Gun stickers and decals helping burglars

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One of our local tv stations is running reports that people with pro gun or gun decals or stickers on their vehicles are being targeted by burglars looking for weapons to steal. Really??? Who would have anything like this would ever happen?
 
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I've heard this before. A few months ago, a guy was followed by some burglars because of the NRA & 2nd Amendment stickers on his truck. Well, he didn't get a chance to get inside before he was attacked and robbed of all of his guns in his safe. This is why my vehicles, house, gun cases, and such, are devoid of any gun related paraphernalia, no matter how much I believe in my 2nd Amendment rights.
 
DelFuego said:
I've heard this before. A few months ago, a guy was followed by some burglars because of the NRA & 2nd Amendment stickers on his truck. Well, he didn't get a chance to get inside before he was attacked and robbed of all of his guns in his safe. This is why my vehicles, house, gun cases, and such, are devoid of any gun related paraphernalia, no matter how much I believe in my 2nd Amendment rights.
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Why was he not carrying to defend himself? That sucks.

There are a lot of things people look for. Stickers and boxes in your trash are some of the biggest to be targeted for
 
It pays to be aware.. A feller I know was stopped at a stop light in his new pickup, and one of them bouncy cars with 4 guys pulls up beside him..

One of them leans out the window and sez, "Hey hombre, nice ride, mon.. Where you live mon?"

Feller sed he was a leetle suspicous, so he din't answer them, and he din't go straight home neither.

You think he wuz bein' paranoid?:rolleyes:
 
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I've heard of it happening, but it's always "Some guy over on the other side of the county."

Around these parts, a burglar would have as good a chance of finding a house with a gun in it by driving down the road blindfolded, and saying "Stop here" at some point. I'll bet most houses around here got some kind of gun inside.
 
laskt9 said:
Why was he not carrying to defend himself? That sucks.

There are a lot of things people look for. Stickers and boxes in your trash are some of the biggest to be targeted for
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Could be a state that doesn't issue permits or allow carry.

My personal opinion is that stickers are for elementary school kids. Im not putting stickers on anything, especially if i plan on selling it sooner or later

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DelFuego said:
This happened in California where CCW permits are rarely granted.
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Seems like a perfect example of why they should allow it.

But that's not the point of this thread. I'm done hijacking
 
****, I just put a NRA sticker on my truck a few weeks ago. I've heard the same about scuba dive stickers making a vehicle a target. Never occurred to me it could make my truck one too. Then again, maybe it'll make the crook think twice knowing the home owner has a gun.
 
laskt9 said:
Why was he not carrying to defend himself? That sucks.

There are a lot of things people look for. Stickers and boxes in your trash are some of the biggest to be targeted for
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I just tossed out a whole stack of shot up paper targets a couple weeks ago. Seems like that might tell folks to "enter with caution", no? :D
 
Burglars are professionals, they do that for a living. They check out your neighborhood for month before they hit. Doesn't matter what stickers you have on your vehicle... you just have to look like there's something in the house worth breaking in to...
 
I love the NRA, but have never put a sticker on any of my vehicles. It has always seemed to me that it gives a good hint that there is a gun waiting to be stolen in the vehicle. I live on the far side of nowhere. I shoot enough to make sure everybody in the area knows this is gun protected property.
 
I never heard of even one person seeing an NRA sticker on a vehicle and thinking "Well, by George I ought to join too". I don't use stickers or signs. Around here finding a house with a gun isn't all that hard, finding one without an armed homeowner is the hard part. I disagree that most burglers are pros, it seems like a crime of opportunity here. Mostly folks looking to score something to use to buy drugs with.
 
fiasconva said:
One of our local tv stations is running reports that people with pro gun or gun decals or stickers on their vehicles are being targeted by burglars looking for weapons to steal. Really??? Who would have anything like this would ever happen?
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