Love your fellow american. I cannot stress to you guys enough how important it is for us to stick together. Remember in 1900 you would have looked like some sort of crazy freek wearing your blue jeans and t shirt. Gun owners stick together!!!
anyone else feel uncomfy around people who look like "gun nuts?"
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I seemed to have fallen into the twilight zone of silliness and ignorance.
I tend to judge people by their actions as it seems to be more telling of their actual intentions. For example I would tend to be more fearful of the person waving the gun around and threatening people than I would of a person wearing fatigues, spiked hair, piercings, or even the ever "scary"
biker attire.
But no I do not look down, fear, or otherwise treat anyone differently because of the their choice of clothing (black/white, rich/poor, or kind of car).
I tend to judge people by their actions as it seems to be more telling of their actual intentions. For example I would tend to be more fearful of the person waving the gun around and threatening people than I would of a person wearing fatigues, spiked hair, piercings, or even the ever "scary"
biker attire. But no I do not look down, fear, or otherwise treat anyone differently because of the their choice of clothing (black/white, rich/poor, or kind of car).
aingeal89c
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OK, why are those guys weird? I'm a woman and I wear camo and steel toed boots to the range, and I regularly wear a gun shop tshirt to work. I was in the navy for four years and see no problem with someone wearing camo, guns and ammo shirts, boots, or sidearms in full view. If people wearing things like that make you uneasy, it's because you're insecure of yourself.
MD_Willington
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I have camo cargo shorts, because I bought them for $2 a pair.. yes, I'm cheap.
209
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I still don a pair of BDU pants now and again. When I retired from the military I had about 22 sets. I'm too cheap to throw or give them away. Likewise, I had about 8 pairs of boots and wear them from time to time. So, I usually figure anyone in mil cam is a former mil person.
The LBE set and such don't get worn much. That stuff is stashed in the attic.
I feel very uncomfortable around guys that wear those spandex bicycle-riding outfits. I don't know why, but I'm sure you can't trust them.
And of course, anyone sporting a Congressional ID card scares the crap out of me.
The LBE set and such don't get worn much. That stuff is stashed in the attic.
I feel very uncomfortable around guys that wear those spandex bicycle-riding outfits. I don't know why, but I'm sure you can't trust them.
And of course, anyone sporting a Congressional ID card scares the crap out of me.
Ridgerunner665
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Well...you won't catch me wearing a Glock shirt but...
I wear camo quite often, usually not clean shaven, been in more fist fights than most boxers (got the scars on my knuckles, over both eyebrows and a crooked nose to prove it...won a few, lost a few), my hair is short, gray and thinning, my truck is an old beat up 1978 Chevy 4x4 (green & rust) complete with gun rack in rear window, loud exhaust and 400 hp (350 sb)...its usually pretty dirty form beating around on the farm.
I'm rather talkative here on the forums...not so much in person. I have waaay more guns than I care to list...and I carry 24/7/365.
Would I make you uncomfortable?
I wear camo quite often, usually not clean shaven, been in more fist fights than most boxers (got the scars on my knuckles, over both eyebrows and a crooked nose to prove it...won a few, lost a few), my hair is short, gray and thinning, my truck is an old beat up 1978 Chevy 4x4 (green & rust) complete with gun rack in rear window, loud exhaust and 400 hp (350 sb)...its usually pretty dirty form beating around on the farm.
I'm rather talkative here on the forums...not so much in person. I have waaay more guns than I care to list...and I carry 24/7/365.
Would I make you uncomfortable?
DSAPT9
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The clothes don’t bother me it is the actions of the individual that causes alarm but, think about this if you review all the mass shootings over the last couple of decades only a very small percentage where in camo and military type gear. Most dressed in polo shirts and jeans and looked like the average guy going to work. So who is the gun nut the guy that looks like one or the guy who seems shy in the corner that looks normal.
Brian Dale
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Out around the farm, working, gardening or hunting, I wear comfortable clothing that won't be ruined by some dirt. Some of it is military surplus; I'm like generations of rural people (and old rock climbers) before me in that regard. In town, I look just like the millions of midwesterners around me, few of whom have a whole lot of fashion sense.
I won't wear football team logo clothing, though.
I was trained as a field biologist and I wear a lot of khakis, t-shirts and oxford shirts. Someone made off with my old 60/40 cloth mountain parka several years ago; I recently replaced it with a waxed Barbour. Maybe this means that I've been guilty of the outdoorsy, Anglophile "I wish I owned a Purdey" look.
I don't buy Levi's (incl. Dockers), Ralph Lauren or Hanes because of their financial support of anti-gun campaigns.
Yeah, I thought that the blue wings were to be worn only after 6pm...
Farnam's good, Rockwell1. Thanks for posting that.
I won't wear football team logo clothing, though.
I was trained as a field biologist and I wear a lot of khakis, t-shirts and oxford shirts. Someone made off with my old 60/40 cloth mountain parka several years ago; I recently replaced it with a waxed Barbour. Maybe this means that I've been guilty of the outdoorsy, Anglophile "I wish I owned a Purdey" look.
I don't buy Levi's (incl. Dockers), Ralph Lauren or Hanes because of their financial support of anti-gun campaigns.
yongxingfreesty said:
Yeah, I thought that the blue wings were to be worn only after 6pm...
Farnam's good, Rockwell1. Thanks for posting that.
kingpin008
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Like many others, I tend to judge on actions rather than appearance.
Maybe that's because of the way I was raised, maybe it's because both my fiancee and I are heavily tattooed and enjoy to dress in "unconventional" ways. We're both used to being stared at and judged by people who don't know a thing about us except what we look like on the outside.
Maybe that's because of the way I was raised, maybe it's because both my fiancee and I are heavily tattooed and enjoy to dress in "unconventional" ways. We're both used to being stared at and judged by people who don't know a thing about us except what we look like on the outside.
BHP FAN
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''OK, why are those guys weird? I'm a woman and I wear camo and steel toed boots to the range, and I regularly wear a gun shop tshirt to work. I was in the navy for four years and see no problem with someone wearing camo, guns and ammo shirts, boots, or sidearms in full view. If people wearing things like that make you uneasy, it's because you're insecure of yourself...''
You GO, girl! I agree.If folks like us make someone nervous,maybe they should take up golf.
You GO, girl! I agree.If folks like us make someone nervous,maybe they should take up golf.
usmc1371
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Camo shorts, USMC boonie cover, gotee, glock shirt, tan combat boots. Sounds like me at the last IPSC match I shot. If I really have a bad day I switch shirts to my springfield XD shirt and hope no one notices the glock 35.
Macmac
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57 and thin real thin, hair half way down my back and a beard. I ride a motorcycle, do logging and other farm work, and more. Always dirty from working.
I wear rags, and what ever boots I need. Right now I have better than 36 inches of snow.
If you see me I am armed, but you won't know it, unless you scare the hell out of me.
I don't do gun ranges, because I have had the hell scared out of me and besides I can just take a few steps out back.
If I see you in a shirt with a silly alligator on it I will call what you are a Flatlander..
Yesterday I learned for the first time what a metro sexual is, and some of you guys are pushing that Friggin loafers
I wear rags, and what ever boots I need. Right now I have better than 36 inches of snow.
If you see me I am armed, but you won't know it, unless you scare the hell out of me.
I don't do gun ranges, because I have had the hell scared out of me and besides I can just take a few steps out back.
If I see you in a shirt with a silly alligator on it I will call what you are a Flatlander..
Yesterday I learned for the first time what a metro sexual is, and some of you guys are pushing that
Friggin loafers 
mgregg85
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People who show up at a range looking like this would make me nervous. Or people who do rolls while shooting or shoot with the pistol sideways "gangsta" style.
miconoakisland
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It all depends on where you live. I've lived in suburbia(polos, khakis), at the beach(flip-flops, shorts, hiwaiian shirts), in farm country (overalls) and in podunk(camo boots, boonie hats/camo ball caps, camo pants). It's all a matter of where you live, not if you're a gun-nut or not. I'm currently a river/swamp guide and wear every variation of BDU pants due to mud/dirt, pockets for garbage, and quick-dry, and a boonie hat for sun-burnt ears and ticks. I go to Wal-Mart however I want and still fit in here, but wouldn't dress like that in any of the other places I've lived. You just gotta assimilate in your community and wear practical clothing for whatever you do.
When I visit the other areas, I dress accordingly.
I've only lived in the Carolinas, but always dress to not stick out and have the closet to prove it. It's just "locational camo" to keep a low profile and draw no attention as being an outsider.
Armed, legal, and invisible are good things, wether wearing a hawiian shirt or realtree.
When I visit the other areas, I dress accordingly.
I've only lived in the Carolinas, but always dress to not stick out and have the closet to prove it. It's just "locational camo" to keep a low profile and draw no attention as being an outsider.
Armed, legal, and invisible are good things, wether wearing a hawiian shirt or realtree.
Joe Demko
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I laugh at anyone who goes about in public dressed up in costume. You have the right to dress up like a biker, cowboy, SEEL, or any other member of The Village People you wish. I have the right to regard you as an object of amusement and derision for going out in public to play your little dress up games.
BADUNAME27
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I base any opinion I may have on a person's behavior at the range.
Period.
When I start having enough free time to rubber neck on the firing line it means I should be paying more attention to what I'm doing so I don't have an accident.
Period.
When I start having enough free time to rubber neck on the firing line it means I should be paying more attention to what I'm doing so I don't have an accident.
I guess I fit in to the metro sexual category. It has done the second amendment a favor though. Most people do not peg me as a gun owner, and when they find out I am they are not intimidated to talk to me about firearms, and our rights. It has given me an inroads into conversations with people that may not have been open to talking about firarms to a "biker/mountain man, etc" type of person. This is what I love about THR, this is a very diverse group that shares many common goals for our various renditions of the shooting sports. It also allows for many types of people to get exposure to the shooting sports in a very positive and comfortable way.
22-rimfire
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What you wear should not make any difference as far as your comfort zone? Example: Long haired military clad (with military boots) armed with a black rifle and pistol; 20's aged male and female in same wardrobe. Unfortunately, a male would get looks from me at first and a female dressed the same way would just be "interesting". (Choose your own word.) You have the interesting female and the long haired male shooting and the male is responsible and the female is acting irresponsibly. The female would make me nervous. How they act is far more important than how they dress.
Full camo in Walmart does not cut it however unless they are in the military.
Full camo in Walmart does not cut it however unless they are in the military.
Flyboy
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The plural of "anecdote" is not "data."Mossberg88 said:
divemedic
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I try to blend in. In my area, jeans and a Hawaiian shirt are inconspicuous, as are shorts and sandals. It used to be that fanny packs were great, because so many tourists had them, but they get inspected now in many places.
Military haircut means nothing, as the Unabomber had long hair.
Military haircut means nothing, as the Unabomber had long hair.
Gatofeo
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Some years ago, when I wrote a guns and reloading column for a newspaper, I came out against wearing camouflage, buckskins, leather hats with turkey feet and God knows what, etc. at gun shows.
I pointed out that such dress only fuels the media fire against gun owners. TV stations love to single out unkempt, filthy, weird or reactionary-looking folks and portay them as typical of gun owners.
So I wrote.
Then I waited for the screams and nasty letters to the editor about me.
I mean, this was in Idaho and I expected a tidal wave of anti-Gatofeo letters.
And you know what?
Most of those who wrote or stopped me on the street agreed.
They agreed that if you're going to visit a gun show, wear regular clothing, bathe and at least get your hair groomed, even if it is long.
I still see plenty of "timber beasts" and would-be warriors in their camouflage clothing at gun shows, though. Bugs me.
Frankly, I wish folks would stop wearing "... from my cold, dead fingers" T-shirts and such. It only hurts gun ownership.
Oh, I agree that the 1st Amendment protects it. And folks are entitled to wear whatever they want. I just wish they'd stop and think about the damage they do to the reputation of gun owners.
I pointed out that such dress only fuels the media fire against gun owners. TV stations love to single out unkempt, filthy, weird or reactionary-looking folks and portay them as typical of gun owners.
So I wrote.
Then I waited for the screams and nasty letters to the editor about me.
I mean, this was in Idaho and I expected a tidal wave of anti-Gatofeo letters.
And you know what?
Most of those who wrote or stopped me on the street agreed.
They agreed that if you're going to visit a gun show, wear regular clothing, bathe and at least get your hair groomed, even if it is long.
I still see plenty of "timber beasts" and would-be warriors in their camouflage clothing at gun shows, though. Bugs me.
Frankly, I wish folks would stop wearing "... from my cold, dead fingers" T-shirts and such. It only hurts gun ownership.
Oh, I agree that the 1st Amendment protects it. And folks are entitled to wear whatever they want. I just wish they'd stop and think about the damage they do to the reputation of gun owners.
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