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Warning owner armed decals on home?
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Take two photos of your Rottweilers, with a basketball in their mouth. Say hello to puppies. Tank used to carry a basketball around in his mouth, then he started to enjoy crushing them. Only left him do 5. He was sweet and gentle unless you decided to come in a window at 2AM, or if you raised your hand to me. Cancer took him 5 yrs ago. Be Safe,
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Gadsden flag - Wikipedia
The Gadsden flag is a historical American flag with a yellow field depicting a timber rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike. Beneath the rattlesnake are the words: "DONT TREAD ON ME"
On the other hand, if you dislike having misspellings pointed out, here's a handy quote you can use.
"It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word."
― Andrew Jackson
and once more from the Navy itself.
The U.S. Navy's Jack
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Once More Unto the Breach
DO WHAT YOU LIKE!
Nay Sayer's, worry warts, and hand wringers will always advise you to not use, hand loaded ammo, never have a trigger job, don't put up signs, bumper stickers, wear tee shirts with pro 2nd amd. slogans, etc. etc. etc. Be the "gray man" and hide under the covers. Give into the opinions of others. let everyone else dictate how you live your life.
Hers a hint for ya. Lifes short enjoy, stop worrying and hike your own trail.
DO WHAT YOU LIKE!
Nay Sayer's, worry warts, and hand wringers will always advise you to not use, hand loaded ammo, never have a trigger job, don't put up signs, bumper stickers, wear tee shirts with pro 2nd amd. slogans, etc. etc. etc. Be the "gray man" and hide under the covers. Give into the opinions of others. let everyone else dictate how you live your life.
Hers a hint for ya. Lifes short enjoy, stop worrying and hike your own trail.
OP
2kansam
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This comment is golden! Gotta live life a bit and not in fear but always aware and ready. Appreciate all the feedback stay safe everyone!
Never any indication of gun ownership in any markings on anything. I have a couple of American flag decals, one in a window of my apartment, one on the bumper of my car. Says nothing to anyone other than who I am.
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Its not something I'd put on my house, but just because I wouldn't put any sticker on my house.
I don't do the "gray man" thing. I have a thin blue line flag flying out front, and I have blue bulbs in the lights on either side of my garage door, as a sign of support for law enforcement. A person could (correctly) deduce there might be guns inside.
I have a raggedly old Beretta hat I wear because my kids gave it to me and I like it (and I like Berettas).
No stickers on my ride, because I don't put stickers on my ride.
I doubt anyone who knows me doesn't know I own guns. I've got a few on display in the house, and a ton more in the safe.
I just don't worry about it. I live in a nice town, my neighbors are good folks, my safe is locked, and my dog is big, surly, and always home.
I don't want to be on my deathbed thinking: At least I was sufficiently gray.
I don't do the "gray man" thing. I have a thin blue line flag flying out front, and I have blue bulbs in the lights on either side of my garage door, as a sign of support for law enforcement. A person could (correctly) deduce there might be guns inside.
I have a raggedly old Beretta hat I wear because my kids gave it to me and I like it (and I like Berettas).
No stickers on my ride, because I don't put stickers on my ride.
I doubt anyone who knows me doesn't know I own guns. I've got a few on display in the house, and a ton more in the safe.
I just don't worry about it. I live in a nice town, my neighbors are good folks, my safe is locked, and my dog is big, surly, and always home.
I don't want to be on my deathbed thinking: At least I was sufficiently gray.
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I have a 6' fence. The gates are padlocked. There is a no trespassing sign on the wall right next to the gate in front of the main door to the house. Those are legally valid ways of telling people that they are not welcome.
I do not believe in advertising being armed. I do believe in staying as far off the radar as possible. No one should know I am armed until they have gotten REALLY close to finding out the hard way. Around here I doubt anyone would care about such signs, and it is a fair bet that most residential burglars have a good chance of getting shot and no one giving one little damn. It is still not a good idea to advertise. Nothing like that on the house, car, most of my clothes, etc.
I do not believe in advertising being armed. I do believe in staying as far off the radar as possible. No one should know I am armed until they have gotten REALLY close to finding out the hard way. Around here I doubt anyone would care about such signs, and it is a fair bet that most residential burglars have a good chance of getting shot and no one giving one little damn. It is still not a good idea to advertise. Nothing like that on the house, car, most of my clothes, etc.
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I put _nothing_ on my house, my vehicles, or even on my clothing to indicate that I'm a gun owner. Why on Earth would I want to give information to people that may intend to harm me?
Mike
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Most dead bolt and door locks can be opened with bump key A key that fits your lock and has all the tumbler locations files to their max depth. Put it in pull it back a little bit then turn it while rapping the end of it with a mallet. Some guys put an O ring against the last bit of the part that goes into the lock to aid the bump action. Any klutz can make them work with a bit of practice or time.
You can actually buy sets of them online
I spend a couple winters years ago running a wrecker, Lots of call outs were for lock outs. The library was only 2 blocks away so I checked out every book on locks. Most of them are actually pretty simple. It is interesting. I have a couple pick sets and an automatic too. No laws here about burglary tools.
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How do fix the rust holes?
sigp220.45
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How do fix the rust holes?
Gorilla tape, of course!
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Anyone found here at night will be found here in the morning!
73,
Rick
73,
Rick
Another useful sticker in this situation would be " Open Me First ", you might as well have it with your gun advertisements.
I remember the good old days when it was class to have your guns in a cabinet with glass doors. Today such things are displays of stupidity. Some can be seen through windows. Such will be on some miscreants list to visit.
I remember the good old days when it was class to have your guns in a cabinet with glass doors. Today such things are displays of stupidity. Some can be seen through windows. Such will be on some miscreants list to visit.
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What he said. No stickers, flyers, posters nor are there anything on the vehicles. I've carried since the VERY early 80's and I'd say that nearly 99.9% of those who know me have absolutely NO idea I carry, much less own weapons.
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I use an analogy to snakes. If you advertise, you're a rattler. If you don't, you're a copperhead.
Pythons find this analogy hard to swallow.
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But I think they can embrace it, wrap themselves around it.
Well, that's pretty cold-blooded!
Affirmative! OPSEC, COMSEC, INFOSEC, PERSEC!
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We have ADT.
We do not have the ADT signs in the front yard------or the back yard---nor either side yards.
We do have ADT remotes, enabling us to arm/disarm the system from outside. It also has a Panic Alarm button.
The bad news is my remote got into the washing machine, got wet, and sent out the panic alarm.
The good news is we had 3 Sheriff's cars in front of the house four minutes later----with 3 Deputies on the porch---each with a shotgun---at the ready!!
They explained all this thus: "We don't mess around when a panic alarm comes in."
We sleep well.
We did have some bad news once upon a time---a burglary (pre ADT).
Only 3 guns were taken---an old Remington auto loading 20 gauge which resides at the back door (and was recovered)---an Ithaca Stakeout 20 gauge shotgun (with a 13" barrel) which was recovered (thanks to the fellow who bought it (for $100), and who knew it was trouble if he were to get caught with it, and so took it to the Sheriff's office, and ratted out the burglar)-------- and a Model 66 which resided in a bedside table (and was not recovered). All the guns in my collection were out of the display case (for a semi-annual vacuuming), and laid out on the living room floor (covered with garbage bags)---and weren't touched.
The very best news is we went to all of the burglar's parole hearings (5)---and his parole was denied 5 times.
And then the word got out that we were mean.
The moral of this story is your guns are most protected when they're laid out on your living room floor, and covered with garbage bags.
Ralph Tremaine
We do not have the ADT signs in the front yard------or the back yard---nor either side yards.
We do have ADT remotes, enabling us to arm/disarm the system from outside. It also has a Panic Alarm button.
The bad news is my remote got into the washing machine, got wet, and sent out the panic alarm.
The good news is we had 3 Sheriff's cars in front of the house four minutes later----with 3 Deputies on the porch---each with a shotgun---at the ready!!
They explained all this thus: "We don't mess around when a panic alarm comes in."
We sleep well.
We did have some bad news once upon a time---a burglary (pre ADT).
Only 3 guns were taken---an old Remington auto loading 20 gauge which resides at the back door (and was recovered)---an Ithaca Stakeout 20 gauge shotgun (with a 13" barrel) which was recovered (thanks to the fellow who bought it (for $100), and who knew it was trouble if he were to get caught with it, and so took it to the Sheriff's office, and ratted out the burglar)-------- and a Model 66 which resided in a bedside table (and was not recovered). All the guns in my collection were out of the display case (for a semi-annual vacuuming), and laid out on the living room floor (covered with garbage bags)---and weren't touched.
The very best news is we went to all of the burglar's parole hearings (5)---and his parole was denied 5 times.
And then the word got out that we were mean.
The moral of this story is your guns are most protected when they're laid out on your living room floor, and covered with garbage bags.
Ralph Tremaine
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Political and patriotic flags don't garner near the attention of a "we don't dial 911" type of sign. They are a very bad idea and I agree with an early poster, I put nothing on my home or cars that indicated that there are firearms around.
I have a friend who has three of these signs posted on the front and rear of his home:
It is entirely likely that he has never fired a firearm in his life but, if he ever did, it was decades ago. He's in his 60s, he's very ill, he couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag.
He doesn't understand the stupidity of those signs. He's just lucky that he lives in an affluent neighborhood and, as a rule, there are no people around who would "trespass", but it could happen and he would lose!
^^^^^That's a real life possibility when one has an alligator mouth and Chihuahua hindquarters.
I think Vito Corleone put it best "Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again..."
No signs, bumper stickers, shirts, or anything to advertise it
No signs, bumper stickers, shirts, or anything to advertise it
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CAJUNLAWYER
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And if you stink-you're a cottonmouth.
smoothshooter
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Bad idea.
All kinds of reasons.
All kinds of reasons.
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