gun fashion faux pas

im one that thinks any guy with a fanny pack is carrying also the vest
im sure im wrong sometimes

IMHO, people that constantly complain about "tactical crap" are far more irritating than whatever it is they're complaining about.

I don't know much bout fox paws but my ol lady told me just the other day that my gold colored watch clashed with my stainless 1911

what about a hot chick in a bikini, with a gun, isn't sexy...?

unless it's a highpoint

Black Duck Charlie said:

A question: What does someone who owns/shoots/carries guns happen to look like?

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Well, I'm short and significantly overweight with long, blonde-going-grey hair and I usually wear skirts and dress in a markedly feminine manner.

I strongly suspect that in any given group of random people other than maybe a batch of clueless idealists in "Wouldn't it be nice if everyone was nice?" t-shirts, I would be the last one suspected of having a gun.

Trunk Monkey said:

"Tactical" anything

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This.

Living in the burbs of Detroit, you see all kinds of dress and all kinds of people carrying.

Yesterday, I was at the local range blowing the dust out of my SxS 12ga before the weekend cowboy shoot.

A man walks in wearing sweat pants, workboots, tall-T and flatbill... he reaches into the sweatpants and pulls a pistol out, setting it on the bench. He is standing next to a man in 5.11 gear, head to toe, working out of a Pelican hard case.

Me, I just made sure no one was going to shoot me in the back, then went back to punishing myself with the dbl barrel 12.....

I had just been given a diagnosis of acute appendicitis at a local Urgent Care Center, when a fellow walks by me with an arm cast and a Smith and Wesson long-sleeved shirt. "Smith and Wesson?" I said, and he turned around. "Are you a shooter?" I added, and and he replied affirmatively, and told me his company does a lot of work with Smith and Wesson. I told him about the range I go to, which took him by surprise since it's all of about two miles from his house. He gratefully took down the range info and gave me his contact info.
The Urgent Care doctor watched this dialogue looking rather surprised, then not too gently reminded me of my condition, and the fact that a general surgeon was on his way to meet me at the local hospital.
Hey, we're talking about the immediate suburbs of New York here - we pro-2A folk *should* recognize each other, and stick together!

From what I remember, cargo khakis and other military inspired fashions used to be pretty popular in the late 90s/early 00s. They're only a dead giveaway NOW because they currently aren't in style and only someone who needs (or thinks they need) them is going to wear them.

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I'm still rockin' the cargo pants & shorts. I NEED them. I'm generally concealing tactical plastic bags & dog treats. One is for one end of the dogs, the other is for...umm... "the other."

From what I remember, cargo khakis and other military inspired fashions used to be pretty popular in the late 90s/early 00s. They're only a dead giveaway NOW because they currently aren't in style and only someone who needs (or thinks they need) them is going to wear them.

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Hey now! I mildly resemble that remark. 8)

I do still rock the cargo khakis, but I gotta admit I am dating myself to the tight pants folks with them. Usually though they house nothing. Because they are loose, trying to house a three pound gun makes it dangle funny and it hits my legs a lot. Not to mention it's better than my teenage fashion from the European Raver scene ...

As for funky fashions ... I can't help but think someone is carrying anytime I see a fannypack or a photography vest with nothing stuffed in the pockets.

In many states it shouldn't be hard to have that B17 since it was made well before 1986. As for type of clothing my only real tell is my tendency to wear either my gun club hat or my NRA cap. Of course the NRA sticker on my truck and Tracker and the Gadsen flag on my Goldwing might be a hint too. Oh, yeah, the "Protected by Stag Arms" sticker with the AR15 picture on the windshield of the Tracker might be another hint.