[Victor]

Joe,

Too late. I spent 10 years in Germany and travelled to Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France and England a fair bit. I met a lot of people, went out lots. Got in trouble occasionally.

Never saw a gun, gun fight, gun toting or gun-otherwise. Although this kid in our apartment block blew himself and his brother up trying to convert an ornamental canon into a pistol. But he was 13 with the mentality of an 8 year old.

And I will be happily spending January and February '03 with my family catching up with relatives in Germany.

Have a safe festive season and I hope for your sake that you never have to look another person in the eye and pull the trigger.

Joe, you edited your post. So I need to add that gun laws are such over here that my owning one would be a criminal offence in the first place. So my choices in weaponry are somewhat limited.