Gun Control & RKBA

X_Digger
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60. How about..

Not sure if this one counts as a separate one, but the..

MGAFYGAE -- "MY guns are fine, YOUR guns are evil."

Black powder guns, revolvers, traditionally stocked shotguns, deer rifles, even 1911's- "But I {or Dad, or Granddad, or Uncle Duke} had / have one of those, so they're perfectly fine. The rest of your guns? Ban 'em."


friendly_iconoclast
Response to Reply #60
61. That's a good one. A variant is the "Uncle Ruckus"

Claiming to be a gun owner and/or very familiar with guns, and yet continually putting down other gun owners

jeepnstein

66. They're called "Fudds".

While I personally have nothing against Elmer Fudd and his War on Rabbits, his human counterparts are obnoxious at times.

They'll wax poetic about how this or that firearm is beyond reproach or ban because it has some sporting use. They constantly want to make the 2nd Amendment about hunting. Most of them will own a pistol or two but it's usually some kind of marginally useful thing that they've buggered to death after reading too many gun magazines.

When I was a brand-new Deputy Sheriff I had to buy a new duty weapon. My choice was, and still is, a Colt Officer's .45 ACP. Before I picked it up from my dealer I had them do a thorough inspection and adjustment. Their gun smith was a Colt armorer and he made the trigger absolute Series 80 perfection. So I stroll in to pick it up and there's a couple of Fudds standing around drinking cofee, wearing flannel shirts and hunting coats. One of them started on me about how I needed this or that special modification or doodad before the thing would really ever amount to anything. The owner of the shop jumped in and stated clearly that what I was buying wasn't a toy like they were accustomed to seeing, that it was a serious tool for serious business and his gun smith had it ready for me to be willing to bet my life on it. They didn't have a clue what he was talking about.

We get Fudds on this board every once in a while spouting off all sorts of downright dangerous information and cite their experience as a hunter as their authority. Every once in a while a politician will get a hold of a Fudd and have him go around talking like some sort of expert.