Shooter Snobbery

[QuickDraw]

Just to set the record straight,my uniform of choice
is jeans,T-shirt or polo,running shoes.If I'm not working,
or in church or at a funeral,thats what I wear .
Been wearing it for at least 30 years.
Makes it easy to shop for clothes!
Yikes,maybe I need a makeover!
See ya at the range!

QuickDraw

 

[Topgun]

Why should I ...STOOP.....to reading this post?

 

[Crimper-D]

Revenge yourself = outlive the snobs!

I recall the same reaction from old Farts way back when I looked like Henery Winkler's character Fonzerelli in "Happy Days" = Black bluejeans (never washed! white T-shirt - This was before anyone thought to silkscreen 'messages' or ads on em', and a Black Leather Bomberjacket was the "Uniform of the Day" Oh yea, 'Brylcream'd hair Too young to be a Beatnick, too old to be a Hippie I got the down-the-nose look a lot, but outlived it (and the old Farts who were doing the dising)
Never did do shotguns, but the smallbore rifle crowd I shoot with is pretty liberal about 'fashon statements'

 

[DougCxx]

This board is full of "close call stories" about various evil-looking people "who came towards me and were probably going to try to do something but I adjusted my concealed 1911 and they backed off and left".
.....
You get judged by your appearance, this is a fact of life and will not change because one whines about it. It is silly to pretend that there no reason not to judge people by their appearance, and only someone blind since birth can say they have never done it. -And you cannot look like everything, so you have to make a choice.
Welcome to reality.
If you choose to look unusual, do not be surprised if you get treated unusually.
~

 

[Moparmike]

Imagine a minority 21 year old pulling up in a Benz wearing a suit...most gun counter folk instantly think they smell a##hole.

Remind me to do that next time I go shopping. I might get a little respect.

Or, as a 20yr old in a Benz and a suit, I will be thought of as an elitist* snob whose daddy paid for everything I ever had, never knowing that my parents havent bought anything I wanted that wasnt under a Christmas tree since I got my first job.


[Swarmy British Accent]
*The trouble with elitists is that they tarnish the good name of truely superior people (such as myself). Soon the average commoner starts thinking that all the superior people are snobby a##holes, and as a superior person with a good reputation, I wont stand for it.
[/Brit]

 

[PzGren]

Doug,

you are right, people look at you and go by their impression, I could not agree more with you!!! Maybe I am the old fart now, mentioned before, but I was a good middle weight amateur, and in the Wado-Ryu national team, a sniper in the 173rd PzGrenBat. Going to public gun ranges, I find disrespectful looks by kids that cannot hit a man size target in the center at 10 yards. But only when I first walk in. Why? I wear quite conservative clothes.

No harm was done to the initiator of this very popular thread by the looks of one man. Maybe he could have grown above himself, or shown his real self, like:
"Really nice shotgun that you have there, Sir" We shooters should pull together, not apart. Maybe he would have found a new friend.
Maybe convinced this fellow, that first appearances can be wrong.
Maybe being such an old fart myself , being through way too many fights, makes me understand that.

America is, after all, a polite society.

 

[NewShooter78]

PzGren

"Really nice shotgun that you have there, Sir" We shooters should pull together, not apart. Maybe he would have found a new friend.

Best reply so far. Next time I will try and start the conversation myself. I guess that is the best way to walk the High Road. I was just really miffed at the moment. Hindsight is 20/20.

And all it took was a trip to the range to make me forget all about it.