Armed Pakistani soldier on duty in village of Pattika, Pakistan

Gun Hill Signal Station, Barbados, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Old cannons on shore of the town of Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Historic gun outside the Mississippi State Capitol, built in 1903, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America, North America

Overlooking Cidade Velha from the Fortress of Sao Filipe, Santiago, Cape Verde Islands, Africa

Cannon at Tilbury Fort used from the 16th to the 20th century, Tilbury, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Black Jack Battlefield, Civil War Re-enactment, near Baldwin City, Kansas, United States of America, North America

The Vieux Pont (Old Bridge), Pegasus Bridge memorial of D-Day, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe

Kim's gun, Lahore, Pakistan, Asia

National Museum, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Armory, Grand Master's Palace, Valletta, Malta, Europe

Fort Macon State Park, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, United States of America, North America

Soldier, Cameroon, Africa

St. George Castle, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Fort Macon State Park, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, United States of America, North America

Boy with toy gun, Le Souillard, Eure, France, Europe

Guard at Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Fort Macon State Park, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, United States of America, North America

The Fortress of Sao Filipe, Santiago, Cape Verde Islands, Africa

The Armory, Grand Master's Palace, Valletta, Malta, Europe

The Fortress of Sao Filipe, Santiago, Cape Verde Islands, Africa

Along the waterfront, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Asia

View of one of the two noon guns at Lion Battery on Signal Hill in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Chief Petty Officer Dudley Malgas using a wooden ram rod to push the charge into the muzzle of the noon gun cannon in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Chief Petty Officer Dudley Malgas of the South African Navy posing alongside the noon gun cannon in Cape Town. CPO Malgas has been in charge of firing the canon since 1995. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

South sudan man gun at community celebration at toposa tribal village of naboliyatom, nanyangacor.

The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.

The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.

The noon gun firing in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Myanmar with,at market at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

The Tsar Cannon, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Europe

University parade, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sudan s.p.l.a. soldier chukudum

Ypres Tower, Rye Castle Museum, Rye, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ethiopia female soldier of the oroma liberation front, hararge

South sudan soldier chukudum

The Tsar Cannon, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Europe

Ypres Tower, built 1250, Rye, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Morocco, Essaouira, Ancient Fortified Portuguese City, The Ramparts Overlooking The Atlantic Ocean, Donjon And Fishing Harbour In Background

German World War II guns at Battery Moltke at Grosnez, Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, Europe

Suomenlinna Fortress Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Helsinki, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

Colombia soldier on duty in la candelaria, bogota

Pendennis Castle, a fortress that has protected Cornwall from invasion for 450 years, Falmouth, UK.

Port Arthur Historic Site, the notorious 19th century penal colony and scene of the tragic 1996 gun massacre, Port Arthur, south east, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

France, Alps, Chamonix, Snow Gun

Guard at St. James's Palace, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Comfort, Texas, USA. April 14, 2021. Gun rights sign featuring a military style assault rifle.

France, Normandy, Manche (50), Saintemariedumont, Utah Beach Was The Most Important Dday Us Landing, Remnants Of A German Antiaircraft Gun

Ann man carrying gun coming back from hunting trip, Ann village, Kengtung (Kyaing Tong), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Tibetan nomads from central tibet profitting from selling yartsa gunbu, covetted aphrodiasic propoerties sold to chinese vendors in lhasa

Port Arthur Historic Site, the notorious 19th century penal colony and scene of the tragic 1996 gun massacre, Port Arthur, south east, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Ypres Tower, built 1250, Rye, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fortaleza de Sagres, old cannon facing Cabo de Sao Vicente, the most westerly point in Europe, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

North Head Reserve, Devonport, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Port Arthur Historic Site, the notorious 19th century penal colony and scene of the tragic 1996 gun massacre, Port Arthur, south east, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Jackson statue in Washington D.C., United States of America, North America

Spanish Fort, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, St. Augustine, Florida, United States of America, North America

Armed police officer protecting the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pevensey Castle, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Guard at St. James's Palace, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Imperial War Museum, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tower Bridge and cannon, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Imperial War Museum, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Tsar Cannon, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Europe

Armed police officer protecting the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

France, Normandy, Manche (50), Mont Saintmichel, A Medieval Gun (Bombard) Taken From The English

France, To Uraine Val-De-Loire, In Dre-Et-Loire, Langeais, The Castle Main Facade , Medieval Gun At Fore

Tank driving at the Muckleborough Collection, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Illegal weapons seized by Cumbria Police, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An armed policeman outside the House of Commons, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Whale hunters. Note the typically small boat and home made harpoon- an adapted rifle. Eastern Caribbean

Whale hunters. Note the typically small boat and home made harpoon- an adapted rifle. Eastern Caribbean

View of the Vicker's gun emplacement outside Stanley (formerly known as "Port Stanley"), the capital and only true city (with a cathedral) in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

An armed policeman outside the House of Commons, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Block house, a 16th century gun tower protecting Old Grimsby Harbour, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom, Europe

Soft corals (Sarcophytum sp. and Dendronephthya sp.) and main gun of the Fujikawa Maru, Truk lagoon, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

J J Weyouanna hunting Caribou on the tundra at the mouth of the Serpentine river near Shishmaref, a tiny island inhabited by around 600 Inuits, between Alaska and Siberia in the Chukchi Sea, United States of America, North America

An Inuit on Shishmaref, a tiny island inhabited by around 600 Inuits, between Alaska and Siberia in the Chukchi Sea, United States of America, North America

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), Rookery, Haul Out, Colony, man, gun, scout, guuide. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Tank driving at the Muckleborough Collection, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Illegal weapons seized by Cumbria Police, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Under big gun of German Battleship Markgraf, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK

Cloud seeding cannon on the outskirts of Harbin city in Heilongjiang province, Northern China, Asia

A starting pistol at Ambleside Sports, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

J J Weyouanna hunting Caribou on the tundra at the mouth of the Serpentine river near Shishmaref, a tiny island inhabited by around 600 Inuits, between Alaska and Siberia in the Chukchi Sea, United States of America, North America

Municipal government building, Vila dos Remedios, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil, South America

Tank driving at the Muckleborough Collection, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An armed police officer at Birmingham Airport, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Naval warships moored in Barrow Dock for refitting, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Two young boys dressed as cowboys

Mari man with gun overlooking rural landscape

Soldiers guarding Parliament building, Athens, Greece

Caucasian artist using heat gun in workshop

Caucasian woman laying on floor near wallet, gun and cell phone

Purse, wallet, gun and accessories on blue background

Caucasian boys and girls playing with squirt guns

Man playing shooting game at amusement park

Caucasian girls playing with squirt guns

Caucasian woman hunting in forest texting on cell phone

Caucasian woman hunting in forest holding rifle