Perhaps it does that for you Jake - the only times I've held a gun was when I was in the cadet corps at school, many years ago.

I seem to remember my typical sensation was of having to waste my time playing these silly games, and knowing I'd be getting into trouble for not cleaning the bloody things, or for handling them the wrong way, or being a rotten shot. Certainly no sense of exhilaration and empowerment and that.