One of the guys I work with, a former New Yorker, who always gives me grief about having a "violent" hobby, got chewed out the other day... I explained to him that I'd NEVER witnessed an injury more troubling than a splinter at a shooting range, but that I'd seen broken bones, concussions, broken necks, etc., while playing football. Then when I saw him yesterday, he started in again, and I told him that while I was at the NBRSA Nationals this past weekend, I saw, in all likelihood, considerably over 100,000 rounds fired, and knew of absolutely no injuries. I'm tired of the BS...
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- Thread starter Bogie
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Mike Spight
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Bogie,
If you've been patient in dealing with this gelding, have explained your position calmly and he persists...then tell him to stay the f*&k out of your face...let him know that if he doesn't, you'll kick the crap out of him.
Sometimes, it just comes down to that. No matter what you say, how nicely and logically you say it (even to the point of inviting them to come shooting with you), they will not leave you alone.
Good luck,
Mike
If you've been patient in dealing with this gelding, have explained your position calmly and he persists...then tell him to stay the f*&k out of your face...let him know that if he doesn't, you'll kick the crap out of him.
Sometimes, it just comes down to that. No matter what you say, how nicely and logically you say it (even to the point of inviting them to come shooting with you), they will not leave you alone.
Good luck,
Mike
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One of the guys I work with, a former New Yorker, who always gives me grief about having a "violent" hobby
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This New York fellow must not be too bright in the IQ department to be giving someone with a "violent" hobby a hard time.
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One of the guys I work with, a former New Yorker, who always gives me grief about having a "violent" hobby
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This New York fellow must not be too bright in the IQ department to be giving someone with a "violent" hobby a hard time.
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Christopher II
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A guy at the skeet range I used to shoot at once dropped an aluminum shotgun case on his own foot. Ouch. Broke his big toe, had to withdraw from the competition.
But that's the worst injury I've ever seen, having spent more than half my life in the shooting sports.
(Going to Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary) Violent adj - 1: marked by extreme force or sudden intense activity 2: notably furious or vehement also excited or mentally disordered to the point of loss of self-control 3: caused by force, not natural
Sorry, doesn't sound like shooting to me. Your co-worker is an intellectual midget.
Later,
Chris
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"TV what do I see, tell me who to believe, what's the use of autonomy when a button does it all??" - Incubus, Idiot Box
But that's the worst injury I've ever seen, having spent more than half my life in the shooting sports.
(Going to Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary) Violent adj - 1: marked by extreme force or sudden intense activity 2: notably furious or vehement also excited or mentally disordered to the point of loss of self-control 3: caused by force, not natural
Sorry, doesn't sound like shooting to me. Your co-worker is an intellectual midget.
Later,
Chris
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"TV what do I see, tell me who to believe, what's the use of autonomy when a button does it all??" - Incubus, Idiot Box
Actually, another fellow and I have almost got the guy shamed into going shooting, with the assumption being that he has preconceived notions, and shouldn't blather on about something which he doesn't know anything about. And you _know_ that once we get him on the range, he'll be hooked...
Mike Irwin
Staff
Worst injury I ever saw at the shooting range was a guy whose son slammed his hand in the car door. 
I drilled the nails with a hot paper clip to relieve the pressure, and he went to the doctor to have several breaks set.
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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.
I drilled the nails with a hot paper clip to relieve the pressure, and he went to the doctor to have several breaks set.
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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.
Mike Irwin
Staff
Tell him that you and he obviously disagree on choice of sports, and that's fine.
BUT, you're tired of it, and if he doesn't stop busting your chops, you're going to have a chat with his supervisor.
I did that here at my company a year ago. Guy on staff had a REALLY bad reputation as a bully, prick, etc.
No one had ever got through channels before -- they had just taken this guy's surly attitude and abuse.
I didn't. He got reamed all the way up to divisional manager, and was made to apologize to me publically in front of the same people who were then when he snapped at me.
I became something of a company hero for a short time because the guy had to modify his behavior considerably. He's been very pleasant the last year or so, a much-changed man.
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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.
BUT, you're tired of it, and if he doesn't stop busting your chops, you're going to have a chat with his supervisor.
I did that here at my company a year ago. Guy on staff had a REALLY bad reputation as a bully, prick, etc.
No one had ever got through channels before -- they had just taken this guy's surly attitude and abuse.
I didn't. He got reamed all the way up to divisional manager, and was made to apologize to me publically in front of the same people who were then when he snapped at me.
I became something of a company hero for a short time because the guy had to modify his behavior considerably. He's been very pleasant the last year or so, a much-changed man.
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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.
I've seen several people get hit with richochets and pieces of jacket. Seen a few forget to move their thumb out of the way when loading a M-1 Garand, see some get hot brass down a shirt, I got hit between the eyes with a .308 case ejected from a FN-D. Those are the worse injuries I've ever seen at a range.
I've seen broken bones and worse injuries is other sports from bicycling to football.
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I've seen broken bones and worse injuries is other sports from bicycling to football.
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1911's forever, or at least until they come up with a hand held electronic rail gun.
Ne Conjuge Nobiscum
Guy B. Meredith
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Yeah, shooting's a violent sport...just behind golf, bowling and bingo night at the church. Considerably down the list from jogging through NYC Central Park or going to the corner store, soccer, football, basketball, etc.
A New York reject trying to spread his New York mentality at work. Just like all these California rejects going to Wash, Oregon, NV and NM and trying to set it up like Calif. No wonder those states are starting to go down the tube. Jeez, when you move, you go into a new environment. Assimilate into it and don't try assimilate it into you.
You guys are are missing this anti's point on purpose. There's no need... You could witness someone blow their own head off & you would have seen no violence, you could blow a BG's head off & have commited no violence. Violence implies a violation, since you are perfectly within your rights to end your own life or to protect your own life, there would be no violation. An accident is by definition without intent so there's no violence there either.
Tell the jerk that a "violent hobby" would be to go around beating people up for fun. You can also tell him that since he's verbally VIOLATING your right to be left alone & do as you please & since the only possible reason that he could be doing it, is that he enjoys giving you grief, that in fact he's the one with a "violent hobby"
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Tell the jerk that a "violent hobby" would be to go around beating people up for fun. You can also tell him that since he's verbally VIOLATING your right to be left alone & do as you please & since the only possible reason that he could be doing it, is that he enjoys giving you grief, that in fact he's the one with a "violent hobby"
[This message has been edited by Tony III (edited September 28, 2000).]
You see what kind of people we have up here in the North East? MORONS! Big Government, Anti-freedom, MORONS! Where in New York is he from? If he's from the city, forget about it. If he's from upstate somewhere, he may be open to reason.
Sounds like an idiot.
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The first step is registration, the second step is confiscation, the final step is subjugation.
Sounds like an idiot.
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The first step is registration, the second step is confiscation, the final step is subjugation.