Oh..Ma..Gawd...Range Doofuses, Part 46

[Intune]

I usually help the infirm/challenged at every opportunity whether a supermarket parking lot, in a store, whatever. They have always been grateful, never offended. At a range, which to me is members of my shooting fraternity, I would help anyone who looked like they needed a hand. I have offered to help people loaded down with gun cases, bags, ammo etc many times to & from vehicles. If I were in some sort of hurry to shoot I would be right over to give someone a hand. Putting targets up with tape? "Wanna use my staple gun?" Maybe it's just me… I don't think so! Darn AR15 nasty, foul, Mattel shooters. Should be a rule against 'em. Now those wonderful AK shooters, cant say enough about those wonderful folks.


Oops, edited (well not really, gonna leave it) the "cant" in the AK reference was NOT intentional!

 

[MJRW]

Just read Molly's post earlier in this thread.

Molly, I don't think I would call you stupid. But I know I wouldn't call you humble.

 

[BluesBear]

Don't worry Molly, humble ain't all it's cracked up to be.
Humble is how you act when you've been nominated for an award. Confident is how you act in order to GET nominated.

I'd much rather have a confident person watching my back.

A confident woman doesn't intimidate me even if she does have an AR-15.

But then I don't have a self esteem problem either.

 

[swingset]

So I'm at the range today, and these f'n dikes show up, then whadya know some jews start tricklin in, then a bunch of spics and coloreds, and worse yet....

Just seein if anyone's paying attention anymore.

This thread bagan trivial, but has become absurd and sad.

 

[kernal_panic]

i'm not bashing the ar-15 guys although they needed to dump less money into their rifles and more money into ammo (bushmaster m4gery with a wilson combat brake, some goofy railed hand guard, ace boom toob stock, flip up rear sight) i was shooting beter groups with a $47 .22. The 2 danger hicks were most of my complaint.the rest was the other once a year shooter. the danger hicks, wearing their real tree camo hats, dirty wife beaters, numerous jail house quality tattoos, and flip flops (whats this guy who can barely keep his muzzle pointed down range going to do when a hot empty lands bettween his toes?) the other guy was an ???????. One of the ar-15 guys shooting was a black guy. the black guy was shooting a pistol, a ruger i think, and apprently his shooting stance sucked (i wasn't paying attention i was shooting groups with various 22 ammo and keeping an eye on the danger hicks) anyway the shoot once a year hick was trying to help the black guy when he jokingly said " I don't know how they shoot in the hood but that usually doesn't work too well" Jesus Christ what an ???????.

 

[cdbeaver]

I'm lucky, I guess. I'm 73 years old, don't have to go to a public shooting range because I have a farm that really works well for a private shooting area.

But I think courtesy is a mark of a gentleman, regardless of age. If I inconvenience any one because of my (growing) infirmities, I expect to be told about it so I can remedy the situation.

When I'm inconvenienced by what I perceive as some one's inconsideration, I tend to get grumpy, just like those of the younger generation. We all could use a dose of goodwill. And patience.

 

[C.R.Sam]

cdbeaver...
You could just as well have been speakin for me.

Sam

 

[kernal_panic]

oh and in regards to the old guy shooters. i think it would be very polite to ask "hey old timer i'm headed down there to put up new targets, want me to grab yours too while i'm down there and staple up new ones?"

 

[C.R.Sam]

That would get a grin and a "thankee" out of me.

Sam

 

[Sparker]

In my five and a half decades on this planet, I learned: Crippled up old folks are a real pain in the butt until the s**t hits the fan, then they seem to be the only ones with good answers about how to fix the mess we're in.

Surprisingly, a lot of them old farm raised grannies know more than us youngsters do about damn near everything. maybe that's why I hold the doors open for them.

 

[Ivanimal]

In the words of Richard Prior," You dont get old being a fool".

Lighten up, go over and help, listen when they speak, you may learn something.