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The story behind the revolver-shaped pool goes back roughly 40 years to an idea proposed by the Florida homeowner's high school friend, a contractor who said he was bored building more traditionally shaped pools.
The custom-built pool is shaped like a six-shooter revolver, in a state made famous – sometimes infamous – by guns, gun politics and gun culture.
Louis and Raye Minardi are proud owners of a pistol-shaped swimming pool in the backyard of their Tampa-area home.
The swimming pool in the backyard of Louis Minardi’s home may be distinctive to Florida: The custom-built pool is shaped like a six-shooter revolver, in a...
Louis Minardi was reluctant at first, but the idea resonated with the former gunsmith, given that he grew up hunting and remembers receiving his first firearm, a double-barrel shotgun, when he was in middle school but already mindful of gun safety.