Well now," he says, "That's actually the button that takes the gun apart..." Yup. I broke the gun. Hee. Oops. He sort of went to one side to put it back together, and I sunk a little deeper into my seat. Well, if they'd told me about that button I might not have pressed it! Guns? Totally safe in my hands. Honest guv.