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04-01-2010, 02:53 PM
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Yeah, I don't think it's that big a deal if people who aren't big into guns make mistakes. It's not their hobby, so who gives a damn? Just because somebody's a soldier, a cop, or whatever doesn't mean they have to like guns, either.
What I DO find annoying is when I meet airsofters or "CoD" players who aren't even old enough to buy guns, but nonetheless think that talking about and reading about guns on the 'Net makes them gun experts. Like all the people who insist that "M16s suck, AKs are the best", simply because they read it somewhere. Or the people who (and I'm one of them) think H&K makes the best guns ever, and then just as quickly turned against them when Larry Correia wrote his famous "HK. Beacuse you suck" blog. Actually, I think I've become mostly just tired of people in general who feel the need to complain about how much a particular gun/brand sucks, or rocks, or whatever. Like the Desert Eagle, which has become the whipping boy for Internet gun users. I mean, I know that the Desert Eagle isn't a practical weapon and that it's over-priced, but do we really need 100 topics about how much it sucks, and how much people who own them suck? If you don't like the Desert Eagle, don't buy one. You aren't some expert just because you can piss on a weapon that thousands of people already piss on, daily. I wish people would just take Larry's advice that you shouldn't let the Internet influence your opinions about weapons you've never even shot. Quote:
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04-01-2010, 05:34 PM
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Well in most movies that have guns, they rarely actually say the name of the guns or what kind of ammo they use. And it would take away the mood when someone just go on talking about his Glock 17 9mm.
I mean, I was in my Corrections class with SERT speakers. They were all wearing Glock 17s, but they refer to them as Glock 9mm. So most cops wouldn't actually call their guns by their full name, like my local police all uses Sig P229s, but the call them Sig 9mm or just SIGs. But of course I have never heard anyone in a police or military profession that call a mag a clip. Unless knowing guns is your thing, you wouldn't care less.
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04-01-2010, 08:19 PM
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I don't have issues with 'average folks' not knowing guns, except when they act like they really know what they are talking about and they don't.
 LOL. Like others have said, I don't know SQUAT about cars. I have friends who are shocked that I don't know the visual differences between a 1956 Chevy and a 1952. BTW: regarding Anachronisms in movies .... I always argue, that anachronistic cars in movies is more forgivable because pristine condition historical cars are WAY harder and more expensive to get than the correct firearm. It's like getting the correct civilian aircraft for the background of an airport. As long as it's close, I don't care, not being a civilian aviation buff. What I DO get really mad at are (a) folks who spout off about stuff for the purposes of journalism or political purposes. To an antigun activist, Every 9mm handgun ... is an 'Uzi", Every Rifle is an "AK-47", Every shotgun is a "Street Sweeper" ... whether it is or not. (b) what's more inexcusable is the police who talk to the news media and mis-identify guns. I can't count how many times a straight stocked SKS rifle in the closet of some low level punk is splashed all over the headlines as a 'fully automatic AK-47', an erroneous description provided by the police of all people. Considering that I haven't seen a real Uzi (aka Uzi Carbine usually cut down or an Uzi Pistol) used by a drug dealer or gang banger since the 1980s, and yet according to the little old ladies down at City Hall, everyone packs an Uzi. I sometimes challenge these people and say "Hey, do you even know what an Uzi looks like?" I have never seen an Uzi in any of the police photos of confiscated guns from Gang members in California. Not for 25 years! Ever since the import ban of the 1980s, they lost their' mystique' with the bad boys crowd. Also (despite some U.S. made knockoffs) they're hard to find and original pre-import ban guns are expensive.
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04-01-2010, 08:27 PM
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04-01-2010, 08:49 PM
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 haha, i almost pissed myself from laughing.that's awesome
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04-01-2010, 09:02 PM
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04-03-2010, 04:19 AM
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I'm saving that to my computer.
Back on topic, I think it's because I started to become a lot more aware and knowledgeable about firearms, that I would instinctly correct someone who mis ID a gun. It's like someone who knows a lot about cars correct people who don't know engines.
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