My First Encounter with a "Fudd"

[SwampWolf]

I guess all I'm saying is that having jerks in the midst is not a problem unique to Bullseye shooters (and I still don't think you were saying that). I've seen plenty of jerks in other shooting endeavors and I suppose it's possible that the bad apples can outnumber the good apples, as was the case in your situation.

 

[Werewolf]

I am not a LEO and I'm way too old for the military. I have no desire or no need for Tupperware guns, EBRs and high capacity mags. I shoot enough rounds with my revolvers, levers, bolt actions and 1911s. I hunt regularly, and target shoot approximately 500 rounds of centerfire ammo a month. I shoot sporting clays once a week. Altho I see no reason in 'ell that any civilian needs a 30 round mag(oh, before some start to whine, I know all about Armageddon and the masses of unstoppable zombies in the aftermath) or a doublestack handgun with a 19 + 1 capacity......I have no problem with those that feel that need, and I will support their right to own those types of weapons with a passion.


Sooooooooooo, what does that make me?

Ummmm....

A libertarian anti???

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

there needs to be a new term for either people that think that all new "tactical" guns should be banned and those who just don't like them.

 

[SwampWolf]

Fudd and Fudd's evil twin, Fuddenstein.

 

[benEzra]

side note.. an AR-15 can actually be a full-auto...

Honda Civics can be 200-mph race cars, too. The vast, overwhelming majority aren't, though.

So the AK was designed to put lots of bullets out there pretty quickly.
I agree... it was not designed with a "sporting purpose" in mind.

Bolt-action rifles weren't designed with sporting purposes in mind, either. Neither was the .30-06 cartridge.

"And after they get done taking away all the assault weapons, do you really think they'll let you keep your sniper rifle?"

"It's not a sniper rifle! It's a deer rifle!"

"Sure it is. Explain the difference."

Exactly. Top photo, Winchester Model 70 in .30-06; bottom photo, Remington Model 700 in 7.62x51mm NATO/.308.

 

[NG VI]

I am not a LEO and I'm way too old for the military. I have no desire or no need for Tupperware guns, EBRs and high capacity mags. I shoot enough rounds with my revolvers, levers, bolt actions and 1911s.
doublestack handgun with a 19 + 1 capacity......I have no problem with those that feel that need, and I will support their right to own those types of weapons with a passion.

Careful, your 1911s are machine guns according to anti-gun people, regardless of what it actually is. A "hair-triggered death machine known for its ability to quickly and accurately deliver a bullet into a target" or something.

And most guns aren't designed around a capacity, they are designed and the capacity is whatever works with the geometry the designer has in the grip.

 

[Hatterasguy]

A couple of the guys than hang out in our group are very liberal anti gun types. They are cool and over the years have started to come around. Now they want to go shooting, and one told me to call him if I find a good deal on a Garand.

Most liberals can be turned to pro gun after listening to Pat Buchanan or his ilk for a bit.

 

[Deanimator]

Most liberals can be turned to pro gun after listening to Pat Buchanan or his ilk for a bit.

Warren Zevon works faster.

 

[Hatterasguy]

True, he works even better.

 

[huntsman]

They weren't nice to each other, and they certainly had no respect at all for the rest of our members. In fact, they held many of them in contempt.

Did they call others Fudds?

 

[shotgunjoel]

Sadly here in Central Illinois farm country Fudds are about half of the gun owners. It's not hard to find guys opposed to handguns around here that shoot skeet every weekend. They see their discipline of shooting to be the only legitimate reason for gun ownership. Sad.

 

[BullfrogKen]

Did they call others Fudds?

No, they were a spite more mean-spirited than that.


And I wouldn't exactly call those fellows fudds, either. What they were the language filter won't allow me to type.

 

[berettaprofessor]

A small side step, I find it difficult to understand how PETA etc. who wants to ban hunting. One who do they think pays to manage the wild life? Its all done at least around here with hunting fees

This statement by Mt. Shooter is from the first page, and I'm late to the game, but (sorry Mt. Shooter) it's a great example of not understanding the other side's argument.

PETA, FYI, doesn't really want anybody to manage the wildlife...they don't even want humans on the planet. We're the scourge of nature.

Now do you get it?

 

[oneounceload]

PETA, FYI, doesn't really want anybody to manage the wildlife

To PETA, a rat is a dog is a child - all one and the same. Interesting how they were busted last year (IIRC) euthanizing a large number of dogs entrusted to their care and dumping the bodies in the dumpster.

The anti's scheme has always been to "divide and conquer". If they can get a small portion to go along with outlawing one type, then they'll go after the next.

The old poem:

"THEY CAME FIRST for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

THEN THEY CAME for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

THEN THEY CAME for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

THEN THEY CAME for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.

THEN THEY CAME for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up."

Substitute a different type of gun owner in each stanza

 

[PershingRiflesC-7]

I've heard that Jim Zumbo is not a fudd anymore.

Not all fools are stupid.

Zumbo required the equivalent of a slap upside of his head in the form of being fired from his column in order to recover his senses about EBRs. Nothing quite gets a man's attention like reaching for his wallet.

 

[MD_Willington]

A scoped hunting rifle in trained hands is better suited to long range killing than my podunk AK...

Remind your buddy that when all the "Assault Rifles" are gone, that his scoped hunting rifles are next simply because those will be called "Sniper Rifles" & that the rounds they fire can likely defeat body armor.