Pat Riot Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Guntard: Gun guy or gal that has learned everything he or she knows from magazines and online forums and has no practical experience, yet speaks with authority on any given firearms subject. There is a young guy on another forum (not SASS related) that literally gives people advice and recommendations on guns, gun safety, self defense, opinions of what guns to buy and what not to buy. The kid truly angers me. He literally bought his one and only gun, Ruger Wrangler, a few months ago but has been on this forum for a couple of years. Why the Mods allow this is beyond me. Anyone else have a term for certain types of “gun” people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 I ran into a couple over the years as well. Talked a good game until you actually got to know them or invited them out for a range day or a day of bird hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob, SASS #23113 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 They are found not only in the firearms community, but on every possible subject, cars, trucks, tools, home improvement, etc. We call them "sexual intellectuals" , a more tactful name for a ____ing know it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 27 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Anyone else have a term for certain types of “gun” people? Yes, I use a term for certain types of "gun" people. People who claim to support the 2nd Amendment, gun rights organizations, own guns...but yet refuse to vote, or worse, vote for anti-gun politicians. I call those people IDIOTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Guntard is perfect!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Guntard, cartard, demtard, retard. They are everywhere on all topics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 4 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Guntard: Gun guy or gal that has learned everything he or she knows from magazines and online forums and has no practical experience, yet speaks with authority on any given firearms subject. It won't take long for them to say something that is obviously and factually incorrect. When they do, lay into them without mercy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 currently got quite a few running my local club ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: It won't take long for them to say something that is obviously and factually incorrect. When they do, lay into them without mercy. Oh, I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 I mostly call them what they are. POSERS!!! They’re everywhere in the social media world!! Set ‘em out whenever and wherever you find them!! They’re often dangerous because they shovel out misinformation that can hurt others who don’t know they’ve listened to an ignorant idiot!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 PLUS ONE for Blackwater. ABSOLUTELY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Easy enough to find guntards. 75% of the people behind the counter at the local chain gunstore fall into that category. I'm sure you've been to a Turners in your "pre-Freedom" era.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 As pointed out there are these type of people around on every hobby or subject. It has always seemed worse to me when it involves guns, shooting, training and self defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Seeing several of these posers on Jeep CJ forums. I swear, they have never even heald a wrench, and think folks believe their BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Stu Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 On 9/6/2022 at 8:04 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Guntard: Gun guy or gal that has learned everything he or she knows from magazines and online forums and has no practical experience, yet speaks with authority on any given firearms subject. There is a young guy on another forum (not SASS related) that literally gives people advice and recommendations on guns, gun safety, self defense, opinions of what guns to buy and what not to buy. The kid truly angers me. He literally bought his one and only gun, Ruger Wrangler, a few months ago but has been on this forum for a couple of years. Why the Mods allow this is beyond me. Anyone else have a term for certain types of “gun” people? We had someone almost exactly like that on another forum. Inexperienced, yet full of strong opinions that had to have come from stuff he read rather than experience, and I think his only handgun was a Wrangler IIRC. He hasn't posted in almost a year - he had a big blowup about training methods where a number of people called him out on his BS. I think Guntard is a suitable term for such people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 I think of them as 'Dipsh*ts'......, and that there is a potential for their ego-driven drivel to cause harm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Sometimes when you run across these people what they say is so ridiculous that you just listen and don't bother to call them out on it. Then you can just hear them telling their friends, "those people believed every word I said". Some of them must actually believe what they are spewing while others know they are BSing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 What irks me is when some newbie comes on and asks a legit question about purchasing a firearm and asks about 2 or 3 or more different guns and then the Guntard gets in there and starts giving authoritative advice. It just frosts me. 22 hours ago, Possum Stu said: We had someone almost exactly like that on another forum. Inexperienced, yet full of strong opinions that had to have come from stuff he read rather than experience, and I think his only handgun was a Wrangler IIRC. He hasn't posted in almost a year - he had a big blowup about training methods where a number of people called him out on his BS. I think Guntard is a suitable term for such people. I think we may be talking about the same guy. THR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 On 9/6/2022 at 7:04 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Guntard: Gun guy or gal that has learned everything he or she knows from magazines and online forums and has no practical experience, yet speaks with authority on any given firearms subject. There is a young guy on another forum (not SASS related) that literally gives people advice and recommendations on guns, gun safety, self defense, opinions of what guns to buy and what not to buy. The kid truly angers me. He literally bought his one and only gun, Ruger Wrangler, a few months ago but has been on this forum for a couple of years. Why the Mods allow this is beyond me. Anyone else have a term for certain types of “gun” people? Pat, I couldn't agree more. Some people become overnight experts on EVERYTHING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Rode my 1946 Indian motocycle (Yes, Indian called their bikes "Motocycles") to a local biker hangout. The M/C "expert" eventually came by and started badmouthing my Indian by stating that the new (early 2000's) Indians were not nearly as good as the originals. I was sitting close by and he did not know I owned it. After he went on telling his buddies about all of the bad features, I casually mentioned to him that the bike he was complaining about was an original 1946 Indian. He immediately shut up and left the establishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Stu Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: What irks me is when some newbie comes on and asks a legit question about purchasing a firearm and asks about 2 or 3 or more different guns and then the Guntard gets in there and starts giving authoritative advice. It just frosts me. I think we may be talking about the same guy. THR? I thought so too, but this was on BushcraftUSA. Maybe he moved on to THR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Possum Stu said: I thought so too, but this was on BushcraftUSA. Maybe he moved on to THR? Could be. He was gone for a while and I think someone fed him his lunch and sent him packin’, but I noticed he returned recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Neeley Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 It's called "Cranio-rectal" syndrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Stu Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 20 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Could be. He was gone for a while and I think someone fed him his lunch and sent him packin’, but I noticed he returned recently. Does he start multiple posts with arbitrary limitations ("If you can only have a pistol, rifle, and shotgun, what would your choices be?" etc) and insist that single action revolvers are great for self-defense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Just curious... how many of you have heard of the legend of Gecko45? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Mercy, SASS #29066 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 On 9/6/2022 at 8:04 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Guntard: I really like "guntard"...would you be offended if I used it from time-to-time? I think perhaps the only area where there are as many know-nothing keyboard warriors would be motorcycling. Incredible how many folks believe and perpetuate myths about riding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 55 minutes ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: Just curious... how many of you have heard of the legend of Gecko45? I read most of the stuff he posted. One of the funniest was him talking about wearing a plate carrier on his back. The idea, he said, was that while he or his girlfriend were reloading his rifle he would be able to absorb hits from a .308 rifle. That was plan A. Another poster asked what plan B was. The whole post was really entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 9, 2022 Author Share Posted September 9, 2022 57 minutes ago, Noah Mercy, SASS #29066 said: I really like "guntard"...would you be offended if I used it from time-to-time? I think perhaps the only area where there are as many know-nothing keyboard warriors would be motorcycling. Incredible how many folks believe and perpetuate myths about riding... Nope. Feel free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 9, 2022 Author Share Posted September 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: Just curious... how many of you have heard of the legend of Gecko45? Haven’t heard of that one. What forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 17 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Haven’t heard of that one. What forum? He was the origin of the term "Mall Ninja". A poster on Internet forums back in the early 2000s who bragged he was armed security at a local shopping mall. Claimed to be a weapons expert and a master in the art of Ninjutsu. https://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Yes. I forgot to mention in my previous post that his claims were about his involvement in mall security, as he put it "dealing with unruly shoppers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Some years ago, I had a customer come in to have his rifle/scope bore-sighted. I set it in the gun vise and he said, "I'm getting inch and a half groups with it, but I think I can get a little better if I have it bore sighted". I had another guy call and ask if we had 7mm ammo. "Yes sir, we have a lot of 7mm - what are you looking for?" "7mm ammo, I just said that." "Yes, but what cartridge - 7mm Remington magnum, 7x57, 7mm Weatherby, 7mm WSM, 7mm -08..." "I just need regular 7mm's." "What does it say on the barrel?" "It's not here, it's over at my dad's house - c'mon man, don't you just have regular 7mm's?" "Yes sir, come on in and we'll fix you up." I punched out and went home - I don't know that they eventually sold him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finagler 6853 Life Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 The problem is that these people breed and vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 9, 2022 Author Share Posted September 9, 2022 5 hours ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: He was the origin of the term "Mall Ninja". A poster on Internet forums back in the early 2000s who bragged he was armed security at a local shopping mall. Claimed to be a weapons expert and a master in the art of Ninjutsu. https://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/ . Holy Cow is that hilarious! Thank you! I now know where the Mall Ninja thing got started. This guy and his buddy “SPECOPS”, probably both the same guy, are definitely “special”. Or I should say were. I wonder what happened to him? Thank you again. I saved that website as a “favorite” for future chuckles. I only read 2/3 of the page. Gotta save some for later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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