Guess That Gun, Part 1

I have long said that if one wishes find out who a person really is, one simply needs to peruse their movie collection. Think about it: people like movies that match their personalities, and I can't think of a better way to "meet the man", as Xiang Yu said—or rather, as Firefly said that Xiang Yu said—than to search through the movies that person views as "good/sentimental/worthy/etc. enough to be owned".

After having that thought, I decided to go on a journey of self-discovery and document my movie collection. As they were already in alphabetical order [insert OCD comment here], it was simply a matter of going across the shelves and writing down each film in the collection. And what did I discover during this sojourn of mine? Many things. I discovered that, due to the nature of how my collection came to be—that is, some coming from my days at Blockbuster, some coming from the wife when we were married, some coming from presents from others—it is one of the more varied and eclectic collections I have come across. I also discovered that, had two of my movies not mysteriously disappeared, I would have exactly one movie for every day of the year—I'm looking at you, whoever has my copy of Three Amigos.

My collection, in 363/365ths its glory.

I also discovered that, of the 363 movies I own, just shy of half of them—172 by my count—have guns in them. Now, lest you fear that this is going to be a pro/anti-gun entry, you can sleep easy knowing that it is neither. While I do have feelings on guns, controlling them, and what they do/can do for society, I also love me some skeet shooting and appreciate what they have done in the past. In short, guns are what they are, and if you are looking for opinions on them, might I recommend searching elsewhere. Besides, as the old saying goes: "Guns don't kill people. Missionaries do."

Elder Killington

No, rather than take up arms on the gun issue (get it?), I propose a game: Guess That Gun. The rules are simple. I will show you a screenshot of a gun—as well as a bit of background, to aid the guessing process—from a movie in my collection, and you guess which movie it is from. If you think you know what movie(s) the gun(s) is(are) from, leave a comment(s) with your answer(s). (I am temporarily moderating comments to discourage any cheating.) As this is a game show, yes, there will be prizes* for those who get the most right—but in order to find out what they are, you have to play. The game will last for the next three or four entries, and each person who enters will have a running total for all the days. So, just because you think you don't know many on one day, doesn't mean you won't get every one the next time.

*This will probably not be one of the prizes.

And now, let me present to you...
Guess That Gun
Round 1

One (1)

Two (2)

Three (3)

Four (4)

Five (5)

Six (6)

Seven (7)

Eight (8)

Nine (9)

Ten (10)