{"id":11348,"date":"2015-02-18T20:15:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T20:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=11348"},"modified":"2015-10-24T03:24:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T03:24:54","slug":"the-garet-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/the-garet-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Garet Shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tactard-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I have been credited with creating the term “tactard.” It’s a word I use to describe those who live in a tactical dream land where every nuance of guns, ammo, tactics, clothing and anything remotely related, are debated to the infinite extreme. You’ve all seen them, they cannot go to the range without their cargo pants with a built-in tourniquet or their thigh holsters and multiple edged weapons. Even if they are just going to pick up trash. You’ve all talked to them too, they fantasize about firefights they’ll never have\u00a0and how their doctrine will one day be the way.<\/p>\n

I must admit, I did not coin the term. I heard if from someone else. I wish I could remember who.<\/p>\n

I’ve taken some flak for using the word. Some think it is insulting and disrespectful to those who are afflicted with mental retardation. I’ve never used it in that way and, in truth, never with any malice. It’s simply the best term I’ve found to describe those afflicted with a tactical obsession. I’ve even hurled it at friends on occasion. I do realize however that in today’s world, where you are not allowed to offend any one, “tactard” is politically incorrect.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t bother me too much. Even though my good friend Sheriff Jim Wilson<\/a> once suggested it might not be appropriate. (Jim is after all the definition of\u00a0gentleman.)<\/p>\n

A post by someone on Facebook this morning recalling, Ballad of the Green Berets\u00a0by Barry Sadler, reminded me of another one of his songs, Garet Trooper. Now, I’m sure most of you have never heard of either of these songs. But, I grew up in the home of a proud Korean War veteran and this was a record often played. I did a quick YouTube search and found both.<\/p>\n

After listening to Garet Trooper a few times I was inspired to create a parity based on the tactard. We’ll call it\u00a0the “Garet Shooter.”\u00a0A term I’m sure is a much more politically correct way to describe the coolest looking guy on the range, AKA the tactard.\u00a0So out of respect for the Sheriff and with apologies to SSG Barry Sadler, enjoy!<\/p>\n

It looks like SSG Sadler had all this tactard stuff figured out long before me.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

><\/strong>This is dedicated to the gun range shooter<\/p>\n

Who never leaves that nicely manicured\u00a0range<\/p>\n

And always looks real pretty<\/p>\n

><\/strong>Now on the gun ranges all across America<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll find a certain kind of man<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll see him everywhere<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a shooter, a garet shooter<\/p>\n

><\/strong>Yeah, he\u2019s five foot four, 228 pounds of\u00a0personal wonderment<\/p>\n

Got him a tricked out\u00a0Glock tied down low, quick draw holster<\/p>\n

An ankle gun, a belly gun, pepper spray and an impact weapon<\/p>\n

Yeah he\u2019s a shooter, a garet shooter<\/p>\n

><\/strong>He\u2019s shot IPSC, IDPA, USPSA and 3 Gun<\/p>\n

His gun handling\u00a0has just been on ranges, mostly\u00a0trying to impress the girls<\/p>\n

And he hasn’t won one yet<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s a shooter, a garet shooter<\/p>\n

><\/strong>He\u2019s got a hip knife, a side knife, a boot knife, a shoulder knife<\/p>\n

And a little itty bitty one that\u2019s a combination fire starter, ballistic calculator,<\/p>\n

and genuine\u00a0bottle opener<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s a shooter, a garet shooter<\/p>\n

><\/strong>Now I run into one the other day, He told me a story,<\/p>\n

He said he’d just\u00a0spent 30 days as an operator<\/p>\n

Said he\u00a0saw the elephant<\/p>\n

You know what I saw when I looked down? Brand new Merrell hikers<\/p>\n

Yeah, he\u2019s a shooter, a garet shooter<\/p>\n

><\/strong>Now a poor old policeman came by today<\/p>\n

His partner was killed, cruiser shot to hell<\/p>\n

But he don\u2019t say much<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not a shooter, a garet shooter<\/p>\n

><\/strong>And out on the mean streets, in the deserts, and the jungles and the swamps<\/p>\n

Living a dangerous life are hard men in uniform<\/p>\n

They stay out there and fight\u00a0for their community and country<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t say much \u2018cause they\u2019re not shooters,\u00a0garet shooters<\/p>\n

><\/strong>And I bet finally, when I leave this brass strewn range<\/p>\n

The last thing I\u2019ll see will be,<\/p>\n

though I may be in a recoil induced stupor<\/p>\n

I bet it\u2019ll be, a garet shooter<\/p>\n

><\/strong>Yeah, they\u2019re all over the place<\/p>\n

Ant hardly worth going to the range any more<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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