Bill Buppert on being gray with your guns.

We all like to talk about being the “Gray Man” and keeping ourselves under the radar. The time to tighten down heavily is upon us, and if you’re not being gray with your guns, then you’re not being gray at all.

Please take what Bill Buppert has to say on the subject and implement it.

My thoughts and agreements:

1. This is likely to be the hardest one for me and for many others. Even Mr. Buppert admits to having to remind himself frequently. For anyone who grew up in gun culture, this is tantamount to giving up a habit, like smoking (no, I don’t smoke, but you get the point). It’ll be a conscious effort and your ego may have to take a backseat on occasion.

2. This may also be hard, especially if you’ve got a large amount of guns, or ammo or other paraphernalia. It’s not easy to keep it all away from view, but as the post says, maybe distribute it all around. Could include some outlying caches. See? Being gray isn’t so boring if you get to have a “cache”.

3. This shouldn’t be that difficult if your ego is mature. Be aware of non-gun related paraphernalia that could still tip people off. I usually wear a multicam ball cap. That alone might be enough to flag me.

4. Don’t be an ass.

5. Don’t act like a woman.

6. Anyone you invite into your house is either very close to you on a personal level, or they are casing the place. That’s it. One or the other. Just because they’re not (always) casing it for burglary, doesn’t mean they’re not casing it.

7. See part 1 above.

8. A lot of the gun publications these days are crap anyways. I wish Mel Tappan’s old column was more easily found.

9. I too am a fan of open carry (OC) and I will debate you on that issue if you are inclined (and there I am breaking rule number one). However, OC is obviously not gray. That I won’t disagree with. What I will debate anyone on is the merits of OC in some situations. Sometimes OC is a good thing.