Dave DeLaurant
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I've been trying to get a lock on exactly how others are using this term, because the two general meanings I have in mind don't seem to cover the spectrum of contemporary use. A silly point at first glance, but language can come back and bite you.
When I think Fudd, the first thing that comes to mind is the image provided by Warner Bros.: an enthusiastic but bumbling city dweller trying a little too hard to be weekend hunter. His image is chained to the pre-Vietnam War era by his Hunter Red attire -- never blaze orange or camo. I believe that most of Bugs/Fudd cartoons were made during the 1950s.
The second meaning for Fudd comes from the expression Fuddlore, which I take to mean gun and hunting anecdotes, taken from old magazines or simply word of mouth and long accepted as truth without supporting evidence. In other words, the shooting world's equivalent of urban legends. The danger of the Garand ping and the failure M1 Carbine ammo on Chinese winter garb are a couple of well-known examples that will still ignite arguments today.
Another variation on this kind of Fudd is the guy who posts memes with supposedly famous RKBA quotes without bothering to check their factual accuracy. This nonsense tends to make all gun owners look ignorant.
I tried looking up 'Fudd' on Wiktionary; what I found was, "A gun-owner who supports traditional hunting guns but favors gun control for other guns such as handguns or tactical rifles." Huh? This definition offends the old cartoon fan in me. If Elmer Fudd had some political subtext, it was buried too deep for me, and anyway he predates the RKBA wars that followed the Kennedy assassination. The US 'tactical rifle' (whatever that means -- didn't they have rifles and tactics in the Civil War?) in the Fudd era would have been the M1 Garand.
But that's just me -- do you use the term Fudd, and if so, how?
BTW, I am taken it for granted that THR is a Fudd-free zone -- gentlemen don't call other gentlemen Fudds.
When I think Fudd, the first thing that comes to mind is the image provided by Warner Bros.: an enthusiastic but bumbling city dweller trying a little too hard to be weekend hunter. His image is chained to the pre-Vietnam War era by his Hunter Red attire -- never blaze orange or camo. I believe that most of Bugs/Fudd cartoons were made during the 1950s.
The second meaning for Fudd comes from the expression Fuddlore, which I take to mean gun and hunting anecdotes, taken from old magazines or simply word of mouth and long accepted as truth without supporting evidence. In other words, the shooting world's equivalent of urban legends. The danger of the Garand ping and the failure M1 Carbine ammo on Chinese winter garb are a couple of well-known examples that will still ignite arguments today.
Another variation on this kind of Fudd is the guy who posts memes with supposedly famous RKBA quotes without bothering to check their factual accuracy. This nonsense tends to make all gun owners look ignorant.
I tried looking up 'Fudd' on Wiktionary; what I found was, "A gun-owner who supports traditional hunting guns but favors gun control for other guns such as handguns or tactical rifles." Huh? This definition offends the old cartoon fan in me. If Elmer Fudd had some political subtext, it was buried too deep for me, and anyway he predates the RKBA wars that followed the Kennedy assassination. The US 'tactical rifle' (whatever that means -- didn't they have rifles and tactics in the Civil War?) in the Fudd era would have been the M1 Garand.
But that's just me -- do you use the term Fudd, and if so, how?
BTW, I am taken it for granted that THR is a Fudd-free zone -- gentlemen don't call other gentlemen Fudds.
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