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Palimino Stripe	I had a neat lunch break	Lead	[-]
Posts: 539 (06/27/09 02:36 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None As some of you may know I work at a bank. Today I had a 30 min lunch break and went across the street to a coffee shop. I know the owner (who comes into the bank to make deposits) fairly well, and ran into him today. He was just having lunch too, so I sat next to him and we started shooting the breeze. At one point the conversation turned to firearms (as it sometimes does with me ). I was careful because I couldn't quite tell if he was a 'pro' or 'anti' for the longest time -but turns out he used to have a few pistols (now only one?) and was a reloader to boot! (not anymore though). We spent the rest of my lunch talking about reloading, bullets, and shooting. It was the best dang lunch I've had in a long time! (and I didn't even eat anything ) Needless to say he has a loyal customer in me! I invited him to go shooting with me sometime, but unfortunately he's simply too busy keeping his business afloat. Maybe when (if?) he retires someday . Moral of the story: you never know who might be a shooter/collecter/ect... -Palimino
Jacks308		#1	[-]
Posts: 831 (06/27/09 10:06 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It just goes to show ya , you never know who you'll run into . Here's hoping he can slow down one of these days . Jack
Cabinetman		#2	[-]
Posts: 5346 (06/30/09 08:47 AM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The dirty little secret is that a LOT of people you know either have their permits (where required), own firearms of some sort, or grew up around firearms in their family. I remember a couple of years back being at a formal awards dinner, seated at a table of 10 individuals. We all knew one or two of the other diners but most of us were just members of the community. Somehow the topic of firearms came up, probably due to some news article. Well, one thing led to another and eventually I asked "just out of curiosity, how many of you have your permits?" Eight of the ten of us did! Most of them didn't shoot regularly but had their permits anyway. We have all become self-conscious about discussing the shooting sports in public when, in reality, more than a majority of Americans either whole-heartedly endorse shooting sports or participate in them at some level. At the very least, legal firearm ownership is much, much more prevalent that the news media or politicians will state and the owners, themselves, tend to keep that a private decision. I've had the same experience as you over the years and we might have more of them in the future but "talking guns" is not something "polite" people bring up in regular conversation with strangers in this day and age. Too bad, too. Glad you enjoyed your lunch! Rome A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
reddogge		#3	[-]
Posts: 4921 (06/30/09 08:58 AM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	One thing I've always done is NOT to be careful when discussing interests. I always mention I'm a gun collector, shooter, archery collector and shooter, hunter/fisherman among other things when interests are brought up or asked for on forms. Never apologize for pursuing your hobbies to anyone. "What happened? What the HELL happened?" Jake Holman "The Sandpebbles"
Renfield54		#4	[-]
Posts: 444 (06/30/09 11:25 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	More people than you realize are into it that is a fact. I had to go for my yearly eye exam this past April, and when my turn came, we proceeded back into the exam room and got situated for the start of my exam, when my Doctor says to me..."Are you having problems finding ammo? I can't find ANY 9mil....or .380.....ANYWHERES!!" A few years ago, when I had my exam, I had just came from the local gunshow, and mentioned that fact to him, and things just took off from there......we spent about 20 mins discussing firearms & ammo and such instead of even starting the exam. The following year, when it was my turn, we got back in the room, and he starts with..."So....What'd ya pick up THIS year??" Gotta love it!! Steve "Dusty old helmet.....Rusty old gun......They sit in the corner and wait" ~Audie Murphy--1925-1971~
Cabinetman		#5	[-]
Posts: 5347 (06/30/09 11:36 AM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I've VERY proud of the fact that I enjoy the shooting sports and usually wear something to indicate that I'm involved be it a club hat or logo shirt or something similar. Anyone in town who knows me knows, too, that I'm a shooter/collector and many times the conversations we have might come around to what's new in that area. In thinking about it, I've NEVER run into anyone I knew who absolutely hated anything to do so with shooting. Maybe it's because I don't associate with anyone who does or, maybe, they know that they would not win an argument with me about that subject. I, too, encounted a physician who was a shooter. We were meeting for the first time and he was doing a basic work up on me. He was facing away at his desk making notes. He asked me what I enjoyed doing and I listed off a litany of sports I enjoyed; fishing, hunting from time to time, competitive shooting......at that he stopped me and put down his pen. I said to myself "uh oh. here we go." Without turning toward me he said "what do you shoot?". I said centerfire high-power. He then asked "what rifles". I said Garand, 03A3 and AR. He then said....."I build ARs!". Well, then. We got to chatting for 20 minutes about that subject and my blood pressure must have gone down immediately. I even 'gifted' him an Israeli practice grenade at our next appointment because he said he's always wanted to try them and couldn't find one. I've seen him on and off since then and we get along pretty well. So, there are LOTS of people out there who enjoy the sport but you'd never know it unless you chat them up a bit. Of course I could have run into one of those "anti-gunner" docs that would love to lecture me but that would not have lasted very long. Rome A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Mountain Doctor		#6	[-]
Posts: 3526 (06/30/09 12:24 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	My exam rooms and waiting room are filled with magazines of my intrest. Shooting, flying, motorcycles, and Corvette magazines. If patients don't like it they can read their own People or Cosmo or whatever they like. I think it's good for the public to know that many of their fellow upstanding citizens are freedom loving firearms enthusiasts. Or as we call them here: PARALLAXER's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7GREEN		#7	[-]
Posts: 620 (06/30/09 09:37 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	If every firearms owner and hunter was an NRA member it would have 60 million members. I live in a pretty liberal town but I have met plenty of "closet" gun owners and shooters. The gun shop/shooting range I go to is heavily patronized by minority group shooters, a good sign.
Aubullet		#8	[-]
Posts: 1220 (07/01/09 09:41 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Supposedly, 60 million gun owners represents a serious underestimate that is intentionally used by the media to minimize our actual strength of numbers. Just think of how many gun owners you know who would never admit that they did, if officially queried. I even know a few liberals who own a couple of guns for home protection and survival type situations, and I know they will never admit to it, to any of their other liberal friends. While I have no real way to know for sure, I'm thinking that the real number of gun owners in this country is more like 150 million, or at least something over 100 million anyway! Sadly, many of those people who do own guns, really don't believe that anybody else should have them.
CR Hound		#9	[-]
Posts: 724 (07/01/09 10:45 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	he used to have a few pistols (now only one?) and was a reloader to boot! (not anymore though). That is my answer too! I "used to" own a few firearms and dabbled in reloading a while back.... Come to think of it, I know of a lot of people who used to own firearms and had ammo but don't anymore.
Mountain Doctor		#10	[-]
Posts: 3529 (07/02/09 11:47 AM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I only own plastic replicas. Nothing worth stealing at my house.
cosmosaur		#11	[-]
Posts: 51 (07/02/09 02:32 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	In the early '90's I had a Phillipino Doctor who was a small boy during the Japanese occupation. His office was in his very large house. All my appointments seemed to be the last one of the day. We would quickly finish the check up, RX renewal, etc. and talk guns. He would show me his latest find. Many Samari swords and Japanese pieces. Several knives he hid in the jungle for his Father "Till it was time." Amazing stories of the occupation and "When it was time." Got him started in black powder too. I moved out of state in '96 and lost contact. He was very low key as the climate in NY was not suggestive to a "gun nut doctor". You can't judge a book by it's cover really applied to this man.