Slang term for the male
reproductive organ, the Penis. Today it is sometimes also used to describe a handgun but is synonymous for a Penis. Believed to have
originated in the modern variation from "
Gatling Gun", then shortened to "Gat" by freed slaves. They believed it to resemble a penis, thus started calling guns as well as the penis "Gats". Whether or not this is based on homo eroticism, is currently unknown.