Better cancel those magazine subscriptions also, you know how the postman talks. 
Do you really want to advertise that?
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66snub
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Well, I can't tell you how many times that I've gone to alarm calls at a house that has stickers or yard signs of some alarm company where there was actually illegal entry of the residence. Not all criminals read. I'm just sayin'...
No, but that number is probably about the same as the number of CC'ers that get robbed.
More likely the guns got stolen.
redbeard3569
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Not the whole team. Just carry the enforcer. Since they only get 5 to 10 mins of ice time they have plenty of spare time to ride around in the trunk.
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Simple, if he already has a gun he could just shoot you in the back.
Then there's the "other" side of not wanting to "advertise"...
Don't Expose Yourself to Police Suspicion
Firearm/NRA stickers are the LAST thing I want New Jersey or New York police to see on my vehicle if I'm passing through and somehow manage to get pulled over. I have no desire to be branded a "public nuisance" before I even roll the window down in jurisdictions where hoplophobia reigns supreme.
Don't Expose Yourself to Police Suspicion
Firearm/NRA stickers are the LAST thing I want New Jersey or New York police to see on my vehicle if I'm passing through and somehow manage to get pulled over. I have no desire to be branded a "public nuisance" before I even roll the window down in jurisdictions where hoplophobia reigns supreme.
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I have S&W NUT on a don't tread on me tag. I have nothing but positive reactions to the the tag except one. I was picking up my fifteen year old at school and one of her friends ask if her poppy was a slut and whore nut. Go figure.
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THE PILGRIM
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Maybe I should take that tofu sticker off my SUV.
The only gun I ever had stolen was a 4 inch 66.
Taken right in front of my house.
The only gun I ever had stolen was a 4 inch 66.
Taken right in front of my house.
OK, I sense a long post here. I don't understand why anyone would like to advertise something that is so controversial. The way I see it is that there are three types of people out there (where guns are concerned). There are the pro's the con's and the I don't really care but am concerned about all the tragic circumstances associated with them. I know because I, until recently, fell into that category. I've posted some past history before but will do it again to clarify my point of view. I too am an ex-marine and Viet Nam veteran. Carried the M-14 everywhere I went. Even to take a dump. Left the military in 1967 and never thought about guns again. I didn't care if someone owned one but was concerned about all the shootings. Last summer I was walking into Best Buy and I saw some guy walking across the parking lot with a pistol strapped to his hip. My first thought was oh-oh someone's going to get shot. Of course this never happened. My point is... Don't make the center of the line people move into the anti group by blatantly declaring yourself armed and ready to confront someone. The fire is already burning hot enough without pouring more gas on it.
I'll finish this off by saying that a couple of months ago I purchased a M&P22 after deciding to re-learn shooting. I'll get the 9mm in a couple of months. Since then, I joined this forum and have found that CCW people and most other gun owners are intelligent, witty and law abiding people. They (for the most part) have grown up with guns and simply don't understand the other peoples point of view. The in-your-face attitude is not the way to do it. No need to strap and AK across your back to go to the shopping center and prove your right to gun ownership. Sheeeshh.
I'll finish this off by saying that a couple of months ago I purchased a M&P22 after deciding to re-learn shooting. I'll get the 9mm in a couple of months. Since then, I joined this forum and have found that CCW people and most other gun owners are intelligent, witty and law abiding people. They (for the most part) have grown up with guns and simply don't understand the other peoples point of view. The in-your-face attitude is not the way to do it. No need to strap and AK across your back to go to the shopping center and prove your right to gun ownership. Sheeeshh.
I was always partial to the "Keep Honking, I'm reloading." sticker, myself. 
Kidding.
No stickers, no decals, no shirt logos. Agree with the guy who said he wanted to remain invisible until the bad guy found out about it.
Kidding.
No stickers, no decals, no shirt logos. Agree with the guy who said he wanted to remain invisible until the bad guy found out about it.
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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 flatting all four of my tires because I had an NRA sticker on my car (Hell, there’s a guy here that admitted that he pulled the valve stems out of someone’s tires because they parked in a HC spot.
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
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 flatting all four of my tires because I had an NRA sticker on my car (Hell, there’s a guy here that admitted that he pulled the valve stems out of someone’s tires because they parked in a HC spot.
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
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Protected One
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You, me, and others have expressed rational reasons for not using stickers on our cars or homes, and (for my part) are certainly not trying to tell others what they should do.
Yet, not one dissenter has put forth a rational reason for having the stickers. Basically, I'm seeing - "I just want to", which is fine...but not a rational reason to even POTENTIALLY expose ones self to danger. IMHO
Smith357
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It's no more of a dare than someone in a blue uniform and a badge with a gun on their hip. Those guys are rarely targeted buy muggers and fools playing the knock-out game.
SWIll
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I have an NRA sticker and a Ducks Unlimited sticker on the back window of my 12 year old Honda Civic. Never really thought much about it; just supporting worthy organizations that I am a member of. I also occasionally wear my NRA hat. Again, it's just a hat, didn't think much about it.
I suppose that's possible, but I have no stats either way.
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Protected One
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CCW class instructor had a slide specifially warning against such "advertisement". He was a LEO and had seen many auto break-ins in lots like at a sporting event where all victims had an SUV/truck with these type of stickers.
Dikinalaska
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I thought about a couple stickers for the truck, and decals for the house a while back when the debate was real heavy in the public. I decided against it mostly for the reason of not wanting my vehicle or house to be targeted in a burglary because I work out of town for weeks at a time. Now I do still wear pro-2nd shirts and a few shirts with an AR on them, but it's well thought out on where I wear them and where I'm going. I wear them for the same reason people wear crosses. To express my beliefs. I believe in the second and right to my firearms, as all of you do, and do it just because I'm proud of my belief and don't hide it. My town is mostly pro-gun tho, and I never wear such clothing in the "big city" which is much more crime-ridden. I agree in the losing tactical advantage in displaying such swag, but weigh it out on where I'm going that day.
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