Are shooters "uneducated rednecks"? Part Deux

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ArmySon

Staff Alumnus
Well, I married my sister's daughter. My other girlfriend is my pet dog. I have less teeth then my 1 year old. Sheep fear me and cows quiver in fear.

Seriously though, I work for the research and developement branch of a fortune 500 company. My company employs 70,000 world wide. Within the facility I work at, there are 336 employees. 312 are salary and 24 hourly. Out of the 312, there are 159 engineers, 82 technicians, 12 secretaries, 59 sales and marketing personnel.

Out of the 336, I know of 150+ shooters and/or hunters. All but 4 earned either a Bachelor's, Masters, or Phd in engineering of some sort. Most are chemical and electrical engineers.

I'm a physicist and have a masters in physics and bachelor's in computer science. Most of my shooting friends have college degrees too.

Hmmmm now where's that dog at???? ;)

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Son
1911 Addiction
"The tree of liberty will grow only when watered by the blood of tyrants."
 
we had mandatory "sensitivity" training at work. The first session we had to stand up and tell the group about our family background.

i stood up and said " i'm an over educated Pennsylvania redneck"

;)

dZ
 
Well lemme see, born and raised in west Tennessee. Grajiated High School, went to the Army instead of college. One generation removed from farmers on both sides of the family. I have milked cows and chopped cotton. Make my livin' by gittin' dirty (mechanic) and I drive a beat up 16 year old Ford pick-up.
Am I a Redneck? DAMNED STRAIGHT! AND PROUD OF IT!

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Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
 
This place is a fantastic cross-section with some sort of a common thread.

However, my research indicates that "Redneck" is a state of mind!

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You have to be there when it's all over. Otherwise you can't say "I told you so."

Better days to be,

Ed
 
My best Jeff Foxworthy impression....

"If most of your friends are on an internet firearms discussion forum.... You might be a redneck."

"If you have more pictures on your web site of guns than your kids.... You might be a redneck."

The list could go on....

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"Some people spend an entire liftime wondering if they made a difference. Marines don't have that problem."
Semper Fi
 
If your gun safe is bigger than your refrigerator...

If most of your wall decorations have horns...

If you put your taxidermist's kid thru college...

You just might be a redneck.
 
True story....

A *person* said to me "Why would you want to go shooting with a bunch of hillbilly rednecks that shoot guns?"

Seeing that it came through an email this is the way it was typed....

"WHY WOULD U WANT 2 GO SHOOT W HILBILY RED NECKS 2 SHOT GUNZZ?"

:D Darwin award! If you can't even spell it correctly, nor figure out where the caps button is, don't bother saying it. ;)
 
I would have to say educated rednecks. A couple of weeks ago I was privileged to shoot in the Geophysical Society of Houston's annual Sporting Clays Tournament. There must have been 200 or 300 geophysicists, geologists and engineers there. Beer and barbecue were served after the shoot. Many of the folks I talked to are TX CHL permit holders (as are quite a few folks here at work). Most of them are hunters, as well. Pickups (that's a truck, for you non-Texans) filled the parking area.

I suppose you could either call them "Nerds with Guns" or "Educated Rednecks".

BTW, that was my first time at sporting clays. I haven't shot trap or skeet in 10-15 years and have never been much of a wingshot, although I used to do a lot of bird hunting back in Florida in the '70s. My niece, who's never fired any kind of gun in her life, beat me. I won't tell my score. I'm mortified. :o
 
I'm a 26 yr. old soon to be Landscape Architect (my 3 yr. apprenticeship is up in Dec.). I have my degree (BLA - 5 yr.) and I love guns. I think I had the biggest BB/pellet gun collection of all my friends when I was little.

I AM somewhat redneck at times (Originally from OK, moved to MO) and have done most farm/ranch chores imagineable. So be it.
 
BA Poli. Sci. Of course I took all the classes taught by Vets. Everyone should be required to take the Constitutional Law class I did. I just hope all those pre law guys listened to the Prof when lectured on the bill of rights!
I work in Employee benefits. I use automated phone sytems, databases and the internet to help employees from a fortune 500 company collect their med, den, and pension plans.
Everyone in my office as a degree from a 4 year school. Most of the guys I know here are shooters of some kind. I also work part time at an outfitters full of kids working through college. Everyone over 21 expect own a handgun. SO I say ptttttttttttttt!

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Shop Smart! Shop S-Mart**** That's right I'm a gear whore and proud of it***
 
I talked to a neighbor last evening. He was a bit drunk, as usual. He's a town councilman. It is the perfect job for him.

Ever since we moved into our place here, this guy has told me what he thinks of our garage door, our roof, our front door, our landscaping, our light at the end of the driveway ... He didn't care for my light at the end of the driveway, so he put duct tape over the glass on the street side.

Now, on the town council, he gets to tell everyone what he thinks of their property. He ran against a guy who professed respect for private property rights. The wise citizens voted for the busybody.

He also led an effort in the last 2 weeks to protest Arizona's revised firearms preemption law. We discussed it for awhile last evening. He seems to be nearly completely ignorant of the issue.

During the conversation, he related how he had received calls from 'rednecks' about the issue. I then told him I'm a CCW instructor ... had to explain that to him. Finally, he suggested that I apply to the town council for the open seat. He said 'we need a 'redneck' ... you know, a guy like you that knows what it's all about, you know ...'.

The man is an intellectual fool, and he calls me a redneck.

At this point I'm simply amused at the situation. Our opposition is usually reduced to calling us names, when, in truth, they usually cannot gather sufficient logic and horsepower to make their own arguments. They are, indeed, gun bigots.

Regards from AZ
 
Bachelors degree in public relations, graphic designer for a major pharmaceutical R&D operation in the midwest. Not many folks here shoot, and some of the comments I hear are severely bigoted...

Two vehicles - grey Mitsubishi, with NRA sticker, camoed Chevy truck, with a whole buncha stickers, ranging from Grateful Dead to an 11" NRA sticker.
 
Me, an uneducated redneck? No chance. Stupid, maybe, but not uneducated.

;)

Later,
Chris

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Uneducated, my a$$!

NY State Regents Scholar
My high school team retired UNDEFEATED from the TV quiz show "Answers Please" because I knew who had designed St. Paul's Cathedral.
Master of Business Administration (cum laude)
Honor Graduate, US Army Materials Management & Logistics Officers School
Certified in Production and Inventory Management
Trained to administer HP Unix and Windows NT computers (and I get paid very well for it)

Redneck, my a$$!

Appreciates Gilbert & Sullivan (and knows which one wrote the music, which one the lyrics).
Author of the definitive work relating Sherlock Holmes to Mr. Spock ( http://pw2.netcom.com/~davescot/spock.htm )
Editor of news magazines and newsletters for motorcycle clubs, nursing homes and (formerly) the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade.
Knows how to choose wines to go with a meal (and not by price).
Can tell a Brioni suit from an Armani on sight.

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Qualifications:
Grew up on a grain farm, drove trucks, operated tractors, plowed fields.
Went to a one room school during my elementary years.
Graduated second in my HS class (the person who was #1 was a farm-kid too).
Earned a B.S. in mathematics and education, Summa m Laude.
Wear a tie every day to work.
Well kept Chevy Blazer with NRA sticker proudly on window.
Am not afraid to do mental labor, and am not afraid to do physical labor outside and sunburn my neck.

All of the "rednecks" I know are polite, helpful, educated (not always formally, but educated nonetheless), honorable, "salt of the earth" kind of people.

Sometimes there are certain problems which can only be solved by a high application of country, which only a redneck can do.

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My neck is in the advanced stages. It is going from merely red to that leather-like patina that only time and exposure can produce. The vertebrae are indented in that permanent kink that come from too many years upon a tractor and watching the earth.
My educational background goes from the parochial, including a monastic seminary, to an exclusive private liberal arts college.
I am as comfortable in the Museum of Modern Art as I am in the lumber yard or feed store. I consider good sushi a near religious experience. Bait is granpa's recipe for odiferous catfish cuisine.
I don't know much at all really except how to learn and that the road ahead is long...and that if I do not retain the tools to defend myself, there is nothing that will not be taken from me.
 
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