Do they really think the Bambi-murdering, high-power sniper rifles are safe from these people? We need unity, not adversity Then the lever-action shotguns, like the Adler non-debate in Australia. Regulations start at the lowest-hanging fruit, and gradually move their way up the tree. The truth is that government and anti-gun organisations despise civilian firearm ownership in totality. Fudds are therefore short-sighted and highly ignorant. It adversely affects us all when one segment’s rights are eroded. They also completely fail to grasp that we all form part of the same community. They mistakenly believe that if they give the regulatory authorities somebody else to chew on, their bolt-action rifles will remain untouched. I have seen them throw handgun owners under the bus on numerous occasions. They are even here, in South Africa.įudds believe that by sacrificing the interests of other firearm owners, they will be able to safeguard their own. We can find Fudds in gun owning communities worldwide, despite their American terminological origins. “Bad” guns are anything suited for self-defence or which involves “rapid fire” sport shooting disciplines. As is evident from above, guns are “good” if the firearms are used for hunting, wing shooting, and static forms of sport shooting. The people who subscribe to this misconception believe that some types of firearms have a more legitimate purpose than others.

So-called Fuddhood has its foundations rooted in a fallacy of logic. They are willing to sacrifice other sections of the gun community to save themselves. The Fudd does not care as long as they can keep their M1903 Springfield and their custom Beretta double-barrel shotgun. Fudd-type sentiment are what brought about the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, as well as many other ultimately pointless laws. They will likely talk about how nobody needs an “assault weapon” among similar lines. By the estimation of a Fudd, the Second Amendment exists to let him hunt deer, shoot quail, play trap, and punch targets.

Provincialism in applying the Second Amendment.If you ask them about personal defence, expect either half-assed answer about a shotgun with birdshot, or just calling the police. If you ask them why they own guns, the typical answer is for hunting or for sport. They wouldn’t be caught dead with anything black polymer, tactical, or concealable. Nothing they have is supposed to fill the role of a dedicated defence gun, or a daily carry gun. These guns are either for hunting, or they are for marksmanship and trap competitions.

44 Magnum revolvers, and 9mm pistols only have one purpose: sport. All their 12 gauge wood and blued-steel shotguns, bolt-action rifles. The interest that defines a Fudd is “sporting purposes”. A Fudd could have just one gun, or more than 153 guns, but all those guns fall within a very limited range of interests.

A very limited range of shooting interests.

Two characteristics normally identify a Fudd, again according to UD: These people also generally treat owners/users of so called “non-sporting” firearms, like handguns or semiautomatic rifles, with unwarranted scorn or contempt. a person who typically only owns guns for hunting or shotgun sports and does not truly believe in the true premise of the Second Amendment. What’s a Fudd?Īccording to the Urban Dictionary, we can define a Fudd as follows:Ī “casual” gun owner eg. In order for me to explain the ins and outs of Fuddhood, let us take a journey down an Internet black hole. A good friend fortunately rectified this shortcoming in my knowledge base. I was unaware that “Fudd” was a slang term for an undesirable type of firearm owner. He is also possibly the worst hunter in children’s fiction. Fudd suffers from severe deficiencies in both safe and accurate firearm handling, to which he appears completely oblivious. He is portrayed as a simpleton who blunders through the outdoors, hunting rabbits (or wabbits as he calls them). Anyone who grew up with Warner Brothers cartoons will be familiar with the ungainly character that is Elmer Fudd.

Picture of elmer fudd with a gun