Interestingly apropos:
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/06...-be-armed.html
"May I suggest that Mr. Bond be armed with a revolver?
Late-May of 1956, James Bond author Ian Fleming received a politely critical letter from a firearms expert named Geoffrey Boothroyd. It began:
..."
It's an interesting story, touching on reader-author-contact and specifically about a gun.
FWIW, I think it's an interesting blog too.
Cheers,
Marc