A series of interweaving stories tell the journey of a handgun—specifically, a long-barreled revolver with a blue-steel finish, whose caliber is not specified—as it passes from one owner to another. Some of these owners are lawless; others are law-abiding and, indeed, law enforcers. But in all the time it passes between its various owners, it is never actually fired (aside from the one test-firing it underwent at the factory) and is never shown actually to discharge any ammunition.
Its last scene, however, depicts a child who finds the gun while it is fully loaded and has none of its safeties engaged. The film shock-cuts to black just then, but it is implied that the child has accidentally caused it to discharge a round of ammunition—and been seriously injured, or killed, by the bullet thus fired from it.
The Gun was a late 1960s British rock guitar trio who had a single British Top Ten hit, "Race with the Devil" and recorded two albums before disbanding. Two of its founders, brothers Paul Gurvitz and Adrian Gurvitz, later took the name Three Man Army and recorded three albums.
After joining up with Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) as Baker Gurvitz Army, the trio recorded three albums: Baker Gurvitz Army, Elysian Encounter and Hearts On Fire. During the same period, the Gurvitz brothers recorded two albums with drummer Graeme Edge of The Moody Blues: Kick Off Your Muddy Boots and Paradise Ballroom, under the name The Graeme Edge Band; this was not a touring band, and also featured Baker.
History
The Gun were renamed in 1967 from The Knack, formed by guitarist/vocalist Paul Gurvitz (born Paul Anthony Gurvitz, 6 July 1944, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire - he was known by the surname Curtis until the early 1970s after which he returned to his original name Gurvitz). The Knack changed their name in the spring/summer of 1966, and the setup was Paul Curtis (Gurvitz) on guitar and vocals, Louie Farrell (born Brian John Farrell, 8 December 1947, Goodmayes, Essex) (who had joined The Knack in mid 1966) on drums, Gearie Kenworthy on bass guitar, Tim Mycroft organ, and later for a short while, Jon Anderson of Yes. The Gun performed at the UFO Club, supporting bands such as Pink Floyd, Arthur Brown and Tomorrow. Recording sessions at Olympic Studios produced the unreleased single "Lights on the Wall", while in November 1967 they recorded for the BBC alternative music radio programme Top Gear and twice played on air. In early 1968 the band changed its line-up to a trio, with Paul Curtis (Gurvitz) on bass, Louie Farrell on drums and Adrian Curtis (Gurvitz) on guitar, plus Marco Monti (voice and guitar) when recording in the studio.
Gun is an American television anthology series which aired on ABC on Saturday night from April 12 to May 31, 1997 at 10:00 p.m Eastern time. The series lasted six episodes, each directed by a well-known director, before being cancelled. Each episode involves a pearl-handled .45 semi-automatic pistol as an important part of the plot. The characters in each episode are completely different and unrelated to those who appear in other episodes. The series was produced by Robert Altman and attracted numerous recognizable stars including Fred Ward, Kathy Baker, Carrie Fisher, Daryl Hannah, Randy Quaid, Martin Sheen and James Gandolfini in his first television role.
Gun, also spelled Geon, Kŏn, Keon, Gon, Kuhn, or Kun, is a single-syllable masculine Korean given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Hanja
There are 15 hanja with this reading, and variant forms of two of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:
State level laws vary significantly in their form, content, and level of restriction. Forty-four states have a provision in their state constitutions similar to the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects the right to keep and bear arms. The exceptions are California, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York. In New York, however, the statutory civil rights laws contain a provision virtually identical to the Second Amendment. Additionally, the U.S. Supreme Court held in McDonald v. Chicago that the protections of the Second Amendment to keep and bear arms for self-defense in one's home apply against state governments and their political subdivisions.
The Gun [Lyrics by: Tony Kakko] Back then it was only fun, something we'd always done Smash it up, the then you run, all that without a gun But something came up one day, some bills you couldn't pay And you got carried away, oh so far away They wanna use ya, they wanna lose ya They make your father singing hallelujah I wanna help ya, so let me help ya I gotta ask you, buddy, where did you find the gun I ask everybody have they seen ya You tell 'em you are fine, and they believe ya Gimme a call, and I see through ya, you wasted your life Where did you find the gun Holymans only son, your mother on iron lung No money anyone, but now you've got the gun Stick up on 2nd street, I heard your running feet Lay down, get a seat, and beg them for mercy They wanna use ya, they wanna lose ya They make your father singing hallelujah I wanna help ya, so let me help ya I gotta ask you, buddy, where did you find the gun I ask everybody have they seen ya You tell 'em you are fine, and they believe ya Gimme a call, and I see through ya, you wasted your life Where did you find the gun By an accident you find yourself From the slammer with too much friends You shot an officer, you shot him down Now your young life is gone You're older than you are, you're gone Because you had the gun I ask everybody have they seen ya You tell 'em you are fine, and they believe ya Gimme a call, and I see through ya, you wasted your life Where did you find the gun They try to make you pay and they will find ya You try to hide away but they have seen ya Rest while you can believe me now You gotta run for your life Where did you find the gun
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A Louisiana pastor shot his wife in front of the couple's three children before turning the gun on himself inside of hotel in Mississippi on Wednesday ... on June 19, two days before the shooting.
A man shot his ex’s boyfriend in the hand in a Kendall apartment Tuesday, then drove to his Pinecrest home and shot himself in the head before SWAT officers stormed ... .
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04 Jul 2023
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04 Jul 2023