Acronym list

[ShallNotInfringe]

Hopefully others will find this useful also

Feel free to toss them in, I'll update this post, leave blank definitions that need help. It there's ones you want to know, post them in the thread. I'm sure folks will jump in with the answers . If any of these are wrong, feel free to provide corrections.

2A: Second Amendment
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, SHALL NOT be INFRINGEd.
4473: Federal Firearms Application
77R: Maryland Firearms Application
§: section in laws and regulations
§§: multiple sections in laws and regulations
AAR: After Action Report
ACP: Automatic Colt Pistol
AFAIK: As Far As I Know
AG: Attorney General
AGC: Associated Gun Clubs
AH: Amazing Horse
AIWB: Appendix carry inside the waists band
AK: Avtomat Kalashnikova
ALG: Assault Long Gun
AMF: Adios My Friend
AO: Area of Operations
AOR: Area of Responsibility
AOW: Any Other Weapon
AR-15: ArmaLite Rifle-15
ATF: (Bureau of) Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms (and Explosives)
AW: Assault Weapon or Automatic Weapon
AWB: Assault Weapons Ban
BAR: Browning Automatic Rifle
BATFE: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
BB: Badge Bunny (or BikeBreath )
BCG: Bolt Carrier Group
BFH: Big Friendly Hammer
BFW: Big Friendly Wrench
BG&S: Bollinger Gunsmithing and Sales
BGOS: Battered Gun Owner Syndrome
BHOBS: Booger Hook Off Bang Switch
BHR: Butt Hurt Report
BIT: Basic Instructor Training
BLE: Box Lock Ejector
BLNE: Box Lock Non-ejector
BLO: Boiled Linseed Oil
BMG: Browning Machine Gun
BOGSAT: Bunch of Guys Sitting Around a Table
BOHICA: Bend Over Here It Comes Again
BOK: Blow Out Kit
BOLO: Be On the LookOut
BP: Black Powder or Bass Pro
BPS: Bass Pro Shops
BSCAW: Banned-So-Called Assault Weapons
BSS: Browning Side by Side
BT: Boat Tail
BTFE: Beaver Tail Forend
BTHP: Boat Tail Hollow Point
BTW: By the Way
BUIS: Back Up Iron Sights
C3: Carroll County Crew
C&C: Cash and Carry
C&R: Curios and Relics
CAI: Century Arms International
CC: Concealed Carry or Case Color or Circuit Court
CC42A: Carroll County for 2nd Amendment
CCW: Carrying a Concealed Weapon or Counter Clock Wise
CFP: Concealed Firearms Permit
CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
CHF: Cold Hammer Forge
CHP: Concealed Handgun Permit
CIA: Central Intelligence Agency
CMP: Civilian Marksmanship Program
CMV: Chrome Moly Vanadium
COMAR: Code of Maryland Regulations
COTUS: Constitution of the United States
CP: Control Panel
CSMF:
CTD: Cheaper Than Dirt
CZ: Česká Zbrojovka
DA: Double Action
DAO: Double Action Only
DA/SA: Double Action/Single Action
DB: DooshBag
DC: Designated Collector
DFT: Don't Feed (the) Troll(s)
DGAF: Don't Give a F**k
DGU: Defensive Gun Use
DHS: Department of Homeland Security
DILLIGAF: Do I Look Like I Give a F***
DINO: Democrat In Name Only
DMR: Designated Marksman Rifle
DNR: Department of Natural Resources
DSL: Detachable Side Locks
DOJ: Department of Justice
DOS: Denial of Service
DDOS: Distributed Denial of Service
DSG: Dick's Sporting Goods
DT: Double Triggers
EBR: Enhanced Battle Rifle or Evil Black Rifle
EDC: Every Day Carry
EOTWAWKI: End Of The World As We Know It
ETA: Edit to Add or Estimated Time of Arrival
FA: Full Automatic
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions]
FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCG: Fire Control Group
FDE: Flat Dark Earth
FCG: Fire Control Group
FFL: Federal Firearms Licensee
FIDO: F**k It, Drive On
FIFY: Fixed It For You
FMJ: Full Metal Jacket
FN: Fabrique Nationale
FNG: F'ing New Guy
FOPA: Firearm Owner Protection Act
FP: Flat Point
FSA: Firearm Safety Act (aka Senate Bill 281, Chapter 427)
FSB:
FT_: F**k the (fill in the blank
FTE: Failure to Eject
FTF: Failure to Fire or Face to Face
FTL: Failure to Load
FTMP: For The Most Part
FTR: For the Record
FTW: For the Win or F**k the World)
FWIW: For What It's Worth
FUBAR: F'd Up Beyond All Recognition
G&S: Good and Substantial
GA: General Assembly or Gauge
GB: Gun Broker or Glen Burnie
GFSZA: Gun Free School Zones Act
GGWAG: Good Guy With A Gun
GM: Gander Mountain
GOA: Gun Owners of America
GR: Grain
GRPC: Gun Rights Policy Conference
GSW: Gun Shot Wound
GTFO: Get the F**k Out
GTG: Good to Go or Got to Go
HAND: Have a Nice Day
HBAR: Heavy Barrel Rifle
HD: Home Defense
HJC: House Judiciary Committee
HPT: High Pressure Tested
HQL: Handgun Qualification License
HRB: Handgun Roster Board
IANAL: I Am Not A Lawyer
IBTBH: In Before the Butt Hurt
IBTL: In Before the Lock
IDK: I Don't Know
IIRC: If I Recall Correctly, If I Read Correctly
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
IP: Industry Partner or Internet Provider or Internet Protocol or Internet Protocol (address)
ISWYDT: I See What You Did There
IWLA: Isaac Walton League of America
IWPD: It's Way Past Due
JABC: Just Another Belgian Clunker
JBT: Jack Booted Thug
JFC: Jesus F'n Christ
JHP: Jacketed Hollow Point
JPAS: Joint Personnel Adjudication System
KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid
LBK: Lower Build Kit
LE: Law Enforcement
LEO: Law Enforcement Officer
LGS: Local Gun Shop/Store
LHUN: Lord Help Us Now
LIV: Low Information Voter
LMG: Light Machine Gun
LP: Large Pistol (primer)
LPK: Lower Parts Kit
LR: Long Rifle or Large Rifle (primer)
LRSTC: Loch Raven Skeet and Trap Center
LTCH: License to carry a handgun
LWRC: Leitner Wise Rifle Company
M&P: Military and Police
MD: Match Director
MDS: Maryland Shooters
MG: Machine Gun
MLFDA: Maryland Licensed Firearms Dealers Association
MOA: Minute of Angle
MOM: Martin O'Malley
MPI: Magnetic Particle Inspected
MR: Matted Rib
MRB: Mid Rib Bead
MSI: Maryland Shall Issue
MSAR: Maryland Small Arms Range
MSP: Maryland State Police
MSR: Modern Sporting Rifle
MSRPA: Maryland State Rifle & Pistol Association
MWAG: Man With a Gun
NCR: National Capital Region
ND: Not Disapproved or Negligent Discharge
NDA: Non-Disclosure Agreement
NDAA: National Defense Authorization Act
NFA: National Firearms Act
NIB: New in Box
NiBX- Nickle Boron
NICS: National Instant Criminal (Background Check) System
NOAA: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Adminstration
NRA: National Rifle Association
NRA-ILA: National Rifle Association - Institute for Legislative Affairs
NSA: National Security Agency
NSCA: National Sporting Clays Association
NSFW: Not Safe For Work
NSSA: National Skeet Shooting Association
NST: Non-Selective Trigger
NTN: NICS Transaction Number
OAL: Overall Length
OC: Open Carry or Ocean City
OD: Olive Drab
OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer
OH: Open Holster
OOS: Out of Stock
OP: Original Post or Original Poster
OT: On Target
OWB: Outside the wait band
O/U: Over/Under
PBJ: Probation Before Judgement
PG: Pistol Grip
PII: Personally Identifiable Information
PM: Private Message
POA: Point of Aim
POC: Point of Contact
POI: Point of Impact
POS: Point of Sale or Piece of S**t
POTUS: President of the United States
PPW: Paperwork
PSA: Public Safety Article or Palmetto State Armory
QFT: Quoted For Truth
RAS: Reasonable Articulated Suspicion
RD: Round
RDIAS:Registered Drop In auto-sear
RF: Rimfire
RKBA: Right to Keep and Bear Arms
RN: Round Nose
RO: Range Officer
ROE: Rules of Engagement
ROTHLADOAD: Red on the Head Like a D**k on a Dog
RSO: Range Safety Officer
SA: Single Action
SAA: Single Action Army
SAF: Second Amendment Foundation
SARU: Spousal Ammo Retrieval Unit
SAW: Squad Automatic Weapon
SB281: Senate Bill #281 aka Firearms Safety Act of 2013
SBP: Skeleton Butt Plate
SBR: Short Barreled Rifle
SBS: Short Barrel Shotgun
SBT: Single Barrel Trap (gun)
SCI: Sensitive Compartmented Information
SCMIIW: Somebody Correct Me If I am Wrong
SCOTUS: Supreme Court of the United States
SCSG: South Carroll Sporting Goods
SD: Shooter's Discount
SEG: S**t Eating Grin
SFE: Splinter Forend
SHTF: S**t Hits the Fan
SKS: Samozaryadnyj Karabin system Simonova
SLE: Slide Lock Ejector
SNLE: Side Lock Non Ejector
SP: Soft Point or Small Pistol (primer)
SMH: So Much Hate or Shaking My Head
SMIB: Southern Maryland In-Bred
SNAFU: Situation Normal, All F'd Up
SO: Safety Officer
SOG: Standard Operating Guideline
SOP: Standing Operating Procedure or Standard Operating Procedure
SPR: Specialist Precision Rifle
SR: Small Rifle (primer)
SSDD: Same S**t Different Day
SSS: Shoot, Shovel, Shutup
SST: Selective Single Trigger
STFU - Shut the F Up
SU: Spousal Unit
SWAG: Scientific Wild A** Guess
SWC: Semi Wad Cutter
SWMBO: She Who Must Be Obeyed
SXS: Side by Side
SYG: Stand Your Ground
TANSTAAFL: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TCSC: Thurmont Conservation and Sportsmen Club
TIA: Thanks in Advance
TLDR: Too Long, Didn't Read
TPM: Time/Place/Manner (of carry); Technical Performance Measure(s)
TS: Top Secret (security clearance)
UBC: Universal Background Check
UPK: Upper Parts Kit
USCCA: US Concealed Carry Association
USC: United States Code
USSC: United States Supreme Court Supreme Court
VCDL: Virginia Citizens Defense League
VR: Vented Rib
WAG: Wild A** Guess
WC: Water Cooler
WCF: Windchester Centerfire
WGAF: Who Gives a F*ck
WM: Walmart
WROL: Without Rule of Law
WTB: Wanted to Buy
WTF: What the F
WTH: What the Hell
WTMI: Way Too Much Information
WTS: Wanted to Sell
WTT: Wanted to Trade
WWB: Winchester White Box
YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary

 

[rseymorejr]

NFA= National Firearms Act
SPR=?, SBR= Short Barreled Rifle

 

[K.C.Dean]

SBR-short barrel rifle
SAF-second amendment foundation
NRA-national rifle association
POTUS-president of the united states
BTW-by the way
CYA-cover your a$$
WTH- what the hell
NFA-national firearms act

 

[BradMacc82]

FCG: Fire Control Group
LPK: Lower Parts Kit
SPR: Specialist Precision Rifle(??)

 

[K.C.Dean]

Sorry for the dupe. I was writing my post at the same time.

 

[mopar92]

AR-15=Assault Rifle 15 (times more deadly)
AK-47=Assault Killer (19)47

 

[mopar92]

AR-15=Assault Rifle 15 (times more deadly)
AK-47=Assault Killer (19)47

 

[ravens52]

Thanks for posting. I was always wondering what "ND" was.

 

[Intarsiac]

Thanks for posting. I was always wondering what "ND" was.

"ND" can also be negligent discharge depending on context.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negligent_discharge

BGOS - Battered Gun Owner Syndrome

 

[laxman63]

As I found out reading another post on here,

ND could also mean Negligent Discharge.

One would discern its context from the content of the post.

Edited with:

Dang Intarsiac, I guess great minds think alike!

 

[ShallNotInfringe]

AR-15=Assault Rifle 15 (times more deadly)
AK-47=Assault Killer (19)47

AR-15=Assault Rifle 15 (times more deadly)
AK-47=Assault Killer (19)47

When getting it wrong once is never enough

Thanks, keep them coming. Good idea, Mopar, I added those also!

 

[dan8480]

IBTL = in before the lock

 

[EHS1976]

Not to get technical, but you should differentiate between acronyms and initialisms!

 

[cpc1027]

Not sure of your context, but MOA probably = minute of angle

 

[bbrown]

SMIB - Southern Maryland In-Bred

 

[AntiGun]

EBR - enhanced battle rifle

 

[cpc1027]

Also:

IANAL = I am not a lawyer
YMMV = your mileage may vary
IMHO = in my humble opinion
SWMBO = she who must be obeyed

 

[ShallNotInfringe]

Not to get technical, but you should differentiate between acronyms and initialisms!

Good point. Can I get by with changing the OP and leaving the thread title alone?

Don't make me get a moderator involved...

 

[AntiGun]

IANAL
I thought that was a sexual preference.

GTFO

 

[spclopr8tr]

2A - Second Amendment
HBAR - Heavy Barrel Rifle (or Riffle in some of the recent threads :-)
MOM - Martin O'Malley
FTL - Failure to Load
SB281 - Senate Bill (Firearm Safety Act of 2013)