Talking about guns and gonnes….

In relation to my column…. My Dad and I are both very good shots. He qualified as an expert marksman with an M-16 from an unstable standing position. As the photo at www.unc.edu/~jderrick/target.html shows, I’m wasn’t too shabby with an M-16 either. And then I got the boot for bad eyes. I dunno.
Talking to my Dad about weapons today, he had some comments that didn’t fit into the column….
“I think weaponry, whether it’s hand gonnes {maybe he meant “guns,” I think they’re pronounced the same]… rifles… military weapons… are some of the most intriguing technology.”
“They’re just plain beautiful. It’s clearly something other than just a means of killing people”
But his primary weapon in the military wasn’t a gun, it was the Nike Hercules anti-aircraft missile, designed to carry warheads he still won't admit to knowing anything about.
He says the technology was really enthralling.