NRA car window sticker

[Stevens]

I have been an NRA member for quite a few years now. Since joining, maybe 10 years now, I've always had an NRA round sticker on the back window of my truck. I have heard or read a few times that that sticker might be a signal to thieves that there is a higher probability of a gun being in the vehicle and likewise increase the chances of someone breaking in to have a look. Gun in there or not the damage would be done.
Anyone have ideas or statistics on this?
Thanks,
Steve W

 

[Bastogne71]

Can't speak to any statistical data but I will not put any firearm related signs or decals on my car. To me, they are like putting a sign on the car that says "come and steal my gun!" Why make yourself a target?

 

[armorer951]

Sadly, in today's world, it makes you a more likely target of both thieves and vandalism.

 

[billwill]

Unfortunately, very unfortunately in the world we live in today,expressing ones support and/or opinion for an organization or our rights can come with possible consequences. Especially in certain parts of the country. At this point why give a scumbag an idea for his days work? A cheetah doesn't have a sign on him saying how fast he is, he'll just show you if challenged.

Carry concealed and be safe out there.

 

[Arik]

There are no statistics on stickers. Not all break-ins are based on stickers even though there could have been one.

It is a possibility tho.

I don't keep stickers on anything simply because I don't. No other reason.

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[SPEEDGUNNER]

I agree with all the above responses. I had an NRA Life Member sticker on my old truck for 10 years with never an issue. However, in today's climate I feel as if I am only inviting trouble by having anything firearm related on my vehicles. Doesn't mean I am not proud, but I am also not stupid.

 

[bearfoot]

when I lived in SC, if you had an ar-15 http: sticker on the veh., it was a veh. of choice for a breakin. now live back in the Pittsburgh area. on tv, veh. breakins are on the rise. out the road 15 miles, small town, for the last several months they have had numerous veh. breakins, or if your doos are not locked, ransack the vehicles. one area the owners lost 10 handguns in 1 night of vehicle breakins. my 2 cts., in todays world, only a suggestion, never leave a weapon in a vehicle. you can always go to the post office tomorrow, or a posted gun banned location, spend the money someplace else that don't have the weapon ban signs. here in the burgh, I have never seen a weapon ban sign on a business. even the bank I go to abides by the Pa. open carry policy, but would rather a person CC, mgr. related to me, so not to scare other customers.

 

[rwt1405]

I do not put any gun related decals on my vehicles.

I have no proof that they increase the chance of a break-in, but as I live in a Liberal area, not worth having for other reasons also (the very tolerant Liberals, that is. LOL).

 

[johngalt]

I used to have an NRA sticker on my car when I lived in MD. I never had any issues. When I got my new car, I decided not to put stickers on it. I decided I didn't like advertising, plus I just don't like stickers on my car.

 

[max]

I agree, I have no stickers of any kind on my car. I think advertising anything gun related is a bad idea.

 

[NYlakesider]

I put no stickers on my rides that denote gun ownership, that includes gun club stickers.

 

[vytoland]

i dont advertise my thoughts in an unknown environment.....

 

[pawngal]

The only place my NRA sticker goes is on the door of my pawnshop.
Along with another alluding to owners being armed.
"Nothing in here is worth dying for"

Only sticker on my truck is a Ducks Unlimited one.

 

[Tom S.]

One of the gun magazines recently had an article on this. The article cited several cars/trucks broken into at a large gathering for (IIRC) an outdoor show. Police said targeted vehicles were those with either gun related decals/stickers or those with outdoor equipment decals/stickers.

Regardless, I have a large, 9 inch S&W logo on the center window of my truck. And insurance too.....

 

[eyegots2no]

As bad as some people might behave, and people will lie about stuff, you might inadvertently tick somebody off on the road and they may be so foolish as to call the police and say, "...the guy pointed a gun at me too..."

What if there are two people together who say the same thing??? Now it is your word against theirs.

I know the above may sound a bit hokey and paranoid----but I can't put anything past some people.

Don't stick your head up above the horizon.

 

[Wise_A]

I know the above may sound a bit hokey and paranoid

It's really not.

 

[Iggy]

I once had a friend who had just purchase a really nice new pickup.
While at a red light a low rider with 5 ganstas pulled up beside him.

A guy leaned out and said, "Hey man, Nice ride man, Where you live man?"

Needless to say he made sure the car didn't "tail" him home?

 

[raljr1]

I keep my opinions and affiliations to myself as far as my cars are concerned....the public at large has no need to know what I think about anything.

 

[Smoke]

The first thread I ever started here addressed this topic and it can be a very broad topic.

I used to work in a sheet metal fabrication shop; the place was Hell on clothes and got pretty cold in the winter. One day I grabbed a Dallas Cowboys hoodie out of the work clothes pile and wore it to work. The entire day one of the brake press guys (who apparently didn’t like the Dallas Cowboys) found reasons to come into my area and every time he did he’d yell “Cowboys suck!!!!!” I don’t give a damn one way or the other about the Cowboys but it got annoying after the third or fourth time he did it.

I also had a Bush bumper sticker on my tool box in the same place I came in one morning and found that a night shift worker had left a note on my tool box to tell me that Bush preformed oral sex on Arabs. When I confronted him about messing around with my tools he told me that my bumper sticker gave him the right to express his opinion.

This country is very polarized right now. There are people out there that see your NRA sticker and think it makes you the enemy. I’ve said this before but I’ve had my car vandalized because it had a political bumper sticker on it. I know the bumper sticker was the trigger because the damage centered on it.

There was also an incident here in Colorado in which a Field Grade Army officer (of all the people in the world who should have known better) was caught spray painting obscenities on cars that had pro Bush bumper stickers on them.

Even if criminals aren’t going to break into my car to steal a gun that isn’t there I have no problem believing that there are anti gun folks out there that would feel 100% justified in letting the air out of all four of my tires because I had an NRA sticker on my car.

Before this thread is over someone will say that “By God they don’t live in fear and they’ll put what ever they want on their car” fine, bottom line a new set of tires would set me back damn near a week’s pay and if I can mitigate the risk of having to lay that out by forgoing a bumper sticker on my car I’m going to.

If that’s “living in fear” then that’s living in fear

 

[eyegots2no]

Thanks Wise A.

That makes me feel better as I was worried how that might come across.

Now---can I tell you about the aluminum foil on my ceiling above my bed?