You might be a mall ninja

[I Swan]

Do they make 5.11 clothes in fat sizes? I don't even know what 5.11 means I looked it up once out of curiosity but I forget.

[roostersgt]

They make the khaki tan pants you always seen the various feds on tv wearing. You know, the ones with all the pockets and the black belt with the weird looking D clip repelling type of belt buckle? The new kids all wear that crap off duty. Screams cop, or wannabe.

[I Swan]

I know what 5.11 clothes are but I forget what 5.11 means. Turners sells that line of clothes. Talking about zombie BS all the time, buying zombie clothes and ammo, being really in to froglube, I feel those are mall ninja risk factors as well.

[PseudoTsuga]

I read their explanation once as to why they chose a particular yds rating from the middle of the scale to name their company after. Just really strange. I'm paraphrasing here, but they were basically saying "5.11 is where rock climbing starts getting really difficult and mere mortals...extreme...only professionals...extreme...blah blah blah"
I've grown up in and currently live in Yosemite and have been a rock climber since I was a kid and I thought it was just really weird, untrue, and strange.
Like, some meathead jocks went to a climbing gym a few times, pulled on some plastic (NOT rock climbing) and thought they found some obscure bit of trivia to name their company after or something.
Just really strange. But whatever.

[The War Wagon]

... if you have a personalized license plate - "GECKO45"

[Androsynth]

If you don't know the difference between 'tactical' and 'strategic'.

[alfred1222]

"Battle rattle" was a real "operator" term in the 90's. Used in Rangers, 82nd, and 2nd Cav since I both heard and used it their myself for the eight years I was wearing green.

Heard "Gear Up" too.

For what it's worth...

figures why all the old guys who are working SWAT after they retired from the military call it that. I was taught to call it kit, so thats what i go with. but then again, im not in the military, i just had a buddy who did some cool training work and offered me a job doing the same.

[ryno066]

3)- Guilty as charged hahaha I don't keep the light on, but I might run a couple mags to stay used to it. I normally plink without the light on my Sig but it wears a light when home as my HD gun its nice to shoot a bit and practice turning the light on/off.

My peeve? Lasers. I don't get it. I find them WAY too slow to use effectively. If it was like in the video games, where you have a solid line to your target then maybe, but I've never seen that in real life.

Lasers are like squirt guns you just cant miss. lol

[onelonehorseman]

I just spent $700 on a tactical flashlight and my latest Glock build is over $3200.

What do I win?

$3200 Glock build?? Whoa! What's attached to the rail . . . A Scar 17?

[PseudoTsuga]

Whoa! what's attached to the rail . . . A Scar 17?

I'm not sure that would even make it to $3200...

[Androsynth]

If you've mastered (and now offer an elite course in) the art of Gun Kata.

[Decoligny]

I know what 5.11 clothes are but I forget what 5.11 means. Turners sells that line of clothes. Talking about zombie BS all the time, buying zombie clothes and ammo, being really in to froglube, I feel those are mall ninja risk factors as well.

It is rock climbing related.

Climbs are rated based on difficulty, 1 being flat ground, and 5 being vertical cliff. The original system topped out at 5.10, but was redone when more technical climbs were being done and the system was made open ended, so now a 5.11 or a 5.12 climb are possible.

Personally, I have only done about 5.7/5.8 climbs. Lots of good handholds and footholds. Very few fingertip holds.

[Wordupmybrotha]

Can we have a mall ninja thread without mentioning the master of the mall ninja Gecko45...for your reading pleasure:

http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/

Read that for the first time.

[PseudoTsuga]

It is rock climbing related.

Climbs are rated based on difficulty, 1 being flat ground, and 5 being vertical cliff. The original system topped out at 5.10, but was redone when more technical climbs were being done and the system was made open ended, so now a 5.11 or a 5.12 climb are possible.

Personally, I have only done about 5.7/5.8 climbs. Lots of good handholds and footholds. Very few fingertip holds.

It tops out somewhere around 5.15c/d at this point, which is fairly amazing. Read my last post above yours.
I could terrify any technically skilled rock climber who wanted to follow me on some obscure, long and unprotected 5.8 offwidths in the valley. It's so subjective.

[BarrettM99]

...if you have an 11 pound AR
...if you refer to assembling an AR as building an AR
...if u wear body armor to the range