Gun stickers on cars

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At the range this past weekend, I saw a bumper sticker that said, "Keep Honking, I'm Reloading..."
I'll say that I understand the message that sticker is trying to convey, but what does that even mean?
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It seems that you should have asked him...I mean, you were right there. :rolleyes:
 
Obviously you are not from the rural South. Here in Dixie we scratch our heads when we see cars that aren't covered in bumper stickers.

I don't now but once did. :)
 
Some of those stickers are real ignorant and I'd never have them.

I know plenty of good people with your standard NRA, Hornady, Remington etc. stickers on their trucks and that's fine. Personally I don't do it since I think it attracts bandits when the vehicle is unoccupied.
 
This is a topic that I give a lot of thought to and the reason I do is because I’ve made the mistake. When I first started carrying a gun I joined the NRA and I got the hat and wore it everywhere I went. I found out that it drew unwanted attention as did the NRA stickers on my car.

A couple of years back there was a thread on a forum called Democratic Underground in which the members were advocating targeting people with NRA stickers on their cars for vandalism. I've had my car vandalized because of a political bumper sticker on it. So now I don't have any bumper stickers of any kind on my car.

I also made the mistake of telling people that were friends of mine. One guy dropped me and another proceeded to spread the word to everyone he knew and continued to do so after I asked him not to. He continued the behavior to the point that I had to drop him. If I can keep that kind of hassle out of my life by simply keeping my mouth shut I’m all for it. I don’t give strangers any reason to assume I might be armed.

So it’s a lesson I’ve learned the hard way but there’s more to it (IMO) than just not telling people that I have a CHP or putting stickers on my car. I’ve said it before but when it comes to co-workers or acquaintances (not close friends) my personal life stays personal.

People I don’t know well don’t need to know the details of my life; there just isn’t any reason for it. My experience has been that the less most people know about me the better off I am.

Rumor has it that one of our guards was removed from a site because a client employee was offended that he could hear the guy listening to Rush Limbaugh on the radio. Obviously I have no way to substantiate that but the lesson is taken to heart. I don’t discuss politics, I don’t discuss religion (really anywhere) at work and I avoid any other controversial topic as much as possible. I don’t start conversations about guns at work and if people around me do I don’t participate.
 
Just my opinion...
I have a Ruger emblem on mycurrent vehicle,my son has a couple of gun manufacturer emblems on his truck.
I would have a Dan Wesson sticker on my vehicle but can't find one.

I don't limit my conversations...if someone wants to discuss politics,religion, etc I am more than willing.
It is called freedom of speech...I won't be silenced by some foolish PC mindset.
I am old enough to know what I believe and am unwilling to be silenced by fear or intimidation.

Anyone willing to compromise their beliefs or willing silence themselves in the arena of ideas is selling themselves short.
 
Best in public to be the armed gray man, or woman. Go about your business unnoticed - hidden in plain sight. :cool:
 
I am not in favor of advertising my vehicle as a potential target for break ins. I have even had the thought of retiring my veteran plates for a normal one with all the lone wolf attacks.

There was only one bumper sticker I had considered getting. It said "If you can read this, you're in range."
 
Dito, about not advertising.
However, today I saw a good one in truck driven by a lady in her 30's with her son. Two winchester rifles and horse with the legend a country's boys can survive. Was the perfect picture.
 
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NRA sticker on each vehicle plus, "Blue Lives Matter".

I have plenty of tee shirts that are funny, some dark humor and politically incorrect. Do I care what some think? NO!!!!

1 says: "Gun don't kill people, It's mostly the bullets!

People love the shirts. They comment all the time. Once in a while someone will mumble something under their breathe.
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I'd like to have a bumper sticker that reads, "Black Rifles Matter."

Not a bumper sticker, but wife just got a custom wheel cover for her menopause-mobile (Jeep Wrangler Sport). It reads, "GO GRANNY GO.":D
 
I have NRA stickers on both my vehicles, where I live there is alot of pro gun and pro 2nd A stickers as well, I see Trump stickers and Hillary stickers on vehicles really we are all allowed to express our opinion and if someone gets their feelers hurt over P/C correctness they can go play on the freeway for all I care.
To each their own I don't judge :D
 
"Keep Honking, I'm Reloading..."
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Maybe he's a reloader, more addicted to the hobby than most, has his press in the car and takes the opportunity to whack up some .223 rounds at every stop light
 
Since I drive a radically lifted jeep with a purple heart tag, I don't think the sticker from black hills and the larue sticker (God bless our troops- especially our snipers) is telling anyone anything they didn't figure out on their own.
 
Consider this - many years ago a young woman was murdered in the rural area I lived in. A HUGE investigation followed. One day I answered a knock on my door and opened it to find two FBI agents who were asking everyone in the area if they had seen or heard anything about the incident. I just happened to be wearing a T shirt that said "I didn't go to work today - the voices in my head told me to stay home and clean the guns". I really wished I had picked a different shirt to wear that day as they were not amused. :scrutiny:
 
Better than one that said I KNOW WHERE THE BODIES ARE BURIED or something like that.

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Advertising gun ownership is an extremely bad idea. That includes even putting an NRA sticker on your car. It doesn't hurt to be extremely paranoid about such things these days.
 
While you are correct about it being an extremely bad idea that fact says an awful lot about the state of our Republic.
 
Do what you want.

My belief is gun stickers invite break-ins and worse crime.

If I was a criminal I'd stake out a vehicle with gun/NRA/Gadsden flag stickers.

But that's me. When I bring my car in for service, I zero it out -- no gun club ID in the glove box, no gun shop receipts, spent brass, target backers, trigger locks, range bags in the trunk, etc. I don't even leave pennies in the ash tray. I don't want total strangers to know anything about me or my hobbies.
 
I have ONE sticker on my truck, and it's on the back of the cab (glass) ........ "Gun control means using both hands", and a pair of 1911s on the ends of the sticker.

I sometimes think it juvenile, but then I remember why I put it there (on my last 4 trucks as well) to begin with.....so it reminds people that firearms aren't taboo, and that I believe in the 2nd amendment. Plus it looks kinda nice, and has started many discussions with perfect stangers regarding firearms - all positive.
 
I have NRA, NRA Instructor, and NRA RSO stickers on my back windshield as well as Infantry crossed rifles, and a 26.2 sticker (Texas flag) also. I have had them for several years. I also live in Texas where it isn't that unusual to see stickers like this.
 
Best sticker combo I had was a Deadhead sticker right next to my NRA sticker. I think all that's on the car now is a BSA district magnet & maybe a Do AC magnet.

I probably should renew my instructor certs just to annoy folks with the sticker.
 
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