I was shooting a pistol (a .38) when a MAMIT on a bicycle rode over from a nearby trail to confront us. My nephew listened to the man from a distance, then went to the gun bag and picked up a magnum. He then fired three shots in rapid succession at the targets.
The MAMIT’s friend (who was now next to him) then said: “Come on man, let it go.”
My nephew then said to us: “What kind of an idiot confronts a total stranger who has a gun?”
Got me confused. I looked up MAMIT and it came up with the name of a town and: MAMIT definition
Member, Associate of Meat Inspectors Trust
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Your nephew is wise. :-)
It's worth mentioning, however, that the man confronting you likely realized that an average Joe, plinking at targets at a "shooting range" in the middle of the day ..... didn't present much of a threat. He could accost you, bluff and bluster, to his heart's content. So long as he didn't present a physical threat you'd likely have enough common sense for everyone involved and he'd be perfectly safe.
Then, he could go along, feeling smug and superior, and maybe thump his chest a little bit for the girls ("You shoulda been there! Today I told off this redneck loser and he had a gun. Gave it to him, but good!!!!) at the local biker vegan, fair-priced, free-range coffeeshop and collective.
I'd wonder if he'd display bravado like that with a drug dealer sporting the same .38, in the hood, at 2am. Unlikely.
“MAMIT”
It’s customary when you first use an unfamiliar acronym to expand it, with the acronym in parens.
WTF does ‘MAMIT’ mean?
What is a “MAMIT”?
Years ago a dove hunter in the field down below my parent’s house swung 180 and fired at a bird towards the house. Shot dinged off the picture window I was looking out.
My dad had a conniption over my storming into the field to confront the hunter on his shooting safety.
Shooter was very embarrassed, all well in the end.