NEW YORK — Gun-toting vixen Fiona takes great pleasure in firing off guns and explosions in the TV series “Burn Notice.”

But the woman who plays her isn’t comfortable with that. Actress Gabrielle Anwar says she’s “adverse to any kind of weaponry and violence.”

The 41-year-old British-born actress describes herself as an “ardent pacifist” and says she has a “really hard time” with handling weapons that sometimes come from the military and may have been used in actual warfare.

Anwar has a 10-year-old son and says she worries about glamorizing violence. She says it “bugs” her on a “personal level” when her son visits the set and sees her dolled up in heels and makeup shooting people.