A childhood belief about places

I used to believe that there was a place called Gunpoint. Lots of times when my parents where watching the news, a report would come on saying that people were being robbed........at Gunpoint, I turned to my Dad and said "Daddy, I don't want to go to Gunpoint, people get robbed there" only then was the real meaning of the word explained to me. It's still a favourite story with my Mum