I think a lot of the ones that I have seen are - but not all. I said a (very) long time ago when I was a teenager that I'd only ever consider getting one if I thought that the tattoo artist was genuinely an artist who I thought made beautiful things, as well as having technical mastery of the medium. My interest has never gone beyond that thought experiment. But what I think of them doesn't affect whether someone else should or shouldn't have one. I think lots of things are ugly that other people apparently like - and doubtless like things that others find ugly. As an analogy, most people are slightly befuddled by the wall mounted cycle hooks and the assorted bikes hanging on them in my living room, and the tandem in front of the TV. They're allowed to be. I'm not expecting them to store their bikes in their front rooms - just to accept that that's what I do with mine.
Only a tiny spot over the bottom of the centre of my ribcage from when i had radiotherapy. It hurt like hell too! I didn't even know they were going to do it,they just said something like "We're just going to mark you in ink to so the machine can find the centre of your body". I've been told the bonier the bit where you're having one the more painful it is. I've toyed with the idea of having one over the years,but i just think that if i did i'd get bored with it and want shut or another in its place which you can't have.
Ok it probably wasn't a rifle, but he's still had a tattoo of a similar killing machine done on his leg.
