This is the list of touchy subjects that will get the readership worked up with nostrils flaring and turn grown men into so many yapping dogs as doctrine become dogma.
1. Camouflage
2. Weapons Lube
3. Gloves
4. Gun Bunnies
5. Slings
6. Belts
7. Knives
8. Anything dealing with the Marine Corps
9. The terms “Operator” and “Tactical”
10. Calibers
Got any more?
jackets and pants.
Softshell, Velcro
Biggest one: 2A Freedoms
Lists of Touchy Subjects that exclude anything that a particular reader thinks should be on the list and/or a particular subject not being high enough on the list.
Guess you missed the part that said “got any more?”
You really think that’s touchy? I don’t. You are on one side or the other. The only people I ever see get upset about it are those who already pissed their freedoms away or those that are too foolish to see how precious they are.
If you look at the atrocities surrounding a certain coffee shop and magazine I would argue that is a touchy subject. Maybe not in the community, but certainly high on the priority list for me. I concede that I was off base to what the above list was getting at.
Mike has a point, the personal opinions are black, and white… but rules, regs, policies, procedures, and laws… we could start whole websites on those… wait, too late!
Enumeration.
Too vague, please expand your thought.
I guess I was being redundant. Lists in general i.e. most popular… Due to omissions or order. Apparently you need a 9th amendment for them.
Rails & BUIS used to be a big one… and a lawsuit happy crowd too!
So true
Costa
What’s a “Costa”?
Not a what, it’s a who.
http://www.costaludus.com/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=4
GIYF
Sarcasm wasted…
A sarcasm font is needed. I got it.
The next bearded gun-figther trying to teach a bunch of non/never will be gun-fighters.
I can see…it upsets you even just mentioning it.
Are you talking about teaching civilians? Retired guys in the training industry? I’m not sure I understand.
1911/Glock
.
I capitulated and have several 1911’s, a GLOCK 21, and a SIG 220.
.
AR vs AK
5.56, 7.62, .308, ……
+1000
Heckler and Koch
GRRRRRR! yeah.
Bugger, john beat me to it, 9mm v .45 or even 7.62 v 5.56mm always a good one over this side of the pond
Ok that’s 10.!
Yeager.
8 probably isn’t high enough.
Drop leg vs belt vs Plate carrier
MARPAT vs Multicam (I think this has enough traffic to be a totally different category from camouflage)
AAC vs Surefire
Arc’teryx vs TAD vs Patagonia vs Crye Precision
EOTech vs Aimpoint
LaRue vs KAC
Stainless Steel vs Chrome lined
…and finally…
…drum roll…
…
FORGED vs BILLET
Fobbits
Okay, TACTICAL Fobbits….
The ‘Stopping Power’; Is it real or just a myth?
Stopping power is the energy transferred from the bullet into the tissue, anyone disagree?
Momentum = mass x velocity
Kinetic Energy = mass x velocity x velocity / 2
Which is more important for the transfer of energy from a bullet into tissue and why are they related?
Also, why are those larger, heavier bullets moving so much slower than those smaller, faster bullets and why should we care?
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/momentum/u4l1a.cfm
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/energy/u5l1c.cfm
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=174164
Anything I provide an opinon on
Operator as F$ck!!
Value or not of contractors in warzones.
Who is arguing against their value?
LOL, yup, indeed.
No one who has any clue what they’re talking about.
(Not a contractor, never been a contractor, will likely never be a contractor.)
Plenty of people. I meant ‘value’ as in cost per service delivered. Not that they don’t provide a service.
Lumens
Reflective belts and why troops must model them….
You even mentioned it: Doctrine.
Even at the service level I think fewer and fewer people understand basic service doctrine…..
I worded that poorly, which is the problem with Doctrine. You either get it spelled out or you dont, there is no middle ground….. For example, should the Air Force operate the C-27 according to the doctrine and mission of the Air Force as a service? Go!
Mil vs MOA
Magazines
Reloads
IA/Remedial action drills, codes, and the terminology surrounding them
Failure drill shot placement
Point shooting
Holsters
6.8 SPC performance
300 BLK
By 6.8 SPC performance, I meant the arguments for/against re-tooling everything to run that round in .mil service rifles.
Oh yeah, I forgot the M27 IAR…”Don’t make me give up my suppressive firepower!!!” [rolleyes]
TESTIFY!
Fastest I’ve ever seen a group of guys go from friendly to pissed off was when the topic of reload techniques was brought up. lots of lube or little lube was a somewhat friendly topic, but once reloads and magazine monopod came up, you would have thought wives’ honor was at stake…
Iron sights vs optics
Direct impingement vs piston
Eotech vs aimpoint
Caliber 556 vs 762, 9mm vs 45 etc etc
Holsters.
And 1911A1 vs. Glock
Lets not forget the passive aggressive response to complaints about 1911s. “well the 1911 is a professional’s gun”
1. Glocks in genral
2. Airsoft
Body Armor!!!!!!!
Airsoft.
Your Mom.
FTW!
Used that yesterday when someone asked “Where’s your costume?” I replied, “I’m the guy schtupin’ yer mom.” , he asked “So you’re dressed as the guy schtupin’ my mom?” I said “No”. Walked away. Not sure he got it.
SF vs. SEAL’s vs. Rangers vs. Recon vs. PJ’s etc.
Serpa holsters
Anything questioning MagPul’s motivations
Gabe Suarez
Rob Pincas
+1 on the Serpa
Copenhagen vs. Skoal
Army v Navy (its football season. lol)
1911 v Glock
Milsim Airsoft, is it honoring or is it dishonoring soldiers?
Conceal Carry placements (AIWB, IWB, OWB, Ankle)
OPSEC/PERSEC breaches (books, photos, etc.)
Women in SOF Units
IPSC v IDPA
DI v Piston
AK v AR
AAC v SureFire v SilencerCo
Costa v Haley
/ Boots.
/ .45 ACP vs. Every other round ever made or that will be made.
Parasitic products…
Press checks.
How much to spend on scope/rifle/ninjas and is that good enough for both CQB and sniping zombies.
“Assaulter”
Barrel length
flash lights / rail jewlery
boots / footwear
pouch vs long cut
Seems like EVERYTHING and the kitchen sink is a TOUCHY topic!!
Reminds me of that patch that said
Cool Story Bro WHEN do you STFU!
Airsoft
Never been done before… Someone will find some weird old “iteration” of a new design.
.45acp vs 9mm come on you had to see that one !!!
“Magazine” vs. “Clip”.
+1
…& I’ll add semiautomatic rifle vs. “assault weapon”
cats vs. dogs
EoTechs and Aim Points?
Ammo prices.
Brand vs brand kit.
Import/export restrictions on this/that gun.
Magpul marketing/politics
What Hollywood did wrong with a gun in this/that movie or TV show.
Airsoft vs Firearms.
SEALS vs Delta.
Chris Costa’s latest marketing venture.
Jamie Yeager (period)
Why is this piece of Kit so expensive for what it does?
Buying American made Kit vs foreign made kit.
Who created/sold this/that piece of Kit first.
What is old is new again industry ideas.
Spoof marketing ads that are taken way too seriously.
Zombie marketing.
Incorrect spelling.
“Who created/sold this/that piece of Kit first.”
Oh, my goodness YES!!! The best part is that most often the perception of who was “first” is wrong.
That’s a pretty solid list top to bottom.
Non-“operators” seem to give a shit about people using the term than actual “operators” do.