Greek Guns shot

Greek Guns and Anoyia

Greek guns Gournia Crete Greece Greek islands buckshot gun license owning a gun in GreeceWherever you drive in Greece, there is evidence a gun has shot a few rounds off!

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Shot signs gunshot in Greece

Years ago, I heard of one wedding guest accidentally killed by a rogue bullet as the wedding festivities were in full swing!

Gunshot into road signs is a popular pastime in Greece

A lot of locals own a gun in Greece

There are of course gun licenses available and you can always hear gunshot at any Greek wedding as part of the ceremony

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Greek guns Gournia Crete Greece Greek islands buckshot signs

These Greek signs show the various sizes of buckshot and gun fire size of the holes these dangerous weapons create

This sign showing the way to Tylisos has huge gaping gun shot wounds, which totally pierced the armour of the metal sign!Lake Kournas Greek guns Gournia Crete Greece Greek islands archeology site

This European Funding site sign has been shot at

I wonder why!

ANOYIA

There is a mountain village in Crete called Anoyia

Lake Kournas Greek guns Gournia Crete Greece Greek islands archeology siteAnoyia is famous for being the only Greek village on Crete who withstood the invasion in the second world war of the Germans.

The men of Anoyia held the village safe and today there is a commemorative statue celebrating the bravery of the men of Anoyia

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Anoyia stronghold in second world war shot sign

The Anoyian men also wear a very distinctive dress, with high legged leather boots, trousers tucked into their boots and the Anoyians are still a feared and very respective group of villagers on Crete.

You maybe able to just make out the preferred dress of the Men of Anoyia in this photo right, showing the Anoyian man with his gun.

Some of the gun shots go straight throo the signs, while other buckshot just dents the metal signs, howevers, I wouldn’t like to be on the receiving end of one of these guns!

Please note, there are many spellings of the Greek Cretan village of Anoyia, Anogia, Anogeia, if you wonder how it is pronounced, you may try ‘Anoy ya’, howevers try not to annoy these local villages ;)