You know you are a mall ninja when ...

[bjb4242]

You might be a mall ninja if you put an ACOG on your 15-22 (I wish I could afford to do it!)

You might be a mall ninja if you start conversations about what a badass you are with a handgun. I recently got to experience this at a gun store. And of course, the handgun that I have (M&P 45) was judged to be no good, and the 45ACP round to be no good when compared to the 38 special that this guy had.

 

[OldEagleEars]

I know I posted a whole list of "you might be a Mall-Ninja if you..." comments; but this being Memorial Day weekend I thought I would mention this.
During the Vietnam conflict there was a species of serviceman who dressed as if his every move might result in a firefight to the death. These people were usually senior NCO's or Field-Grade officers (majors and light-colonels predominating) and they would dash about with freshly-starched rip-stops adorned with holstered pistols and Bowie knives in big leather scabbards hanging on their web gear. They would have the short-barreled "tanker" version of the M16 with a little metal shoulder pad on the end of the bare buffer-tube or a Chi-Com AK or SKS loosely slung over their shoulders with no evidence of ammo beyond what might be in the weapon visible. They always had a "boonie-hat" on their heads (usually starched, with the sides of the brim rolled up like Monte Montana) and if they had to wear a steel-pot the camo-cover was so new it could be seen from passing helicopters. Their ensemble was completed by regulation jungle boots carrying a high spitshine (but not their spit; that's what Vietnamese housemaids were for) or patent leather. They infested the offices of MACV and the various headquarters and seemed to survive Tet of '68 like cockroaches survive an exterminator. They were so far removed from the grunts and boonie-rats in the field it didn't seem like they were of the same species, much less the same armed forces.
We called them "Saigon Commandos" but I'm sure if there had been a mall in South Vietnam, (Republic of), they would have swarmed it (the Cholon PX was pretty damn close to a mall, I guess). But no matter what the location or the situation, the urge to be a "mall-ninja" will still thrive in the hearts of those who just can't bring themselves to be on the pointy-end of the stick!

 

[Jay_Crown]

You call a holster a "gun bucket"

 

[jwk]

I bet that this would have really been funny if I had any idea what half the stuff / people referred to were.

 

[MarkDozier]

YOu might be a mall ninja if you know what Mem...
I was going to be clever, but instead I am going to the Veterans Graveyard tomorrow morning. Pay my respects and thank them
Please join me in thanking our heros.

 

[Rook82]

You may be a Mall Ninja if you wear your shooting gloves, while at the computer typing on the Smith and Wesson forums.

 

[JFootin]

You ARE a mall ninja...

If you look like this!

 

[shouldazagged]

We called them "Saigon Commandos" but I'm sure if there had been a mall in South Vietnam, (Republic of), they would have swarmed it (the Cholon PX was pretty damn close to a mall, I guess). But no matter what the location or the situation, the urge to be a "mall-ninja" will still thrive in the hearts of those who just can't bring themselves to be on the pointy-end of the stick!

Wonderfully-written description of a type that probably has been around since soon after the Spartans--I doubt they had many of the breed. Bill Mauldin had some similar observations during World War II.

Thanks, I appreciated it.

 

[roadkill45]

YOu might be a mall ninja if you know what Mem...
I was going to be clever, but instead I am going to the Veterans Graveyard tomorrow morning. Pay my respects and thank them
Please join me in thanking our heros.

another thread derail, but still on track. I used to go to all of the memorials when i road with the MC i was with at the time. After rolling up my colors and selling my bike that i could not ride any more due to service related injuries, i just could not bring myself to go to the services anymore.

Even though I was surrounded by Vets, and we all had a BDU/Utility uniform top that we were first issue that was outfitted with all the stuff that we had at that period. Not my original it has been long gone, but it was tough finding a slant pocket OD green just post VN top with black/yellow tapes and rank on sleeves!

Taps makes my knees buckle due to all the buddies i've lost and non-buddies (Combat Medic, Super B), so the wife and I don't go cause i'm a basket case afterward.

So i will silently reflect today, have a beer and cook some steaks, and say my thank yous in my mind!

Have a Great Memorial Day, Veteran or not........even to the ever present Mall Ninja that lurks just under the surface of all of us!!!!

None of us Retired, Hon. Discharged Vets cannot say that they would not love to go back to Iraq, Afgan, etc (except Somalia) and give it one more shot, i know i would if i could!!

 

[5.56Spartan]

You know you are mall ninja, when you laugh at this product... but secretly wonder how you would organize your load-out.

Tactical BBQ Apron

 

[Gopher Slayer]

You know you are mall ninja, when you laugh at this product... but secretly wonder how you would organize your load-out.

Tactical BBQ Apron

Are you spying on me?

I just got the baked potato grenade belt.

 

[Franklin]

You know you are mall ninja when you clean your gun in the shower

 

[Delos]

Mall Ninja?

You know you are a California Mall Ninja, when a pick pocket is suing you, after he gets cut by your throwing star, while trying to pick your pocket, and he wins the lawsuit.

 

[shouldazagged]

Thanks, roadkill45 and MarkDozier.

 

[Flavorman]

He slipped the crayon comment in there without much fanfare but that's gotta be a red light.....crayon + 15-22 = mall ninja.....

 

[roadkill45]

You know you are mall ninja when you clean your gun in the shower

Been there, done that with an A1!!!!

 

[DavidC]

You know you are mall ninja when you clean your gun in the shower

Watched Marines do that with 45 autos many a time.

 

[Gunzilla]

Hey...wait a second...you just insulted this entire board

I was thinking the same thing after I read that post.

In keeping with the spirit of the thread:

You might be a mall ninja if you have a grip-pod on a short barreled rifle.......with a fake suppressor.

 

[nachogrande]

PIC # 130

great pic, but think he would be a backyard bbq ninja, not the mall variety.

 

[Rook82]

You "are" a Mall Ninja if you care what others think of your firearm setup. If you outfit it any way to just please what is the accepted "way to do it", then you are a Mall Ninja. Find what works for you and roll with it. You then are "not" a Mall ninja. You are someone who can think for themselves and not cave to Cliche. Most people who are touting as experts are not. They are just regurgitating something they heard by a so called expert, and on and on. If it works for you, then it works for you and go with that. Take what you read and see as experience, but come to your own conclusions on what is best or right for you!