IS
Fairfax contributor and firearms expert David Hirst one the pseudononymous posters at
this online forum, most particularly the fellow who insists he was allowed to inspect and handle Elmer Fudd's famous shotgun at the NRA's Hollywood Museum of Cinematic Weaponry?
An Age columnist-in-waiting
If anyone comes across a further claim that the author also has inspected the AK-47 often taken to school by Swee Pea of Popeye fame -- perhaps purchased at the gun show referenced below -- it will be a Hirst post for sure.