This is kinda long but...
A friend of mine and I went to the range at Fort Dix (post-ban only, 15 round mag only NJ)on Sunday to do a little AR shooting.
So this guy, 'bout 50yrs old, in BDU pants, combat boots, and a black shirt, comes up to us and asks my friend, (who has triangle handguards on his postban Bushy) "Hey, is that an M-16?" (draws looks from other shooters) "Um, no, it's just different handguards."
This starts this guy off on a rant.
Stuff like - "I can't buy ammo online, 'cause the Gov't won't let me" - "I'm getting a flashhider for my postban to help accuracy"
Etc.
than he starts telling us about the "snipers in the trees" DOWNRANGE. He sees them all the time, you see. And they're not supposted to make mistakes, but the one did, he found his cleaning bag. He then goes on to point out what specific trees the "snipers" like to hide in.
Whew.
He finally leaves to go back to his table, we finish shooting, and it is time to go.
"HEY!" (oh, no.) "Aren't you guys gonna watch me shoot?"
"Go ahead." I say.
Now, remember, we are in NEW JERSEY....
So he slaps a 30round-stick into his shorty and goes nuts.
I start to count: 1,2,3...4,5,6,7...8,9,10,11,12,13,14....15.. ok, it's a blocked mag...16,17,18,19,20...nope...21,22,all the way to 30.
Now everybody is looking at him, then US!
Next, he yells,"Are you part of the Bushmaster club?"
"ah, no." I said
"Ya gotta have all the equipment!!" and procedes to pull out a 3' Machette, and wave it around like a Shao-Lin monk, points it at the target, drops it, throws annother 30rounder in and goes nuts again.
(the guy's got balls, I'll give him that)
On our way out , I pass the rangemaster who is grinning ear to ear. "UM" I say. Rangemaster:"Who, Rambo? - quite a piece of machinery, hunh. He always makes sure someone is looking when he does that."
So we had a good laugh, but...
We wonder why as Gun Enthusiasts, we get a bad rap.
Tony