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TEB

(12,842 posts)
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 08:37 AM Apr 2018

Ran into some milita types I find humor

Last evening my wife and the boys and I walked to the pub. For dinner they have awesome crab cakes, anyway from the dining room I could see a group of grown men wearing BDU’s battle dress camo. Sitting at the bar knocking back pitchers of beer. And I could hear them talking amongst themselves. I gather they spent the day at a local range shooting targets. Now in my observation I kind of think these clowns would have a hard time fighting off a troop of Girl Scouts. What I’m getting at is their physical condition was not battle ready for the upcoming revolution that they think they will fight in.

In humor my wife of thirty one years says that I’m a human border collie. As in one good habit I took from three years in infantry is exercise and I’m always ready to do something. But checking out these milita clowns last night what I’m saying is majority of them definitely had to order their fatigues from the big and tall. Age wise they probably were from late 20’s to mid 50’s. And some of them were sporting berets and Boonie hats. I’m like smiling as a few had high and tight haircuts.

Walking back from men’s room I so wanted to say to them. Maybe you guys should hit the gym and PT to get ready for your revolution,instead of spraying and praying at the range. But I did not we all headed home.

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Ran into some milita types I find humor (Original Post) TEB Apr 2018 OP
Sadly, they're probably itching to shoot at real people. AJT Apr 2018 #1
No need for physical fitness when you can kill people with a gun. NT enough Apr 2018 #2
That is one way to look at it TEB Apr 2018 #3
They're going to have to run from the tanks the government will have. Aristus Apr 2018 #6
True TEB Apr 2018 #7
Undoubtedly. Aristus Apr 2018 #8
I have a couple of buddies with tons-'o-guns. Comatose Sphagetti Apr 2018 #4
I had a very minor "feud" with a white supremacy group TlalocW Apr 2018 #5
About 20 years ago I took Dad safeinOhio Apr 2018 #9
Your fathers generation TEB Apr 2018 #10

TEB

(12,842 posts)
3. That is one way to look at it
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 09:42 AM
Apr 2018

But when people shoot back in a firefight is what I was thinking. These guys could not move to contact in their condition in actual running gun battle they would get ate alive dealing with disciplined troops

Aristus

(66,376 posts)
6. They're going to have to run from the tanks the government will have.
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 10:29 AM
Apr 2018

I'd be happy to re-up just to fight those clowns, and I'd be crewing one of those tanks.

For them, running away would be a mistake, since they would just die tired...

TEB

(12,842 posts)
7. True
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 10:39 AM
Apr 2018

I just found it amusing friend on a easy day in combat arms they would have a tough time.

Aristus

(66,376 posts)
8. Undoubtedly.
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 10:42 AM
Apr 2018

Every morning begins with a five-mile run.

I'm betting those guys couldn't walk five miles if you gave them all day...

Comatose Sphagetti

(836 posts)
4. I have a couple of buddies with tons-'o-guns.
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 09:57 AM
Apr 2018

They will tell you they are "hobbyists" yet I strongly suspect both are preparing for some feared future "SHTF" scenario.
Both are 50+, out of shape, and would have a coronary if forced to run flat-out 50 yards.

TlalocW

(15,382 posts)
5. I had a very minor "feud" with a white supremacy group
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 10:17 AM
Apr 2018

Over a letter to the editor once. Fortunately, I had done my high school research project on white supremacy groups, and I knew that their particular offshoot are filled with overweight bubba-types, who go to the woods to drink, shoot at their empty beer cans, and fantasize about a race war that they hope they can jump on the tail-end of after the shooting has ended (assuming it turns out how they want). So needless to say, I wasn't worried.

Unfortunately, I think a lot of these types (your group and mine especially) biggest fantasy is to actually shoot someone, which is why they put all their training efforts into whatever passes for markmanship.

TlalocW

safeinOhio

(32,683 posts)
9. About 20 years ago I took Dad
Sun Apr 15, 2018, 10:57 AM
Apr 2018

to his WWII Battle of the Bulge reunion. A guy came up and asked Dad what his favorite weapon was as he really loved the Browning ARA.
After the guy left, Dad leans over and says "He was a cook".

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