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It's a shotgun not a "shotty"

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#1 ·
Just exactly when did it become accepted to refer to a shotgun as a "shotty"?

Every time I see a board member refer to his shotgun as a "shotty", I picture an eighteen year old kid in a white "wife beater" t-shirt wearing shorts that are four sizes too large.

This kid is desperately attempting to grow some sort of facial hair and he is unable to perform any tasks requiring the use of both hands because he must constantly pull up on his waistband to prevent his shorts from falling down and exposing his underwear (which we can already see because he walks around with much of his underwear exposed anyway).

He drives some sort of Honda or Nissan 4 cylinder that he's "tricked out" to resemble a car from the Fast and The Furious though in reality, he looks more like the Slow And The Marginally Upset. He does, however, know his way around neon and puts it on his car in so many locations that he resemnbles a rolling fast food sign. The value of the car stereo he and his friends installed actually doubles the value of the entire car.

He can name the six or more Sony Playstation III game titles released in January 2009 but is iffy at best on the correct number of states in the United States.

A person referring to his shotgun as a "shotty" comes across as an immature thug who has watched too many mindless action films. What a great image to portray to the anti-gunners out there.

I'm not saying...I'm just saying...you know?

Here endeth the ranting and raving....
 
#3 ·
dang that kina hurts my feelings i posted my gun for sale as a hd shotty i didnt know this was a "thuggish" term to use. my great grandpa is 81 or 82 and calls it that.

but its cool even though im 18 and drive a lowered four cylinder haha

oh i changed the title of my post so not to offened anyone else

[thug] yo this sh!t still beez mad whack dawg [/thug]
 
#5 ·
I didn't mean that ONLY eighteen year-old thugs use that term. I simply said that this is the image that pops in my head when I see or hear that bit of slang.

I work a gang suppression detail and I hear this crap EVERY DAY I go to work. I often come home from work feeling dumber for having listened to some of these kids who, I'm sure, will one day be holding positions of responsibility in the nursing home where I will reside.
 
#8 ·
Hey.....here's another for you....

It's a magazine, not a CLIP....there..that gives you another...LOL

I personally call mine the "universal attention getter".
 
#14 ·
"a magazine is a box-shaped ammunition feeding device that contains moving parts including a spring". A clip is a device, usually made of metal, designed to feed ammunition into a magazine or directly into a firearm".

This was preached to us during Firearms Instructor School. If you slipped up and referred to your magazine as a clip, you were forced to wear pink hair clips. Since most of us had hair to short to accomodate the clips, the offending officer wore a pink cotton head band.

Quite funny. Some of us "messed up" intentionally so we could wear the head band.
 
#21 ·
bnizzel2000 said:
mags clips
pistols pieces
who cares as long as people understand what u are talking about
It doesn't bother me all that much, but there is a difference between a
mag and a clip. If I am at the range shooting my Garand, and I asked
my dad to toss me the "clip" he would throw a piece of spring steel with 8
rounds "clipped" inside. What if I meant the mag to the Glock? It just
saves confusion.

Pistol inherently means "not a revolver."

If you only have one or aren't around guns much it probably doesn't
matter what people call different gun parts. When getting the point
across counts, using the proper terminology helps.
 
#23 ·
SMASHER said:
Wow I never knew that this would ever become a topic on here. I don't call them "shotty's" either but I have been known to say "ammo" on occasion. But on the other hand I never call a can drink "soda" or "pop" either! :lol:
A little ridiculous isn't it but everyone has an opinion and you know what they say about opinions.