Gun terms you HATE

[Jessie]

Reading over this thread made me chuckle.
A psychologist would probably say that we are very easily bothered by minutiae and the very people who should not have firearms.
BTW, the very reason I don't put a whole lot of stock in that profession. No offense to the doctors here.

 

[susieqz]

i refuse to have anything to do with anything that is called ''tactical''.

as to naming guns, or calling them her, you guys forget your history.
for thousands of years, people have named their fav weapons.
yeah, you don't believe guns or swords are alive, but the old ones did.
i do too, tho i call my guns ''gun'' when speaking to them.

 

[vytoland]

"gun violence".............there aint no such thing............the violence is in the "humans".....

 

[cougar14]

Fodder for ammunition.

Wasn't Davy Crockett's rifle "Old Betsy"? I keep track of Davy, he and I share the same birthday, August 17.

 

[carpriver]

All the above, it is a gun or weapon, pistol, revolver, rifle, bolt action, semi auto single shot. shot gun.
Safe Queen.

 

[BC38]

Jeez guys! Is there anything that someone CAN say or type that is in any way alliterative or colorful or anything else besides simple straightforward and plain-speach that won't bug one (or more) of you?

 

[JayFramer]

I just thought of another one that's been bantered about on at least one TV gun show.... MSR 'Modern Sporting Rifle' as opposed to an AR15 or a weapon or just plain gun so it sounds more PC.
That one really bothers me. It reminds me of when my dog rolls over on its back and spreads its legs.

I agree. Many things mentioned above are annoying but this particular term (MSR) is just flat out STUPID. It panders to the politically correct and hoplophobic, and I am surprised that it's been cheerfully embraced by many shooters.

 

[Muss Muggins]

My current EDC runs like a sweatshop sewing machine. Best analogy I have . . .

Unless you are one of Uncle Sams Misguided Children, if you name your firearm after a female, you are on the "list"

I agree that the term run, running is very annoying when it comes to firearms and anyone using it is highly suspect of being a basement bearded operator!

 

[hangnoose]

PET PEEVES??? i MAY HAVE A FEW.

Clips, tactical, msr's (the PC opposite side of the coin for assault rifle), to keep the list manageable.

 

[Mistered]

Pills or tips referring to the projectile - I.E. the bullet

 

[Irn-Bru]

Another one that gives me a chuckle. "Last chance and it's back in the safe" Couple days later it's bumped again

 

[Mistered]

'Battle rifle' - when referred to as such in a civilian setting

 

[Rpg]

I hate references to chambers as charge holes.

Pistols are not the same as revolvers.

Magazines aren't clips.

Anthropolopoliging about firearms: guns don't have "friends", don't "have new shoes", they have no sex. Lots more.

 

[Fishbread]

The misuse of "Point Blank" to mean within arms reach, usually in reference to a victim who has been shot. Mr Thug was shot point blank by Mr gangbanger.

Point blank is an actual term that means to be able to hit the killing zone of your target without having to use any elevation adjustments for longer range, just by pointing at it. A deer is going to have a larger point blank range than a squirrel, as will a 30 caliber rifle over a 25 auto.

I think point blank on Mr Thug with my Garand is a good 250 yards.

 

[Mistered]

'Hunting platform' as applied by those who have most likely never hunted to espouse the AR as a superior hunting rifle.

 

[M E Morrison]

Jeez guys! Is there anything that someone CAN say or type that is in any way alliterative or colorful or anything else besides simple straightforward and plain-speach that won't bug one (or more) of you?

Why should it be a problem to use correct terminology?

 

[BC38]

Why should it be a problem to use correct terminology?

LOL! If every instance cited here were a case of correct vs. incorrect terminology that argument would apply. In many of these cases that isn't what it is.

Besides never using any figurative or colorfully descriptive language gets really BORING. Some of the examples people have cited here are people trying to be creative, or take a little poetic license.

If someone can't read another person's attempt at creative writing without getting their undies in a bunch then they're wound a little bit too tight IMO.

Sorry folks, but we're sitting around here chewing the fat about our hobby for goodness sake. It isn't something that requires precise language like rocket science or anything of any kind of earth shaking critical importance.

This thread almost reads like a bunch of snowflakes sitting around talking about micro-aggression and "offensive" terms.

To quote a famous movie DI...

LIGHTEN UP FRANCIS!

(Not directed at any specific individual - but more of a general observation)

 

[ContinentalOp]

Pistols are not the same as revolvers.

Yes, they are. A pistol is a gun meant to be fired with one hand. Revolvers and semi-autos are both pistols. I really would like to know when and how that distinction came about. That distinction is about as annoying to me as "grips" vs. "stocks" or "clips" vs. "magazines" are to others.

I'm guessing these dueling pistols are not actually pistols, then?

Almost forgot...PPC, aka Practical Pistol Course, competitions were largely shot with revolvers.

 

[Irn-Bru]

LOL! If every instance cited here were a case of correct vs. incorrect terminology that argument would apply. In many of these cases that isn't what it is.

Besides never using any figurative or colorfully descriptive language gets really BORING. Some of the examples people have cited here are people trying to be creative, or take a little poetic license.

If someone can't read another person's attempt at creative writing without getting their undies in a bunch then they're wound a little bit too tight IMO.

Sorry folks, but we're sitting around here chewing the fat about our hobby for goodness sake. It isn't something that requires precise language like rocket science or anything of any kind of earth shaking critical importance.

This thread almost reads like a bunch of snowflakes sitting around talking about micro-aggression and "offensive" terms.

To quote a famous movie DI...

LIGHTEN UP FRANCIS!

(Not directed at any specific individual - but more of a general observation)

You can scratch mine, snowflake has to be the worst one of all. It's now "cool" to be calling folks snowflakes

 

[Dennis]

"Grouping". It's a "GROUP".
And a bunch of the above-mentioned. lol.