I’m a long way from home, trying to part with some money, but my bank is not cooperating. I’ve been its customer for more than 20 years. Sadly, the day I’m buying my first shotgun seems to be the day the bank has chosen to have some fun at my expense and pretend it’s never heard of me.
I try another card. The transaction is declined like those before it. I start to feel a little hot. The patient staff of Gilsans gunshop smile reassuringly, as if this sort of thing happens every time they make a sale.
“If you like,” says Simon Fenwick, the owner, “you can take the gun now and sort out payment when you get home.
