Larry wrote:In a article in the News a couple of years ago now I think but it just seems like last year. There was some sort of crime from memory and one of the suspects belonged to a gun club. Then a little more investigation and stories that there were weird old guys wearing cammo at a country range. This lead to all sorts of rumors such as training camp for para military group to just old weird guys playing war games.
This is the type of reputation that I would say that all gun clubs go a long way to discourage. Gun clubs go to a lot of effort to promote sport shooting as an open and anti discriminatory sport that is a good community member.
Wearing cammo may seem a long draw of the bow but appearances and first impressions are everything.
bah! wrote:There is a convergence between tradie trousers and tacticool now too, anyone else notice that?
bah! wrote:There is a convergence between tradie trousers and tacticool now too, anyone else notice that?
InisBineest wrote:bah! wrote:There is a convergence between tradie trousers and tacticool now too, anyone else notice that?
Haha, should they ban that too?
JohnV wrote:The real reason is that if a person is still on the range at say the 200 or more and no one sees them the range could be opened while that person is still at their target . Camouflage clothing makes that even more likely to happen . I have seen this happen and I had to quickly stop the range officer from opening the range . I seemed to be the only one that spotted the guy still at his target .
Oldbloke wrote:I was at a supermarket on Monday. A dude there was wearing ALL cammo + cammo mask. I joke not.
I couldn't believe it. I was going to point him out to the wife, but couldn't find him again he had just disappeared.....now I'm joking.
Larry wrote:In a article in the News a couple of years ago now I think but it just seems like last year. There was some sort of crime from memory and one of the suspects belonged to a gun club. Then a little more investigation and stories that there were weird old guys wearing cammo at a country range. This lead to all sorts of rumors such as training camp for para military group to just old weird guys playing war games.
This is the type of reputation that I would say that all gun clubs go a long way to discourage. Gun clubs go to a lot of effort to promote sport shooting as an open and anti discriminatory sport that is a good community member.
Wearing cammo may seem a long draw of the bow but appearances and first impressions are everything.
JohnV wrote:The real reason is that if a person is still on the range at say the 200 or more and no one sees them the range could be opened while that person is still at their target . Camouflage clothing makes that even more likely to happen . I have seen this happen and I had to quickly stop the range officer from opening the range . I seemed to be the only one that spotted the guy still at his target .
InisBineest wrote:JohnV wrote:The real reason is that if a person is still on the range at say the 200 or more and no one sees them the range could be opened while that person is still at their target . Camouflage clothing makes that even more likely to happen . I have seen this happen and I had to quickly stop the range officer from opening the range . I seemed to be the only one that spotted the guy still at his target .
That makes sense! That I can deal with:)
DaveZ wrote:InisBineest wrote:JohnV wrote:The real reason is that if a person is still on the range at say the 200 or more and no one sees them the range could be opened while that person is still at their target . Camouflage clothing makes that even more likely to happen . I have seen this happen and I had to quickly stop the range officer from opening the range . I seemed to be the only one that spotted the guy still at his target .
That makes sense! That I can deal with:)
Surely that's more of a breakdown in the safety systems of the range than a problem with the persons clothing? No way of keeping tabs on people on the firing range other than having a look and hoping their clothing stands out enough to see them?
Personally I don't think it should matter what you wear. We don't seem to be allowed to judge anyone on anything in the wider community these days lest we discriminate some poor sod or offend their sensitivities, yet, if you own a gun, everything you do must be looked upon with suspicion, "in the interest of public safety". Surely the camouflaged guy down range issue could be solved the same way they do it in hunting areas, a compulsory piece of high vis clothing for visibility.
I wouldn't go out anywhere in full camo, but if it floats your boat, why not? I wouldn't go out in my work uniform either, but people do, I think it's weird but who am I to say that it actually is? Wear what you want I reckon.
InisBineest wrote:Ok, so this topic picked up in another post, let's air it out here...
As shooters, we don't like appearance laws. Appearance laws restrict the variety of firearms we can legally possess simply based on whether some paper pusher believes they look too military.
But then we have standing orders on a shooting range: no Camo clothes on the range? I see a contradiction here.
Let me be clear, I don't wear Camo at all (makes my butt look big:P), and to be fair there are some feelings about whether or not non military personnel should waltz about in such gear. But really, fashion on the range? Is that what is being regulated now? It just smacks of hypocrisy. You can turn up with your Lee Enfields, Mausers, Springfield's and Martinis, but no camo?
Side note: Mate, have you seen western action shooters on the pistol range:D I suspect they have more fun than we do just wearing boring jeans:P
Discuss!
ZaineB wrote:thats cringe as bro, but you do you man
bladeracer wrote:InisBineest wrote:Ok, so this topic picked up in another post, let's air it out here...
As shooters, we don't like appearance laws. Appearance laws restrict the variety of firearms we can legally possess simply based on whether some paper pusher believes they look too military.
But then we have standing orders on a shooting range: no Camo clothes on the range? I see a contradiction here.
Let me be clear, I don't wear Camo at all (makes my butt look big:P), and to be fair there are some feelings about whether or not non military personnel should waltz about in such gear. But really, fashion on the range? Is that what is being regulated now? It just smacks of hypocrisy. You can turn up with your Lee Enfields, Mausers, Springfield's and Martinis, but no camo?
Side note: Mate, have you seen western action shooters on the pistol range:D I suspect they have more fun than we do just wearing boring jeans:P
Discuss!
Probably 95% of all the clothing I own is either military or camo. Camo boots, gloves, hats, T-shirts, jackets, shirts, packs, LBE's and LBV's, even my face mask and wallet are camo. I have a variety of camo patterns so I can best match whatever terrain I'm in. I get into town maybe 20-30 times a year, mostly the post office, Bunnings and the gunshop, sometimes the doctor. I'm not going to waste money on alternative clothing just to conform to other people's opinion of how I should dress.
I've been watching Combat! again (I downloaded the episodes years ago and watch them pretty regularly) and I decided to wear my US Army helmet all day yesterday just to see how annoying it might get, including the gas station and to collect parcels from the post office, and not a single person batted an eyelid For the record, I wore it for ten hours with no trouble at all. It does affect your hearing perception slightly, but also amplifies the phone. The only time I took it off was during one plinking session when I started feeling the cold wind around my noggin.
https://youtu.be/K2kUpiEWiNk
ZaineB wrote:people wearing camo when not using it for concealment or when its not part of a standardized uniform are just cringey as hell, its embarrassing to watch, my favorite are the mongs wearing it when they go spotlighting at night, like, yes that helped you sneak around in the UTE...
do I think they should be banned from doing it? no.