Guitar Shotgun



Guitar Shotgun
(Luleå, Sweden) After receiving a tip, police conducted a search of a home looking for unlicensed weapons. An arsenal was found including ammunition and a wall-mounted guitar with a built-in shotgun.

The neck of the guitar has been hollowed out and equipped with two shotgun barrels, while the body of the string instrument contained the beginnings of trigger mechanism.

In police interviews the man described the home made musical weapon as "a fun thing that was not finished".

Police found a further six weapons including a sawn off shotgun, a home made sub-machine gun, a Mauser rifle, two revolvers and a walking stick adapted to function as a rifle.

The 54-year-old occupant of the dwelling faces aggravated weapons charges.