Gun Selfies Unholstering In The Wild

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Old Dog said:
Eh Not a selfy, but we used to snap a lot of pics outdoors back in the day (mostly before the newness of being in a war wore off)... even loaded guns.


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How's everyone feel about taking photos at the range of people shooting? (That's me below, working really hard at my next job as an instructor/coach/RSO).

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Well yeah...since the picture isn't taken of a mirror while in front of the mirror, it gets a pass.

A gun photo bombing a picture of a recently harvested critter is also excusable.
 
It's the cat that makes this thread!

I'm not for what I'd call "gratuitous" handling of one's firearms, where "gratuitous" means "uncalled for, lacking good reason, or unwarranted".

I don't have a problem showing a firearm...provided suitable precautions are taken. For example, I wouldn't be unholstering my loaded sidearm in a room full of people eating dinner. Not an appropriate venue. But if I'm outside at a BBQ where I'm not the center of a crowd and there is an obvious direction of safety? Perhaps.

Nor would I necessarily do so around certain people. I'm sure we all know that there are "those people" we wouldn't want to handle a firearm under any circumstances.

And I most certainly don't treat my sidearm as anything other than the dangerous weapon that it is. It's not a toy and shouldn't be treated as such.

I'm not "afraid" of doing this...I'm just very prudent about when, where, and how I go about it, and with whom.
 
Btw, cool cat !!! Mine two prefer their vodka straight up.
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You know I was thinking the same thing.

Either this cool cat likes vodka on the chilled side or else using a rocks glass makes for a lousy fish bowl!

Back on topic all of my guns are unloaded for every photo op. Also no selfies.
 
Old Dog said:
Eh Not a selfy, but we used to snap a lot of pics outdoors back in the day (mostly before the newness of being in a war wore off)... even loaded guns.


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How's everyone feel about taking photos at the range of people shooting? (That's me below, working really hard at my next job as an instructor/coach/RSO).

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I'm pretty sure I specifically excluded the range. I didn't mention war but I would have thought the word unnecessarily would have covered that.

I mean, if you want to virtue signal your second amendment creds just come out and do that.
 
I don't take pictures of guns in "public". I do take pictures of guns in public spaces/lands, but never where people are present. It tends to be the kind of places I could comfortably carry a loaded rifle, and wouldn't turn any heads, for there are none to be turned.
 
Night Rider said:
I mean, if you want to virtue signal your second amendment creds just come out and do that.
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Without derailing your thread, I have to say I'm not sure what you mean by this. "Virtue signaling?"

What I was attempting to communicate was that taking photos of firearms is very commonplace in many arenas -- hunting, shooting ranges, competition, military, law enforcement, even commercial purposes and advertising. We get that you are a stickler for firearms safety, but we all have different practices. Most of us here seem to be well aware of, and self-report safe firearms practices (or at least talk the talk); for me, until someone proves otherwise, if they tell me they can safely clear their own firearm(s) for a photo op, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. I guess some of us have a different understanding of what might constitute "unnecessary administrative handling" of firearms.
 
Old Dog said:
Without derailing your thread, I have to say I'm not sure what you mean by this. "Virtue signaling?"

What I was attempting to communicate was that taking photos of firearms is very commonplace in many arenas -- hunting, shooting ranges, competition, military, law enforcement, even commercial purposes and advertising. We get that you are a stickler for firearms safety, but we all have different practices. Most of us here seem to be well aware of, and self-report safe firearms practices (or at least talk the talk); for me, until someone proves otherwise, if they tell me they can safely clear their own firearm(s) for a photo op, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. I guess some of us have a different understanding of what might constitute "unnecessary administrative handling" of firearms.
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IDK maybe I'm not being as clear as I think I am.

I very specifically excluded taking photos at a range or on a hunting trip. Again I'm also going to exclude taking photos in a combat zone.

Once again, let me try to clarify I'm talking about people who unholster for a selfie in a populated place as an example someone doing it in Yellowstone Park during the height of tourist season, say on a heavily traveled hiking trail.

If you're hunting hogs at the far edge a corn field a mile away from anyone that's different.

Having said all that I make erring on the side of caution a lifestyle choice I would never unholster a loaded gun just to take a picture of it.

I've seen photos on other forums where it looks like the person did exactly that.

As another example the "Today I enjoyed the outdoors " thread, I didn't post any photos of a gun until I was kinda told I had to. The photo I use is a photo I took because I had to unholster to fix my pants.
 
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Night Rider said:
IDK maybe I'm not being as clear as I think I am.

I very specifically excluded taking photos at a range or on a hunting trip. Again I'm also going to exclude taking photos in a combat zone.

Once again, let me try to clarify I'm talking about people who unholster for a selfie in a populated place as an example someone doing it in Yellowstone Park during the height of tourist season, say on a heavily traveled hiking trail.

If you're hunting hogs at the far edge a corn field a mile away from anyone that's different.

Having said all that I make erring on the side of caution a lifestyle choice I
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Have you actually witnessed someone unholstering for a selfie in a populated place? Just asking out of idle curiosity. I'm not saying no one has ever done it but I have not witnessed this behavior.
 
Mike J said:
Have you actually witnessed someone unholstering for a selfie in a populated place? Just asking out of idle curiosity. I'm not saying no one has ever done it but I have not witnessed this behavior.
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I've never seen it for sure but I've seen some photos that looked like that's what MIGHT have happened
 
Granted I haven’t been here for very long but I cant recall seeing a single photo posted here that was taken in a public setting. Nor have I ever seen anyone do this out in the public (just stating that in case I misinterpreted your post)
Everything here is logs, decks, beds (some of you need new blankets), fence posts, bench tops etc.
 
winfreeokra said:
I cant recall seeing a single photo posted here that was taken in a public setting. Nor have I ever seen anyone do this out in the public (just stating that in case I misinterpreted your post) Everything here is logs, decks, beds (some of you need new blankets), fence posts, bench tops etc.
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This forum has some more responsible posters than perhaps a couple other well-known internet firearms posters. On a serious note, I get what the OP is driving at. And we should be responsible gun-owners, especially with all the attacks against the RKBA.

There's enough idiots out there who make all gun-owners look bad (witness the egregious open-carry photos from that Texas Chipotle restaurant).

Anyway, I love guns'n'coffee...
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...gun'n'boots?
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even guns'n'swords:
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But NOT guns at Chipotle:
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Only photos of my guns are for insurance purposes and taken inside my house. I do not pose for photos with my handguns or rifles. However, due to the locations where I camp in MT, ID, WY, UT, I do carry open with no cloth in the way of accessing a weapon. However, I am far from the only person.

If someone wants to take a photo of their weapon outside in the wild; not a problem. However, like already noted, in a grocery store is probably not the best idea.
 
People have been having pictures of themselves taken with guns since cameras were invented. We see lots of Civil War, old west, etc. portraits with guns in them, many perhaps studio props. Same for contemporary young soldiers, how many of us have had pictures taken with guns while in the military, trying to look bad ass?

I have no problem with well staged action or hunting photos, taken safely in the proper venue. Holding guns in your bedroom or an urban environment while surrounded by cash, drugs, or giving gang signs, not so much.
 
.38 Special said:
As far as I am concerned, a competent man is welcome to do whatever he likes with his gun, and an incompetent man shouldn't have any contact with guns at all - except perhaps for supervised training intended to rectify his incompetence.
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How do you determine who is competent and who is incompetent? Self-assessment doesn't work, because most incompetents think that they are competent. That's why we have hard-and-fast safety rules, such as treating every gun as if it were loaded, and not pointing a gun at anything you do not intend to destroy. Yet even the most "competent" among us have their occasional lapses. The rules, besides preventing mishaps in the first place, also act to mitigate the results if lapses do occur.
 
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