A man in a bank building, wearing a belt buckle shaped like a small gun, has sparked a security alert involving police in bullet-proof jackets in Adelaide.
If the buckle in question is what's on the hood of the car in the accompanying photo, I kind of understand why Aussies unused to seeing armed citizens would have a heart attack.
I do remember as a kid I always thought Yancy Derringer's buckle rig was pretty slick, and I sure hope nobody tells ebay (which is why I'm not including a link) that somebody is selling this cool girl's fashion accessory on their site:
I remember reading about a Nazi officer's belt buckle gun some years ago in one of the gun mags--it was apparently designed to spring open and fire hands-free into the belly of someone standing in front of the wearer--presumably to escape being taken prisoner. I recall the writer took a self-righteous tone and wondered at the mentality that would produce such a weapon, and remember thinking that was a hell of an attitude to take against a tool that could very well be morally deployed by someone interested only in defense.
I want one of those concealed spring-release wrist derringers James T. West had, too.