What Is A Gun Nut?
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Poper
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This one's a classic!
Maybe I should call UpChuck Schumer MR. Gun Nutless?
Thank you Baba Louie!!! You're the greatest!
Poper
The whole V. Tech thing made my stomach roll. Not because of what he did (so much), but because of what it will do for our rights in the future. I am not a gun NUT. Use of nut in the derogative form of - one who is insane - implies that I am insane and I am nothing like the school shooters. I am a firearm owner and I enjoy my firearms, same as my forefathers did.
ZeSpectre
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At the recent VCDL "Bloomberg gun giveaway" I overheard the following -brief- conversation. Dang, no reporters were nearby to hear the exchange.
Pro-RKBA guy was standing outside the center doors and one of the anti-gun protesters walked up and said something along the lines of
Anti-gun protester- "there is just no reasoning with you gun nuts is there?"
The Pro-RKBA guy- "Do you walk up to black people and call them 'hey boy' ?".
Anti-gun protester- "What? What the hell are you talking about?"
The Pro-RKBA guy- "Well, walking up to a complete stranger and calling them prejudicial names like 'gun nut' isn't much of a way to start a conversation now is it?"
The Pro-RKBA guy then walked away leaving the protester looking completely baffled. I could tell he just didn't get it.
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Pro-RKBA guy was standing outside the center doors and one of the anti-gun protesters walked up and said something along the lines of
Anti-gun protester- "there is just no reasoning with you gun nuts is there?"
The Pro-RKBA guy- "Do you walk up to black people and call them 'hey boy' ?".
Anti-gun protester- "What? What the hell are you talking about?"
The Pro-RKBA guy- "Well, walking up to a complete stranger and calling them prejudicial names like 'gun nut' isn't much of a way to start a conversation now is it?"
The Pro-RKBA guy then walked away leaving the protester looking completely baffled. I could tell he just didn't get it.
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Fella's;
I'm glad to see this is now turning from statements about how we feel about ourselves: "I'm a gun nut", to what I had hoped we would discuss; how the media will demonize the term. What can we do about it? How do we fight it? Can we make it boomerang on them? The above example was great, but it was once again a one-on-one encounter. As I've said before, we can and do win in those situations.
What do we do to negate the mass media from propogandizing the term gun nut? Focus please, this isn't about how you feel, this is about having a credible come back to the coming campaign.
900F
I'm glad to see this is now turning from statements about how we feel about ourselves: "I'm a gun nut", to what I had hoped we would discuss; how the media will demonize the term. What can we do about it? How do we fight it? Can we make it boomerang on them? The above example was great, but it was once again a one-on-one encounter. As I've said before, we can and do win in those situations.
What do we do to negate the mass media from propogandizing the term gun nut? Focus please, this isn't about how you feel, this is about having a credible come back to the coming campaign.
900F
REAL Americans have, for a very long time, had a history of taking derogatory terms and turning them around. Yankee was supposed to be an insult. Jeff Foxworthy has almost single handedly turned around the term Redneck. It's in our nature every time (until recently) to take the term, and make it our own.
I'm a proud gun nut. If every firearms enthusiast would take the term proudly, and make it impossible for the leftist media to turn it around, it defuses them. They have to come up with another derogatory term, and another, and another. They won't like it, and that's the point. They want to make you mad. They want to offend you. If you can not be offended, if you push back in a good humored way, they are disarmed, and destroyed. You take away all means they have of attacking you.
All too often on these boards, I see the mistake of trying to win them over. You won't. If you show you are better than them, you win over the undecided, and also have the delicious joy of completely destroying the gun grabbers.
Of course, subtly reminding them that WE'RE the ones with the guns also helps from time to time.
I'm a proud gun nut. If every firearms enthusiast would take the term proudly, and make it impossible for the leftist media to turn it around, it defuses them. They have to come up with another derogatory term, and another, and another. They won't like it, and that's the point. They want to make you mad. They want to offend you. If you can not be offended, if you push back in a good humored way, they are disarmed, and destroyed. You take away all means they have of attacking you.
All too often on these boards, I see the mistake of trying to win them over. You won't. If you show you are better than them, you win over the undecided, and also have the delicious joy of completely destroying the gun grabbers.
Of course, subtly reminding them that WE'RE the ones with the guns also helps from time to time.
K3
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I prefer to say that I am a freedom loving American. Gun nut is funny though. I've got a few laying around - their pretty small, and I'm prone to losing them.
Two Cold Soakers
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Kapikui +1
I will not be a part of any movement attempting to modify language so it will not be offensive to any special interest group. That includes a group that includes me.
The so-called “enlightened ones” have made it inappropriate to use words they find offensive. The word "queer” comes to mind. In this emotionally charged post, I am unable to think of another, but I will edit as needed. An example of how a derogatory term has become a term of endearment is ham radio operator. Originally, “ham” referred to ham fisted amateurs.
What is proposed, this chlorination of the language, is analogous to an anti-gunner shooting up a public facility to show his disdain of firearms. It’s preposterous.
I’m a nut. Always will be.
Anyone that has a problem with that strikes me as queer.
Soakers.
I will not be a part of any movement attempting to modify language so it will not be offensive to any special interest group. That includes a group that includes me.
The so-called “enlightened ones” have made it inappropriate to use words they find offensive. The word "queer” comes to mind. In this emotionally charged post, I am unable to think of another, but I will edit as needed. An example of how a derogatory term has become a term of endearment is ham radio operator. Originally, “ham” referred to ham fisted amateurs.
What is proposed, this chlorination of the language, is analogous to an anti-gunner shooting up a public facility to show his disdain of firearms. It’s preposterous.
I’m a nut. Always will be.
Anyone that has a problem with that strikes me as queer.
Soakers.
George Carlin comes to mind, you know, the skit about euphemisms? . Anyways, 1st amendment comes to mind. If we are going to say that I cannot say certain..."derogative"...words...why is it ok for others to say them? Homosexuals can call each others "fag" or "faggot" but if I say it than it is a hate crime. Maybe if they are going to use the word "gun nut" and some, and i only mean some, people get offended, why can't that fall under the same premises? Only "some" people get offended at certain red flag words that you are not suppose to say. 1st amendment right says that I have the freedom of speech. The words that come out of my mouth are protected under this right so that I can say things that need to be said, just like the founding fathers of America said what needed to be said to England at the time. Gun Nut? Why, whatever do you mean, citizen? Do you imply that I have a vast collection of firearms? If that makes me a gun nut, than yes, I am a gun nut. I'm also a bullseye nut and I wont stop till it hits dead center, level and all 
. Anyways, 1st amendment comes to mind. If we are going to say that I cannot say certain..."derogative"...words...why is it ok for others to say them? Homosexuals can call each others "fag" or "faggot" but if I say it than it is a hate crime. Maybe if they are going to use the word "gun nut" and some, and i only mean some, people get offended, why can't that fall under the same premises? Only "some" people get offended at certain red flag words that you are not suppose to say. 1st amendment right says that I have the freedom of speech. The words that come out of my mouth are protected under this right so that I can say things that need to be said, just like the founding fathers of America said what needed to be said to England at the time. Gun Nut? Why, whatever do you mean, citizen? Do you imply that I have a vast collection of firearms? If that makes me a gun nut, than yes, I am a gun nut. I'm also a bullseye nut and I wont stop till it hits dead center, level and all romma
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Never been called a "Gun Nut",, at least not to my face... 
Koblenz
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It seems the people who call others "gun nuts" base their opinions on whether or not a person owns more guns than he "needs". Where I have lived, in the Southeast, if someone owns more guns than required for hunting, and perhaps one revolver for self-defense, then that person is a "gun nut". Furthermore, "gun nuts" are suspected of harboring a desire to shoot one or more people, and are considered likely candidates for the next mass shooting.
This has always irritated me to no end. Those of us who own more than three or four guns are simply gun collectors. And when has a collector of anything stopped after buying just what he needs for practical purposes? How many stamp collectors stop buying stamps when they get just enough to mail in their bills, and send out Christmas cards? A collector by nature buys as many of whatever he collects as he can afford. There is no limit.
The term "gun nut" makes no more sense than "stamp nut", "baseball card nut", or "antiques nut".
This has always irritated me to no end. Those of us who own more than three or four guns are simply gun collectors. And when has a collector of anything stopped after buying just what he needs for practical purposes? How many stamp collectors stop buying stamps when they get just enough to mail in their bills, and send out Christmas cards? A collector by nature buys as many of whatever he collects as he can afford. There is no limit.
The term "gun nut" makes no more sense than "stamp nut", "baseball card nut", or "antiques nut".
SSN Vet
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a gun nut is
a hexogonal shaped fastener, with a threaded hole in the center....
usually tapped with some obscure thread size like #8x40.
Materials vary, but blued tool steal, stainless steal and nickol plated are popular options.
a hexogonal shaped fastener, with a threaded hole in the center....
usually tapped with some obscure thread size like #8x40.
Materials vary, but blued tool steal, stainless steal and nickol plated are popular options.
Mr. Designer
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Gun Nut [guhn nuht] noun - Any person who believes in the literal interpretation of the second amendment of the United States Constitution.
CB900F -- I can see its going to be tough to keep something this emotional on target, it just seems that people are reacting without really reading your question.
My question to you is, how do you see us actually accessing "the media"? Let's say we come up with a strategy, how are you/we going to implement it? Are we going to try and get on TV talk shows? Are we going to present it to the NRA, and suggest that everyone come together and buy into this approach?
A few years back I worked at a PR firm (in the graphics dept.), and I recall that getting in front of the media and controlling the presentation so that it could not be butchered was their biggest challenge... that's why I ask.
My Road;
And that's exactly the type of information I was hoping could be presented here. I'm in the middle of the outback, ie Montana. I can see the problem, but have no solution. I was hoping people more in contact with the media might be able to offer useful information, suggestions, etc. in response to this thread.
900F
And that's exactly the type of information I was hoping could be presented here. I'm in the middle of the outback, ie Montana. I can see the problem, but have no solution. I was hoping people more in contact with the media might be able to offer useful information, suggestions, etc. in response to this thread.
900F
evan price
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I am a gun enthusiast. I don't think I am trying to "prove" anything by saying that.
But I call places like THR "Gunny boards".
But I call places like THR "Gunny boards".
Carl N. Brown
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I have noticed that gun nuts are actually rare.
For that matter, so are phillips head screws.
Most American gun designs avoid nuts and
phillips head screws.
sorry just had to be obtruse.
For that matter, so are phillips head screws.
Most American gun designs avoid nuts and
phillips head screws.
sorry just had to be obtruse.
ArfinGreebly
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Amateur Hoplologist
You may refer to me as an Amateur Hoplologist.
It's a real word. Go ahead. Look it up.
Heck, you can call me an Amateur Ballistician if you want.
Alternatively, you may refer to me as an "undocumented patriot" or possibly "armed citizen."
And, if you're enough of a socialist to feel I should be disarmed, may I refer to you as an "undocumented subversive?" Or perhaps a stronger term is more appropriate?
You may refer to me as an Amateur Hoplologist.
It's a real word. Go ahead. Look it up.
Heck, you can call me an Amateur Ballistician if you want.
Alternatively, you may refer to me as an "undocumented patriot" or possibly "armed citizen."
And, if you're enough of a socialist to feel I should be disarmed, may I refer to you as an "undocumented subversive?" Or perhaps a stronger term is more appropriate?
That was clever, Two Cold Soakers
I know I get called "crazy" behind my back. Maybe that's why I do not get called "gun nut" to my face? Not that I would care!
I would like to be called a shottist or marksman or something but I will have to impress some folks with my shooting ability first.
Anyway, "gun enthusiasts" or "the shooting community" are great folks to be around. I think we should simply demonstrate ourselves to be upright and considerate citizens. I have on occasion been confronted by 'anti-killing animals' folk who have turned out NOT to be vegetarians. I would just simply explain that I agreed with and respected their sentiments and apologized for the fact that I do hunt and shoot but that I did feel it morally better to kill my own meat, as humanely as possible which is at least better than the mass slaughtering that is done at abattoirs and anyway, we paying hunters actually promote the conservation of wildlife and wilderness. Vegeterians can be a bit tricky 'though.
I know I get called "crazy" behind my back. Maybe that's why I do not get called "gun nut" to my face? Not that I would care!
I would like to be called a shottist or marksman or something but I will have to impress some folks with my shooting ability first.
Anyway, "gun enthusiasts" or "the shooting community" are great folks to be around. I think we should simply demonstrate ourselves to be upright and considerate citizens. I have on occasion been confronted by 'anti-killing animals' folk who have turned out NOT to be vegetarians. I would just simply explain that I agreed with and respected their sentiments and apologized for the fact that I do hunt and shoot but that I did feel it morally better to kill my own meat, as humanely as possible which is at least better than the mass slaughtering that is done at abattoirs and anyway, we paying hunters actually promote the conservation of wildlife and wilderness. Vegeterians can be a bit tricky 'though.
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