The Firearms community.

One of my observations over the past few years has been the affect that the Internet has had on the gun community as a whole.

It has done a lot to tie us all together, and bring out the general good nature of those out there. Yes there are a few of those that will persist in giving all of us a bad name, Thank you Main Stream Media, or perhaps Urine Stream Media is a better name for a good portion of them.
However over all I feel that the Internet has been an incredible thing to the shooting sports as a whole. It has illustrated the fact that how many of us are helpful, always sharing advice from troubleshooting, Handloading, Casting, training, and so much more. Its brought us as a community much closer together and shown that there are those of us from all walks of life, from the gaming geeks, to the Vets, those of us that are sitting on a large collection of firearms to those that just may have one or two. Everyone is out there now and we are communicating. The old stereotype of the illiterate booze swilling redneck is slowly being eroded away. Indeed much like the alternative media movement taking the world by storm, so too is the Shooting Sports movement. We are able to share information, both in ownership related activity's to the political realm, to get that information out there on bad bills that would further restrict every ones rights. Where as even 15 years ago where many of these bills were flying under the radar and getting passed with little information out there, today they are posted and blogged about almost instantaneously.

The amount of information out there though the millions of firearm owners, in both the United States, and the world at large is staggering. And its getting put out there. There are so many owners willing to help each other with nearly anything that at times it can be overwhelming. And Its by and large a very good thing.