Originally Posted by
rob_s
Except that's not really how these things typically go. More typical is the guy posts a vanity pic on the internut and either directly asks for opinions, states that this is now the uber-gun, or at the very least invites opinions simply by posting the pic. Then when queried it comes to light that he's never shot it, or has a few hundred rounds through it, has no idea how to use it, and only bought it because he saw it on COD4.
Or someone asks "why do you have a xyz123 on there" and the OP goes bananas saying "FOAD" when the question was asked in an attempt to learn something. I see people doing weird shit with their guns all the time and always ask why. More often than not they have no idea why and their head explodes, but sometimes they have a damn good reason and I learn something. I couldn't care less if someone gets upset because they have no idea why they did something, and I'll keep asking those questions because of the rare case when something valuable comes out of it.
There is a big difference IMHO between someone marching up to a shooter at a pubic range and saying "your AR is stupid" and posters offering opinions on a gun voluntarily posted on a discussion forum. The latter should understand that by posting the picture they've opened themselves up for commentary, and with that comes people making judgment calls. Once someone has asked for opinions, even passively, all best are off IMHO.