INGunOwners.com mention

[devastatingpov]

I don't know if anyone saw this, but the headline about an Indiana gun show caught my eye. The article mentions the INGunOwners.com table at the gun show.

Austin Considine - American Crossroads – My ticket to the gun show: A godless, gunless liberal’s account - True/Slant

Sounds like he didn't bring a gun to the show, but he did bring his own prejudices.

 

[turnandshoot4]

Wow Fenway. This must have been you. You must have been in full "recruitment" mode.

"His big hand shook my hand and a shiver crept up the length of my skinny arm that I couldn’t adequately explain to myself, but which had something to do with the determined look in his eyes."

 

[techres]

Alright! Who scared the guy with a handshake?!

I am betting I know who it was...

 

[esrice]

Can anyone who was working the booth corroborate this?

Posted at the booth for INGunOwners.com, was “birther” literature questioning Obama’s American citizenship. I asked the man working there if he had any extra copies and he said no. I was bummed because there was actually a lot of birther stuff on there I hadn’t read before. His big hand shook my hand and a shiver crept up the length of my skinny arm that I couldn’t adequately explain to myself, but which had something to do with the determined look in his eyes.

 

[techres]

Wow Fenway. This must have been you. You must have been in full "recruitment" mode.

"His big hand shook my hand and a shiver crept up the length of my skinny arm that I couldn’t adequately explain to myself, but which had something to do with the determined look in his eyes."

Where's that "Because I said so" avatar when you need it???

 

[esrice]

Mike, recognize this guy at all?

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

AWWW , little liberal nancy boy was scared just by shaking a man's hand . to


If going to a gun show and shaking a man's hand scares this guy that bad , what will a guy like this do if the SHTF for real ?

 

[jblomenberg16]

Well, I guess we know that the liberals hate us "Right Wing Extremists" almost as much as they hate themselves I guess.

He has some points that make me wonder if he really is as liberal anti-gun as he claims to be.

I'm also appaled that this person, who evidently is a well educated, well spoken self proclaimed liberal, who questions "racism, hate speak, and Nazi infatuation" could lower himself to such a level as to exhibit hateful predjudice toward gun owners, who are apparently all right wing crazies obsessed with gore and carnage.

After all, aren't he and his liberal friends supposedly champions for inclusiveness and equality among people from all different walks of life?

Alas, it seems like this is the typical hypocrity evident in so many folks who align with the left leaning liberals who proudly proclaim: "We love everyone, and everyone should have a fair chance in life, well, except for those White, God-Fearing, Gun owning crazy people. Other then those people, everyone else is cool."

 

[LPMan59]

he looks like vicodin-abusing douchebag. fill 'er up, boy.

 

[ATM]

Did the big guy put the squeeze on this little feller or what?



Good to be mentioned... even by an OUTLANDER.

 

[bigus_D]

So... that 'article' was on a website called True/Slant. I'll say this article falls toward the 'slant' side.

Though, when I shook Fenway's hand (at the previous 1500), I peed my pants... so who am I to judge?

p.s. Peeing your pants is cool, everybody is doing it!

 

[Scutter01]

We had "birther" literature at our table?

 

[esrice]

We had "birther" literature at our table?

That's why I'm waiting on Shooter or Fenway to corroborate that. I know we had the Joker Obama stickers on Friday.

Perhaps this guy's note taking just isn't up to par and he's talking about an entirely different booth! lol

 

[NEWMAN]

We had "birther" literature at our table?

I would like to think no. But after I noticed the line I just went south to louisville to get the party started.

 

[Scutter01]

That's why I'm waiting on Shooter or Fenway to corroborate that. I know we had the Joker Obama stickers on Friday.

Perhaps this guy's note taking just isn't up to par and he's talking about an entirely different booth! lol

I was there. I don't remember anything other than the "Socialism" posters. We had a couple of INGO-type stickers, too, but no "birther" stuff that I recall.

 

[techres]

Maybe the big scary man was reading a book?

 

[Cygnus]

I met a fellow INGOer for a deal before going in.

Someone came up and asked us if it was "one of those illlegal parking lot deals"

I was afraid it'd be the same guy from the lot when I clicked the link.

BTW we did set the person straight on current IN law regarding private sales. I may have even said something fishy about healthcare....

Oh, and I do not recall "birther" materials on Saturday. Oversized T-Shirts yes. Birther stuff no.

Also note how the guy's article describes the "loophole" kinda funny....

 

[CSK22]

My ticket to the gun show: A godless, gunless liberal’s account

For today’s liberal, entering a gun show is like entering the lion’s den — a place where Palin’s “real America” breathes easy and freedom is a dish best served cold as polished steel. But to be fair, a gun and knife show could also be the safest place on earth. For starters, your average lunatic could probably only get off a few shots before an entire convention hall of gun enthusiasts got their weapons loaded (plenty of ammo on sale at the gun show, too) and unloaded into whomever was stupid enough to try something. But more importantly, there is a basic political and philosophical homogeneity — and, hence, safety — to a gun show

 

[Bill of Rights]

Wow Fenway. This must have been you. You must have been in full "recruitment" mode.

"His big hand shook my hand and a shiver crept up the length of my skinny arm that I couldn’t adequately explain to myself, but which had something to do with the determined look in his eyes."

LOL! That was my guess, too. Shame on you, Fenway.. scaring the poor little liberal.

Had I known this was coming and not been at work that day....I would SO have bought tickets to watch, you do realize this, yes?

ETA: Anyone read the comments under his writeup?

Blessings,
Bill

 

[techres]

In case the guy has signed up for the site, and in full fairness, let me say the following:

If you are listening, we are teasing you primarily because the person you met is known well here and is not a scary person. He's actually a great and kind person. Now, he does have hands that can crush rocks, but I can only hold that against myself for not having worked out harder at the gym myself. Can't blame him for that.

As for your article, you seem to have found what you were looking for in the gun community including some evidence of the fears outsiders have of our community. What can I say, other than every home has a crazy uncle George and if you come to Thanksgiving you will get to meet the whole family - all of it - and there you have it.

But that one glimpse is not an understanding of us in any real sense. I would instead invite you to get to know us better and then write a second article. This time you went looking for racists, nutjobs, rightwingers, and nazi daggers and you managed to find them. I would invite you to come and meet all the people and things you missed: Jews, Blacks, middle class business owners, Social Conservative, Gays, Boy Scouts, Libertarians, and even some progressives. That may only be one part of our community, but you came to the table and focussed on uncle George and missed the variety of people sitting at the table as well.

I come from the Democratic wing of the Democratic party and was raised by people who you would find easy room to joke with and feel comfortable. I know where you are coming from and would make a great bridge to talk with you and show you a better understanding of the full gun community which is what you missed in your fast visit to a gun show. You just cannot get to know people that way (too many strange folk and personal baggage). Hell, I write this from the very active gun community of Bloomington, Indiana. That last sentence alone should begin to break your stereotypes of our community.

So, let's try something different. Let's talk. Let's eat a meal together. Heck, let's run out to a range and do a bit of shooting. I can do any of the above. I could even make room for you at a rifle clinic and bring a gun for you to shoot and ammo to boot.

Why would I do that?

Because you deserve it and so does the real "gun community". You obviously want to know more, and have an interest in guns but are hampered by your concerns about us. I can help you with both. And I can do it without trying to change your politics one iota. As my wife likes to say, "You changed my politics on guns without changing my politics."

And why did I do that with her? Because she deserved it as well.

So, what do you say? Come on in, have a seat, we can get to know each other far better than at Thanksgiving dinner, or at the 1500.

Let's make some time and perhaps someday you will write another article as a followup!