So I wanted to think about this a little before responding as I tend to speak before I think from time to time.
My screen name is simply the same one I use on two other forums so it was chosen here for simplicity's sake.
The first time I chose it was because I had, like many others, developed an interest in rifle skills beyond 100 yards. I had recently watched a documentary on CH and thought I liked what I saw. I was impressed by his skills, his military service to his country (my father was a Marine), his accomplishments, and his determination. I did not, and do not, want to purvey the assumption that I have all his skills and attributes, but more so that I wish I did possess his qualities. I am not new to firearms but in the arena of "precision shooting and reloading" I'm just about at ground zero. I have tons of interest, support our 2nd amendment rights, and have joined multiple forums to broaden the informational perspectives which I have access to.
Now maybe I wasn't thinking 4 dimensionally when I joined a forum named "Sniper's Hide" and choosing the name I did. I suppose I assumed that this would be another group of patriotic shooters looking to always increase their skill sets and knowledge base to strive to improve to ever more accurate shooting. I didn't expect to come here finding thread after thread with descriptions of how to better stalk human targets, better ways to make homemade ghillie suits from everyday materials, and posts of sniper exploits against innocent people. I assumed this would be another group focused on the general aspects of rifle accuracy, precision, general shooting skills, and reloading prowess.
Now if I had chosen a screen name like "Ituchesyungboys69" or "Ihatephukinguns419" then I would've expected some sort of irritation and backlash from members here. I expected to try and learn and communicate with other members to learn, grow, and maybe even occasionally make a positive contribution here, even with my unabashed lack of knowledge and experience. I though we'd all be rowing in the same direction here.
If my chosen name is cause for that much aggravation here, you can decide for me a course of action from 3 options. 1, you tell me to piss off and I shouldn't have ever logged on here with a name like that. 2, admins on here are welcome to choose, or ask me to choose another name, and I will do so, or 3, we can all move on with the name I have chosen.
I don't want to continue here if there's going to be some sort of bias when I ask for advice, offer to purchase items in the classifieds, or anything else along those lines. No one on any of the other forums has made any comments that my identity is offensive and I was a little shocked that that's what's happening here. I'll let you folks decide my fate.
