After years spent around firearms I have noticed some funny "types" but the "Tommy Tactical" is my favorite. I will admit to having 1 or 2 of these warning sgns myself.
I am currently in a 13 step program...
I will update this from time to time as more hits me AND FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR WARNING SIGNS!
Here are the warning signs that you too may be or are bordering on TTS "Tommy Tactical Syndrome":
1) Your wardrobe contains more than 50% of the colors- "Flat Dark Earth", "Coyote Brown", "Olive Drab", ACCUPAT, MARPAT, MultiFlage, ATACS, or Sage Green.
2) You know what all the above colors and patterns are, and can reproduce the patterns at will with markers, graph paper, and a sponge.
3) Your "go to Wal Mart" ensemble is- Desert boots, 5.11 pants, 5.11 Tactical Polo, Rigger's belt, "operator" baseball cap WITH american flag velcro patch, and Oakley or Sawfly sunglasses.
4) You cannot understand what is WRONG with the above outfit.
5) You call your sunglasses "eye pro"
6) You call the dog currently curled up, dozing on the couch your "K9 Unit" (my K9 Unit pretty much ALWAYS dozes on the couch)
7) You try to decide which holster/belt/magpouch combo goes best with which "go fast" boots
8) You know what "go fast" boots are.
9) You call your spouse "Household Six" (gulity of this myself)
10) You call your kids "Dismounts"
11) Walking the "K9 Unit" in the neighborhood is considered a "Dismounted Patrol"
12) You carry MORE than 2 handguns to go to Marsh for Ice Cream.
13) You really wanted to toss the 12 Ga. in the trunk for the above trip.
14) You have MORE than 35 rounds of ammo on your body for the above trip
15) You refer to Chris Costa as "His Holiness".
16) You grip the very farthest forward portion of any rifle like you are giving it a han**ob because "His Holiness" does it in the MagPul videos you CONTINUALLY watch.
17) You find yourself strangely aroused by the above MagPul videos.
18) You think the above 3 statements are BLASPHEMY!!
19) You use terms like "AAR" "Charlie Mike" POL" etc.. in regular conversation.
20) You call WalMart "G4"
21) You say "Roger that" more than once a day. (I used to do this, then got called on it)
22) You refer to your pay check stub as an "LES". (same as above)
23) Your wife has now started saying " G to G " in conversation.
24) Your smart phone is known as "Coms"
25) You drive wearing Hatch gloves
26) There are more than 3 stickers with "Got Sig?" "This vehicle protected by Glock" "Gun control means using both hands" etc... on your vehicle.
27) You call your car your "POV" or "Vehicle" (Guilty)
28) There is more than 75 square inches of nylon and velcro in your "Vehicle's" interior. (guilty)
29) Your gun magazines are more worn than your Penthouse magazines.
30) You CANCELED Penthouse to add more gun magazine subscriptions.
31) You have more Gun Forums bookmarked than online free po** sites
32) It is 2:00 A.M. and you are NOT night shift and you are reading this...
33) You tell time in GMT and everything ends in "hundred hours" ( I use the GMT because of the whole Aircraft thing)
34) You know what GMT IS... (yep)
35) It is ALWAYS Zero and never "Oh" in numbers.
36) You use the Phoenetic alphabet more than twice a day (unless a pilot). (guilty BUT I work in Aviation AND talk to pilots)
37) Something on your body right now is UnderArmor.
38) There is a gun on a shelf outside your shower. (guilty)
39) You have more than 3 1911's in the same caliber/length/model (except for grip color)
40) You call a 9mm a "mouse gun"
41) You have Gaston Glock friended on facebook
42) You consider Army TM9-1005-249-23P "an entertaining read" (guilty, BUT it was my bible for years)
43) There is a copy of TM 9-1005-249-10 in your "go bag"
44) You have a "go bag" (since I posted this and looked at the responses, I AM PUTTING ONE TOGETHER)
45) You post YouTube videos of yourself shooting.
46) Your 12 year old has a YouTube timed video doing field strip/reassembly of an AR-15
I am currently in a 13 step program...I will update this from time to time as more hits me AND FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR WARNING SIGNS!
Here are the warning signs that you too may be or are bordering on TTS "Tommy Tactical Syndrome":
1) Your wardrobe contains more than 50% of the colors- "Flat Dark Earth", "Coyote Brown", "Olive Drab", ACCUPAT, MARPAT, MultiFlage, ATACS, or Sage Green.
2) You know what all the above colors and patterns are, and can reproduce the patterns at will with markers, graph paper, and a sponge.
3) Your "go to Wal Mart" ensemble is- Desert boots, 5.11 pants, 5.11 Tactical Polo, Rigger's belt, "operator" baseball cap WITH american flag velcro patch, and Oakley or Sawfly sunglasses.
4) You cannot understand what is WRONG with the above outfit.
5) You call your sunglasses "eye pro"
6) You call the dog currently curled up, dozing on the couch your "K9 Unit" (my K9 Unit pretty much ALWAYS dozes on the couch)
7) You try to decide which holster/belt/magpouch combo goes best with which "go fast" boots
8) You know what "go fast" boots are.
9) You call your spouse "Household Six" (gulity of this myself)
10) You call your kids "Dismounts"
11) Walking the "K9 Unit" in the neighborhood is considered a "Dismounted Patrol"
12) You carry MORE than 2 handguns to go to Marsh for Ice Cream.
13) You really wanted to toss the 12 Ga. in the trunk for the above trip.
14) You have MORE than 35 rounds of ammo on your body for the above trip
15) You refer to Chris Costa as "His Holiness".
16) You grip the very farthest forward portion of any rifle like you are giving it a han**ob because "His Holiness" does it in the MagPul videos you CONTINUALLY watch.
17) You find yourself strangely aroused by the above MagPul videos.
18) You think the above 3 statements are BLASPHEMY!!
19) You use terms like "AAR" "Charlie Mike" POL" etc.. in regular conversation.
20) You call WalMart "G4"
21) You say "Roger that" more than once a day. (I used to do this, then got called on it)
22) You refer to your pay check stub as an "LES". (same as above)
23) Your wife has now started saying " G to G " in conversation.
24) Your smart phone is known as "Coms"
25) You drive wearing Hatch gloves
26) There are more than 3 stickers with "Got Sig?" "This vehicle protected by Glock" "Gun control means using both hands" etc... on your vehicle.
27) You call your car your "POV" or "Vehicle" (Guilty)
28) There is more than 75 square inches of nylon and velcro in your "Vehicle's" interior. (guilty)
29) Your gun magazines are more worn than your Penthouse magazines.
30) You CANCELED Penthouse to add more gun magazine subscriptions.
31) You have more Gun Forums bookmarked than online free po** sites
32) It is 2:00 A.M. and you are NOT night shift and you are reading this...
33) You tell time in GMT and everything ends in "hundred hours" ( I use the GMT because of the whole Aircraft thing)
34) You know what GMT IS... (yep)
35) It is ALWAYS Zero and never "Oh" in numbers.
36) You use the Phoenetic alphabet more than twice a day (unless a pilot). (guilty BUT I work in Aviation AND talk to pilots)
37) Something on your body right now is UnderArmor.
38) There is a gun on a shelf outside your shower. (guilty)
39) You have more than 3 1911's in the same caliber/length/model (except for grip color)
40) You call a 9mm a "mouse gun"
41) You have Gaston Glock friended on facebook
42) You consider Army TM9-1005-249-23P "an entertaining read" (guilty, BUT it was my bible for years)
43) There is a copy of TM 9-1005-249-10 in your "go bag"
44) You have a "go bag" (since I posted this and looked at the responses, I AM PUTTING ONE TOGETHER)
45) You post YouTube videos of yourself shooting.
46) Your 12 year old has a YouTube timed video doing field strip/reassembly of an AR-15
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