Warning owner armed decals on home?

Aircraft carrier facility enough?

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OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY FILE PHOTO OF SAILORS ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) RAISING THE DON’T TREAD ON ME FLAG FIRST NAVY JACK. ALL SHIPS WILL BEGIN FLYING THE FIRST NAVY JACK AT MORNING COLORS ON SEPT. 11, 2002.

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USS Bowfin, Pearl Harbor

The U.S. Navy's Jack

That's not a Gadsen flag. That's the original flag of the Navy
 
"No Need To Know" as I heard in my Army days. Likewise no gun cabinets that can be seen from the outside, etc. If repairmen come, everything out of sight, don't mention them, etc. Discretion is the better part of valor-and many other things as well.

And I'm guessing that huge safe in the corner is where you keep your ribeyes and bacon?? :D
 
That's not a Gadsen flag. That's the original flag of the Navy

The United States Navy originated as the Continental Navy, established early in the American Revolution by the Continental Congress by a resolution of 13 October 1775. There is a widespread belief that ships of the Continental Navy flew a jack consisting of alternating red and white stripes, having the image of a rattlesnake stretched out across it, with the motto "Don't Tread on Me."

The Gadsden Flag

Journal of the South Carolina Provincial Congress, 9 February 1776: "Col. Gadsden presented to the Congress an elegant standard, such as is to be used by the commander in chief of the American navy; being a yellow field, with a lively representation of a rattle-snake in the middle, in the attitude of going to strike, and these words underneath, "DON'T TREAD ON ME!"

Dixon and Hunter's Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, Virginia, 11 May 1776: "The colours of the American Fleet to have a snake with thirteen rattles, the fourteenth budding, described in the attitude of going to strike, with this motto, "Don't Tread on Me!"In early 1776 Commodore Esek Hopkins, the first and only commander in chief of the Continental Navy fleet, used a personal standard designed by Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina. This flag consisted of a yellow field with a coiled snake and the motto "Don't Tread on Me." There is no doubt as to the authenticity of Hopkins's personal standard, usually

Seems like depending on the captain, both versions were in use as a jack and also mistakenly or otherwise, referred to as "the Gadsden flag."
 
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You're advertising that there's something of value in your home. I'll just wait until you are gone.

Might even insult you by leaving by a note...

You weren't home but no problem. I found what I wanted.

Cameras and a monitored service are what I would recommend.

Exactly.

I do have the Vector Security sign in the yard, along with stickers on the front, side, and basement doors.

I also have a camera system.

Agree with the other posters regarding the suggested stickers.

Why advertise?
 
new house

Just a note on new house, If brand new it will have builder key tumblers. That is it is built with master keyed locks, realtor, builder, sub contractors will all have a key to your house. Thieves know this and they can get a set of keys and enter your house. I had a friend buy a new house and i cautioned him and he never got around to rekeying his house until after it had been broken into. they used builders keys to get in. When I bought my house the original owner was less than a week away from foreclosure, he was pi--ed at the closing and said he would bring the spare keys by. I didn't wait, I changed and rekeyed all the locks that day.
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I have stickers on every entry point to my house. They merely state that the house has an alarm system wired directly to the police. It's true, and in fact that system gets me a good discount on my homeowners insurance.
 
I don’t put anything on my house or truck that would even hint that there are firearms inside.
Yup, not at my house.
My thought is that for every miscreant that it scares off it probably attracts 2 more that specifically want to commit burglaries where they might score guns.
Dunno if that's how it really works, but I'm not interested in advertising, just in case.
 
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I have stickers on every entry point to my house. They merely state that the house has an alarm system wired directly to the police. It's true, and in fact that system gets me a good discount on my homeowners insurance.

Yessir. Same here. Burglar alarm warnings seem like the better idea to me too. They sure don't give the impression that I'm looking for someone to shoot.
 
The United States Navy originated as the Continental Navy, established early in the American Revolution by the Continental Congress by a resolution of 13 October 1775. There is a widespread belief that ships of the Continental Navy flew a jack consisting of alternating red and white stripes, having the image of a rattlesnake stretched out across it, with the motto "Don't Tread on Me."

The Gadsden Flag

Journal of the South Carolina Provincial Congress, 9 February 1776: "Col. Gadsden presented to the Congress an elegant standard, such as is to be used by the commander in chief of the American navy; being a yellow field, with a lively representation of a rattle-snake in the middle, in the attitude of going to strike, and these words underneath, "DON'T TREAD ON ME!"

Dixon and Hunter's Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, Virginia, 11 May 1776: "The colours of the American Fleet to have a snake with thirteen rattles, the fourteenth budding, described in the attitude of going to strike, with this motto, "Don't Tread on Me!"In early 1776 Commodore Esek Hopkins, the first and only commander in chief of the Continental Navy fleet, used a personal standard designed by Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina. This flag consisted of a yellow field with a coiled snake and the motto "Don't Tread on Me." There is no doubt as to the authenticity of Hopkins's personal standard, usually

Seems like depending on the captain, both versions were in use as a jack and also mistakenly or otherwise, referred to as "the Gadsden flag."

So NOT a Gadsen Flag
 
How about a sign that says "We love Soylent Green".
How about hiding the safe in a locked closet ? One thing I learned in my Army days was the importance of cover and concealment. On another board there was a discussion of proudly displaying firearms, I argued that day is past,between more crowded living conditions, single parent homes, both parents working, growing numbers of latchkey kids, etc-"My dad has..." greater discretion-secretiveness-is the wiser course.
 
Nothing on my home. One car has a personalized, U.S. Army license plate. The other car has small Army decals on both back windows. Both cars are parked in my garage.
 
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