Troy,

I was one who gave him not so warm welcome. Yup over last few months I found out I have a gift to [censored] people off but that's just me. We have a good place here and amount of information that flows thru posts is just unbelievable. Does that mean that we are done? Absolutely no. I will never stop learning. I’m no expert, I just know how to do some things better than the other things. Just like I will speak out about medical stuff since this would be my area of expertise I will still listen to others. But please do establish where you are coming from. You can be a 10 yo volunteering on the youth squad or a 50 yo coffee salesman, I don’t care but let me know who you are. So anyone who is willing to contribute is more that welcomed. Now we have been pretty civilized folks here and besides the same old "gun issues" we been having for years we behave pretty well. Having said that: we are polite and proper with each other, following internet etiquette to the max. New guys say hi, introduce themselves, contribute and everything is fine and dandy. When someone bursts in, leaves his website address and when asked to introduce himself or back up his knowledge he gives attitude, please understand that it may be a bit of a turn off. Now I'm not a guy who is going to talk junk without getting my facts straight. So indeed before even posting anything I did follow his link and checked his website and forum. On his website his bio was missing and his forum had a section where members were introducing themselves. So why now double standards? Information we share here are potentially life saving. I will tell you how it is without sugar coating it. Same goes for other members on ETS who been out there... I think that between all of us we have most of the occupations covered (well we are missing a Victoria Secret model) and we have a lot of experience. Mr. Zippoflint (or whatever his name was) coped an attitude, acted a bit paranoid and when few guys tried to give him some sense of direction he even further became a donkey.

Now personally I don’t care if his forum is rightwing, leftwing or chicken wing. I believe in honor and my handshake is as strong as any legal document. So personally it’s a big turn off for me when I meet people who are not straight forward. All he had to do is this: “Hi my name is John, I’ve been running a small gun stroe down south, I’ve been doing some rescue stuff and I have a website. Please check it out and let me know what you think.” After that it is smooth sailing… But telling me that he has no time for introduction and he gives me information that will save my life and I can take it or leave it… Who he thinks he is? God?

Matt