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Acronyms?

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AEubanks

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Yeah, I am the dumb new guy, and I can use context to figure out what most acronyms on here mean, but some of them I am lost? I just though maybe it would be a good idea to have a thread that listed the commonly used ones or so the next new guy who doesn't understand one can search for "acronym" or whatever acronym he is trying to find and this could pop up rather then a bunch of other posts where somebody was using it without saying what it is. If you think of any others that are used I think it would be pretty helpful for the future members to list them.

Just off the top of my head I can think of (again, though some are pretty easy to figure out):

OC - open carry
CC - conceal carry
VCDL - Virginia Citizen Defense League
LEO - law enforcement officer
OCDO - open carry dot org
Unicorn sightings- Spotting someone else OCing in town. (not an acronym, I know but a useful thing to know)

Two I have seen that I have no clue-
IANAL ??
YMMV ??
 
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nova

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ARFCOM - A R Fifteen . COM (AR15.com)

Virginia Tuck - Carrying in an IWB holster, tucking your shirt behind the gun so it is not concealed.

IWB - Inside the Waistband

OWB - Outside the Waistband

BUG - Backup Gun
 
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kle

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richarcm wrote:
I ANAL. U ANAL. We are all ANAL.
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Well done! I actually laughed out loud.

CCW: Concealed Carry Weapon (not often used on a board about OC)
CHP: Concealed Handgun Permit (also not often used)
BG: Bad Guy
GG: Good Guy
EDC: Every Day Carry
 
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Regular_Joe

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AEubanks wrote:
Yeah, I am the dumb new guy, and I can use context to figure out what most acronyms on here mean, but some of them I am lost? I just though maybe it would be a good idea to have a thread that listed the commonly used ones or so the next new guy who doesn't understand one can search for "acronym" or whatever acronym he is trying to find and this could pop up rather then a bunch of other posts where somebody was using it without saying what it is. If you think of any others that are used I think it would be pretty helpful for the future members to list them.

Just off the top of my head I can think of (again, though some are pretty easy to figure out):

OC - open carry
CC - conceal carry
VCDL - Virginia Citizen Defense League
LEO - law enforcement officer
OCDO - open carry dot org
Unicorn sightings- Spotting someone else OCing in town. (not an acronym, I know but a useful thing to know)

Two I have seen that I have no clue-
IANAL ??
YMMV ??
Click to expand...
There are a lot of us new folks running to catch up - check out the acronym thread @ http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/view_topic.php?id=31432&forum_id=65.


(Edited: added ARFCOM, EFC and GG to the list - thanks!)
 
HankT

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BFA -- Buckeye Firearms Association

EBR -- evil black rifle

MOC -- Michigan Open Carry

LAC -- law abiding citizen

GWAG -- goof with a gun

BMWAG -- black man with a gun (i.e., danbus)

BMWOAG--black man without a gun

HPCSD --HankT's Postulate of Civilian Self-Defense[suP]©[/suP]
 
Grapeshot

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kle wrote:
richarcm wrote:
I ANAL. U ANAL. We are all ANAL.
Click to expand...
Well done! I actually laughed out loud.

CCW: Concealed Carry Weapon (not often used on a board about OC)
CHP: Concealed Handgun Permit (also not often used)
BG: Bad Guy
GG: Good Guy
EDC: Every Day Carry
Click to expand...
Actually CHP is the only correct acronym to describe that little Va. permission slip.

Yata hey
 
Dreamer

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There's another acronym that took me a LONG time to figure out that nobody has touched on yet:

FUD

which stands for "Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt", a type of disinformation put out as propaganda, often used by "authorities" to push their own personal agendas when they are no in line with the law...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt

FUD is a common tactic used by the media, the government, power-hungry LEOs and anti's. Don't fall for it. Know the law.
 
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Citizen

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Tomahawk wrote:
SNIP RAS: Reasonable Articulable Suspicion (what a LEO needs to search you)...
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(just keeping Tom outa trouble here)

RAS: what an LEO must have regarding your connection to a crime, combined with reasonable suspicion that you are armed and presently dangerous, before he can search you for weapons for officer safety.

Terry v Ohio: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0392_0001_ZO.html
 
Hawkflyer

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LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
ROTF - Rolling On The Floor
ROTF LMAO - See above
LOL - Laughing Out Loud

FMJ - Full Metal Jacket
JHP - Jacketed Hollow Point
BBL - Barrel (42 US Gallons) or one evenings alcohol consumption for Citizen
 
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nova

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GDHP - Gold Dot Hollow Point (from Speer)
 
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