Hello, I'm GoldenRider.
I am an outdoorsman with a keen interest in firearms, mechanical engineering, chemistry, and materials science. I have spent years in the HVAC/R industry. I have dabbled in sewing. I am a student of all history, but I particularly enjoy studying Native American and East Asian history. Although I can find my way in Chinese and Japanese sources (especially if a translation exists), I primarily work with sources in my native languages of English and Spanish.
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mars_symbol_%28outline%29.svg/35px-Mars_symbol_%28outline%29.svg.png) | This user is a man. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Smith_and_Wesson_model_39_IMG_3063.jpg/80px-Smith_and_Wesson_model_39_IMG_3063.jpg) | This user opposes any and all laws restricting, registering or monitoring the ownership of firearms. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/No_gun.jpg/80px-No_gun.jpg) | This user opposes gun control in all forms and acknowledges its roots in classism and racism as a tool to disarm the oppressed. |
|
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Mazda_Logo3.png/60px-Mazda_Logo3.png) | This user believes in the existence of Zoom Zoom. |
|-
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Yellow_bird.JPG/60px-Yellow_bird.JPG) | This user is interested in birding. |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Nikon_Lens_Cap.jpg/48px-Nikon_Lens_Cap.jpg) | This user takes photographs with Nikon equipment |