Battle Rattle for the Catwalk

All boys love liberty, till experience convinces them
they are not so fit to govern themselves as they imagined.
-- Samuel Johnson

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism
--George Washington
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My last installment from October's Gun & Ammo, promise.

One must really love something beyond the firearms themselves to swallow this garbage about "accessorizing correctly." Get a load of the little camo flag top dead center of the 2nd Amendment-happy blokes' body armor.

Why must citizens have tactical combat rigs, anyway? And why tactical classes and assault fire schools? Who are these people planning on shooting? If they become victims of a home invasion, are they planning to fire and maneuver against the perpetrators?

Ranger loves firearms as aesthetic pieces and collects historical weapons. This is my life's expertise, but people like Mssrs. Sweeney and Fortier in the photo have turned the word "gunny" into a scary and unsavory concept.

Yes, the 2nd Amendment gives the U.S. citizen the right to possess firearms, even those of a military nature, but is this pseudo-military posture that of the average gunowner?

Ranger often wonders why these tactical types so often are not combat veterans, themselves?