Guns again.....
On my first visit back to Belgium (late 2008) since the inception of this blog, I mentioned to you that some of my longtime friends and bro were kinda gun nuts....so to speak.....
Click on below link to read an earlier posting about it.....
Well, nothing has changed much.....in fact, the gun mania has even gotten worse up to a point where they have promoted themselves from owning small sized replica's to the full blown near-real deal.......
Owners of 'Airsoft'guns, as these 'toyguns' are called, have banded together in fan groups....and these groups have sprouted like mushrooms all over Belgium and garnering quite a following.......inclusive legions of Dutch peeps who come down here and practice the 'game' as this particular 'sport' has been banned tout-court by the Dutch government.....for obvious reasons....
Just taking a glance at it, you won't see the difference between the real or fake thing......a mind-sobering prospect for law-enforcement officers who stumble upon hobbyists playing 'weekend-soldiers' in forests and abandoned factories/warehouses in Belgium. There have been cases where concerned citizens called up the police to investigate 'soldiers' prowling around the neighbourhood in full combat gear......needless to say it has irked quite some troubled feelings in this post-9/11 era.......won't be surprised that it will be banned in the near future.....
And does my bro feel rather gung-ho with his 'toy'? He won't admit it, but I'm quite sure he does feel like a rejuvenated Rambo on steroids with the gun in his hands :)
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