NATO Leaders Are Afraid of Guns, and Each Other Apparently

From The Guardian: Nato leaders surprised by Turkish president’s gift of guns after summit

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented engraved revolvers – with bullets – to his guests in Ankara, causing security concerns

If you're concerned that the leaders of NATO are going to pick up gift revolvers and open fire on each other, then Trump's concerns about the organization don't begin to scratch the surface.

What does a world leader do with a gun and six bullets? That was the conundrum Nato leaders faced after the Turkish president offered them each a revolver after the Ankara summit.

Several of the leaders of NATO had to leave the firearms behind, because transporting them was "not straightforward."

Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit: WHAT WUSSES.

Gifts of firearms were a traditional thing between leaders until the feminization of the West. You can bet Teddy Roosevelt wouldn’t have panicked. Or LBJ. Or even GWB.

They are freaking beautiful. Each was engraved with the recipient’s name, and what I take to be the symbol from the Turkish flag. Click thru for the photo of one firearm.

There was no definitive answer for what guns they were, but CNN, of all places, had a guess.

Images shared by the office of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda showed what appeared to be the Gumusay .357 Magnum, a rare six-shooter produced by Turkish arms maker MKE in the 1990s.

Which would make sense.

Though I think this still applies: