How do you deal with "the gun guy" at work?

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I refuse to be a closet gun guy any more. I am not going to be treated like some sort of leper (look how great things have worked out for smokers and the obese). I own guns, I shoot and I'm now and certified instructor (yay me). I don't hide it. I also don't go out of my way to bring it up. If someone sees the NRA sticker on my car and asks, fine. If someone asks me what I did over the weekend and I have been to the range, I say so. I don't go out of my way to proselytize. Much. :)
 
I had a similar guy at work who claimed he shot a deer at 1200 yds with a 7mm magnum. I asked him how he knew the range....he said because his rangefinder only went up to 1000 yds. ??? I asked him how high did he hold over the deer to make such an impressive shot. he said about 16". All you can do is laugh i guess. Like Ron White says, " You cant fix stupid! " I like to listen to their fairytales for entertainment purposes. I like to watch bugs bunny too.
 
I am the gun guy at work.

That's not to say that the CEO doesn't have a rack full of AR's, and the president of the board doesn't have multiple Vickers, though.

But because I'm young and don't hide the fact that I own guns, everyone comes to me for advice when something firearms related comes up.
 
SsevenN, you need to cc all the time and find a new job as soon as possible. That guy IS dangerous and is gonna snap at some point in time.
 
Actually, the subject has been coming up more and more at work and elsewhere these days, so I have plenty of opportunities to talk about it. It seems to be on the minds of a lot of people, which I guess is part of the reason why the shelves are empty and the ranges are full. I don't hold myself out as being an expert, but if someone expresses an interest then I at least teach them the safety rules first and then how to go about finding a suitable weapon that works well for them. I always offer to take someone to the range with me if they seem interested enough.

The only "gun guys" I have a problem with are the ones who seem to be unbalanced and have deeper issues than just running their mouths about guns. These are usually the idiots you find waving an "unloaded" weapon around in a room full of people, and sometimes hear about on the news. I have no use for them and resent the negative example they make of themselves.
 
LOL, sometimes at school it gets on my nerves, and I hate watching action movies because my brother asks me if I saw X model gun every single time a gun pops up on screen.
 
This kind of guy is what gives gun owners a bad name - no, not crime related articles accusing the model or type of gun to be the instigator - but by talking to a bunch of non-gun people and being an obtuse ****.

There is a time and place for everything, and this is the reason why i type about guns here instead of disturbing coworkers.

The kid mentioned in the OP needs to be checked ... i'd say slapped, but no one reacts well to even a verbal slap... they just might dream of storming through the office pumping round after lead hot round into friends and coworkers alike. It would be great if a little suggestion would work. If not, steer clear. The cat thing is definitely messed up... who brags/ admits to illegal activity? ...someone who wants to get caught/ is stupid / is juvenile / is deranged.

I'm single, and justify the loot i drop on my guns (mainly when between girlfriends, as it happens) as "well, i could have taken a girl out to a great dinner, picked up the tab, decided she wasn't for me and gone home...or stayed at home, watched tv and now i have ammo for the weekend (or a bottle of single-malt). If you know some good lookin & smart ladies who want to hear me talk about my guns...PM me their numbers!...but i haven't encountered any, and i've been looking for 28 years. But i digress; talking about guns in front of non-shooters leads to more problems than solutions.
 
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How do you deal with "the gun guy" at work?

Introduce him to the gun boards on the internet.

On second thought, DON'T! We have enough blowhards and "experts" here already.
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Agreed. All we need is another Gecko45 or Gunkid. :eek: :rolleyes:
 
Most of the people in my immediate workgroup know that I like to shoot. Not too many of the people in my overall department know that about me. I'm not uber-secretive about it but I don't advertise it. There's a guy in my office who has all the makings of a Gecko45 but hasn't yet taken that final step. He would always stop in my office and start talking guns. Didn't matter who came in, he kept talking. Finally I asked him privately one day to please stop doing that, that I didn't feel particularly comfortable talking about guns at work, particularly around my boss, who's immediate family was a victim of tragic gun violence. (He didn't really care that I talked about guns, I asked him once, but I used it as an excuse and it worked.) We'll talk occasionally now, but he's taken the hint and has become more discreet about it.

I have other friends in our department who I am 'gun buddies' with, and our conversations regarding firearms are discreet, with an understanding that what we talk about stays between us.
 
A little bit of thread drift, but . . .

The topic of guns doesn't come up a lot where I work and I don't go out of the way to talk about them. When the topic did come up one day, I found out one of the secretaries had been a champion shooter in .22 rifle (think world class). Seems she is a natural and out shot Marine snipers the first time she picked up a rifle (her dad was a Marine). She was offered a scholarship in shooting but turned it down. Anyway, you just never know about your co-workers. :)
 
Serial killers generally start by killing cats and small animals. Stay away from this guy
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Absolutely - I know about a vicious gang that does that. They masquerade as "animal adoptions", but I know that is just a front because they kill numerous cats and dogs every year. They go under the name of:

County Animal Shelter :rolleyes:

I know - weak attempt at humor - but whether we like it or not, human society has some established principles on when it is ok to kill certain animals and when it is not. Before we generalize, we need to understand that, as in this example, some little old ladies (doing the best they can with the extreme overpopulation of cats and dogs) will fall into our generalization trap merely because they were trying to help in a helpless situation.

Having said all of the above, there ARE cases of extreme animal cruelty that are beyond what any civilization would approve and can be an indication that the individuals involved are likely to be a danger to society. Therefore, your contribution to the discussion is valid, but just needs to be quite a bit better defined.

(My name is Southern Rebel and I am a gunaholic!)
 
Conflicted between reaching out and helping a fellow "enthusiat" to mature, and just distancing youself from an overbearing blow-hard who's doing public-relations harm to our cause? What did you do? How did it work out?
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I had something similar happen only with motorcycles. I raced sportbikes at the tracks in CA and worked with/knew a guy who rode them on the street. He was a complete jackass with how he rode and represented the worst of what people see in sportbike riders. I spent a lot of time with him trying to get him to mellow out a bit and tried to get him to go on track-days with me. It wasn't long before he tried showing off in front of our work one morning and I got to taste his blood in my mouth when I initially tried giving cpr after he t-boned a truck while he was going approx. 100 mph. When people at the scene tried to blame the mc, I had to tell them that it was the tool behind the controls who caused his own death. Some people just don't get it and never will. OTOH, I have also talked to a lot of other riders and influenced them to take their speed to the track and relax on the streets.

If I don't really know anyone who is over-the-top with guns, does it mean that I am that person? haha


Anyway, you just never know about your co-workers.
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When I was meeting people at my church, I met several people there who were in to firearms. One of them who does some writing on the subject mentioned to me and pointed out a little wisp of a girl, maybe 13 y/o, who he said is an excellent cowboy action shooter. Whoduthunkit? Not me. Like you said, ya never know...
 
I work with a few gun people.. what i don't like is the joking... EX I joke and say im gonna kick ya booty.. he says i guess it depends on who gets to their car first... he jokes about shooting thugs.. I always say i love shooting but in defense Guns are a REACTION not a Action.
 
I stopped listening to the shop "gun expert" because this guy will make your head hurt:
AR-15 up has a serial number and is suppose to be treated like a gun in and of itself.
He and his buddy routinely shoot milk jugs from a mile away with an '03 Springfield
To get an SKS to go "Full auto", just flip the sear.
All you need is a "Class A" license to buy machine guns
He can cloverleaf with his buddys fitty cal sniper rifle at a mile away
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I am the gun guy at work.

However, I'm not the loud, obnoxious, "from my cold dead hands," "300 rounds from my AR gave me a bruise," "use birdshot for home defense" gun guy.

Other "gun guys" don't like me. Just like car guys, I call them on their BS. I figure if I can tell they're gonna get on my nerves, I can tick em off or make them look stupid early, and they'll leave me alone.
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+1 on everything that Zack S said.

Wyman
 
How old is this guy? I could see myself acting that way when I was in my teens, and maybe in my early 20s, but if he's any older than that, I think this behavior is a sign of a serious personality disorder.
 
I stopped listening to the shop "gun expert" because this guy will make your head hurt:
AR-15 up has a serial number and is suppose to be treated like a gun in and of itself.
He and his buddy routinely shoot milk jugs from a mile away with an '03 Springfield
To get an SKS to go "Full auto", just flip the sear.
All you need is a "Class A" license to buy machine guns
He can cloverleaf with his buddys fitty cal sniper rifle at a mile away
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I used to work with one idiot who claimed that he took a gun on an airplane and it was perfectly legal since it was unloaded and he had a CCP. He also said that one day, the Crips and Bloods pulled up outside his house and started shooting at each other, so he got out his "9mm bush rifle" (I don't even think there even is such a gun) and shot them all.

The thing that surprised me was that this idiot actually had a girlfriend, albeit she was almost as stupid and annoying as he was.
 
I had an air conditioner guy in my house when I was home for the weekend being the biggest D bag I've ever encountered.

Well, he's going on and on to my mom about his meager life accomplishments when he gets extra smug and starts going on about his "conceal gun permit."

I was sitting there, reading on the couch when I just glanced up at him and LOL'd on the inside.

To be honest, I didn't believe him about it, as I carry my 1911 comfortably inside the house (read: printing like a maniac ) and I'd been walking around in front of him beforehand.

This guy was seriously an ass.
 
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