‘Top Shot’ champ Chris Cheng comes out as ‘gay for guns’

Posted at 5:15 pm on December 17, 2013 by Brett T.

@jrsalzman @TopShotChris Everyone is entitled to the #2A, the more active the better for everyone.
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— Fusilli Jerry (@Halbig_Umadbro) December 17, 2013

Chris Cheng, Season 4 winner of the History Channel’s “Top Shot” competition, came out on RecoilWeb.com today as “gay for guns.” Cheng writes on his website:

Today I am coming out as gay in the gun world. If you're interested, here's what I have to say:… http://t.co/LBzIf2PerP

— Top Shot Chris Cheng (@TopShotChris) December 17, 2013

One reason why I chose to come out publicly is that I’m a gay guy in a gun world. Hunters, sport shooting enthusiasts, and collectors are too often stereotyped as part of efforts to politicize guns as we witnessed last week on the anniversary of the horrific Newtown tragedy. Take it from someone who in a single package is not only gay, but Chinese, Japanese, California-born, a college graduate, a tech geek who worked on cool Google projects, a gun enthusiast and a passionate 2nd Amendment advocate. Our community is as diverse as anyone’s.

Cheng has found plenty of support on Twitter.

@TopShotChris Good on you. Hope our community shows you the acceptance and tolerance everyone deserves!

— Grant Williams (@SurlMudgeon) December 17, 2013

@TopShotChris Please don't take this wrong, but… we don't care. :-) Do what you want. It's not our business and doesn't affect anything.

— GeckoActual (@GeckoVox) December 17, 2013

@TopShotChris I'm glad you feel comfortable coming out publicly… you are in a great position to inspire and change people's perceptions.

— Chris Byrd (@HeyChrisByrd) December 17, 2013

Gay, straight, don't care. I do care that you help to build the relationship between the LGBT and shooting community @TopShotChris

— Joseph Lynch (@JPLynchRN) December 17, 2013

Lots of common interest and perspective on rights. @TopShotChris

— Joseph Lynch (@JPLynchRN) December 17, 2013

“@TopShotChris: "Today I am coming out as gay in the gun world." Who cares as long as your a good shooter & support the 2nd ammendment.

— The Grayman (@graymansurvival) December 17, 2013

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@TopShotChris thank you for sharing this part of your life with fans and the community… has the reaction been as supportive as expected?

— Deviant Ollam ツ (@deviantollam) December 17, 2013

@TopShotChris …heh, well, as expected within our community. I'd imagine folk who aren't keen on guns surprised at this being a non-issue.

— Deviant Ollam ツ (@deviantollam) December 17, 2013

@deviantollam Cheers! Lots of support and "so what?" replies which I think are equally great! Some haters, but that's to be expected 🙂

— Top Shot Chris Cheng (@TopShotChris) December 17, 2013

@TopShotChris The gun world needs diversity. Thank you for sharing.

— Tim Gardner (@TimGardnerSC) December 17, 2013

Thank you, @TopShotChris. I suppose you have a good point. Just doesn't matter to me at all. @jrsalzman @michelelfrost #2A

— Doug كافر (@dthurston) December 17, 2013

My good friend @TopShotChris is gay for guns! Congrats on being a great ambassador for gays and gun owners alike! http://t.co/SnFGhVo8lS

— Steven Cary (@sjcary) December 17, 2013