First it was Wayne Lapierre and the NRA, now it is USPSA…

[Tyler Durden]

The general debasement of society creeps into once proud and august activities.

Victor Davis Hanson Diagnoses The Dying Citizen
https://www.hoover.org/research/victor-davis-hanson-diagnoses-dying-citizen-1

It is sad.

Some point around 2010 is when I saw the culture or sociology at USPSA matches change.

Part of it was everybody started wearing techwear jersey’s like they were actually a sponsored shooter.

The other part of it was the explosion of all the various social media venues. 

Within the past month or two somebody on AR15.com started a thread with a poll basically asking “Why don’t you shoot matches?”

I think it was about a third of the respondents said that the people at the matches rubbed them the wrong way / annoyed them. 

https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Why-don-t-you-shoot-matches-Poll-option-for-those-who-do-to-see-the-reasons-/5-2702476/?page=1

[alfsauve]

First I don’t want to drop the bucks, ~$75, for a TecWear shirt, and secondly I feel so pretentious wearing it.  I do occasionally get the plain cotton match shirt just to show I went. I think I have a Sheepdog and the World IDPA but that’s about it.  Otherwise I wear a S&W logo or my own Club 13 Steel challenge design shirt. Or I go Gary Player in all black.

Because of the controversy my local club held a PCSL style match with the K targets.  It was a first for almost everybody so no attitudes.  It was a fun match.  If USPSA thinks their format is “freestyle” they ain’t seen nothing.

Sadly for USPSA, there are too many other formats and like so many other shooters I’ll just go do something else.  Don’t have time for the drama.

[Rastus]

The general debasement of society creeps into once proud and august activities.

Victor Davis Hanson Diagnoses The Dying Citizen
https://www.hoover.org/research/victor-davis-hanson-diagnoses-dying-citizen-1

I don't know who you are Catalina...but no doubt we like the way you think.  What's your favorite shooting activity?

[Rastus]

Tyler, do you have an update on this?  Maybe Alf???

[alfsauve]

I don't have but a tidbit or two of 3rd (maybe even 4th hand) knowledge, which is sketchy and I will not pass on.  Though some of it does seem to jive with what I seen and heard,  But I'm not that involved with the "operations" of USPSA either at their HQ or at the local level.  I just go shoot and try to conform with the rules de jure.


 

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[MikeBjerum]

I sorry to say that this constant conflict in all that much of what is important and much of what is supposed to be recreation has me emotionally exhausted.  I have shared some of my sorrow on here concerning the changes in some of these sports, and I will reserve rehashing, because it is firsthand, and I tend to name names of those I saw leading to this. Stuff like this is why we can't have nice stuff.

[Big Frank]

It only take s a few (or one) to ruin things for many.