C'mon man
www.gunsamerica.com
they don't give shit. These are the same assholes that wake up on hunting day ( big game, small game waterfowl ) break out a dusty shotgun and go hunt. they think putting on a orange hat and camo pants make them an expert. Then they get pissed off when they don't even see a deer, because they still stink of alcohol from the night before. They have no understanding of their . quarry.
A FUDD is any gun owner who is not an active voter and assumes the next law will not affect them. Low volume shooter, politically passive. "I'm a gun owner because I own a shotgun and shoot trap. " Typically indifferent to the grand diversity of all the gun owners who have zero criminal intent.
Depending on your definition, FUDDs do indeed exist. I posted several years ago about a FUDD encounter at my local range. While taking a buddy out shooting in the fall, the range was busy that day as lots of guys were sighting in or confirming zero on their rifles for the upcoming season. All ok with me, and as you point out hunters and skeet shooters can be excellent marksman at their craft. Anyway, I had brought out a few varieties of guns for my friend to try out. The FUDD encounter goes like this. After confirming zero on his rifle, the gent approached us, curious about what we were doing. Asked questions about if we were getting ready for hunting season and simply couldn't fathom that we were out shooting just for the fun of it. Not a rude or contentious encounter, but he simply could not grasp that people shoot guns and own guns for a myriad of reasons. This is a FUDD. While he bears you no particular ill will, also can't understand why anyone "needs" an "assault weapon", and will be the first to state that he is a gun owner and he sees no reason for "weapons of war" to be possessed by the average citizen. FUDDs are those who think the 2A is about hunting, or target shooting, or even self defense against criminals. While it encompasses all of those things, that is certainly NOT its primary purpose. While the average FUDD doesn't actively work against the 2A, neither does he actively support its true purpose. He is willing to "compromise" with the anti gunners because he sees no "need" for the ownership and use of certain arms. Most FUDDs are benign, and only become dangerous to the 2A when held up as majority examples as to the thoughts of the gun community. Just like ol' 'buy a shotgun' Joe, Obama posing shooting trap, and too many others to name, the FUDD serves as an anti gun talking point anchor (Tom King or LaPierre afield with their over/under shotgun). This is a FUDD. Don't you believe for a minute that they don't exist @Zerex, they do exist and I have met many of them. They are not bad people, just ignorant and misguided as to the 2A.
