NRA decals

[inthelineofire]

Hi folks.

I'm wondering how many of you have the small circular NRA decal on your automobiles. I've heard it discussed before at the gun club I frequent that some people do not have them on their vehicles because it advertises the gun owner.

I wanted to post this for discussion in this forum-

Does anyone think it is a potential problem to keep the window decal on a vehicle?

How many of you have them on your vehicle?

Feel free to discuss other "gun-friendly" stickers as well. I simply mentioned the NRA decal because it is what they sent in the mail and what I have in my window. I'm contemplating taking it off.

Thanks for your input!

 

[zombienerd]

I have one on my truck.

It has opened the door for conversation that otherwise would have remained closed.

Never been robbed... Don't keep guns in the truck if I'm not in it, and nobody has tried to break in anyway.

If I lived in a big city, I may have considered otherwise, but I live in a pretty low-crime area of a very low-crime state, and I don't worry too much about it.

 

[touro1979]

I have two NRA stickers on my Jeep and a sticker on my house front door that says nevermind the dog, beware of the owner and has a pic of a large revolver pointed out. I am not worried becasue in all honesty, they need to worried about the dog too She is a sheperd hound mix and weighs about 70pounds and doesnt like strangers so nobody will get past her if I am not home.

 

[DeepSouth]

How many of you have them on your vehicle?

I do.

Does anyone think it is a potential problem to keep the window decal on a vehicle?

Maybe, key word being "potential," I doubt it's very likely.

Where I live probably half of the trucks in the local Wal-Mart parking lot have them. Funny thing is probably only half of them are actually NRA members, between used trucks and expired memberships the stickers aren't a good indication.

 

[VegasAR15]

I have one, along with a gun owner's of nevada, a "Save a Baby, Abort Obama, a picture of Reagan that says "Avenge Me," and an Infidel sticker. My truck has not been broken into, I have received a few dirty looks, but mostly smiles and compliments.

My wife on the other hand while not having her NRA sticker on there yet, has a sticker that says "LOL" with the "O" being the obama emblem. She gets dirty looks and gets cut off in traffic occasionaly. A few weeks ago she was harrassed and threatened by a couple with cries of racism. She handled it well, but it could have gone worse. She refuses to take it off and says she can take care of herself.

Personally, aside from the possibly higher possibility of a truck getting broken into, I don't see a problem. I have heard of police in some antigun state using it as a reason to want to search people's vehicles. I enjoy the compliments and smiles, and I love it when hippies are angered.

 

[JoeMal]

I have a problem with these....I call them 'steal me' stickers

All it takes is someone to follow you home to see where you live, then just scope out the place, wait for you to leave, and there ya go. A house with guns in it. Yay. Or better yet, a car with guns in it. It would take 5 seconds to bust out a car window, steal the gun from the glovebox/under the seat, and walk away


Same story with the 16 year olds that drive around with these stickers that show off their car stereos (as if you couldn't hear them ). You're essentially saying "Wait for me to park my car so you can steal my high dollar stereo equipment".


I don't need a sticker that says I'm an NRA member. I don't need a sticker to be a proud gun owner. It does nothing for me but causes paranoia and attention when attention isn't necessary

 

[inthelineofire]

Thanks for all your input.

Like I said, I have one on my vehicle, and have never had any problems as a result. I have had a few good conversations (and met a nice young lady) a while ago who was a shooter because of my sticker. Hell, maybe I need one on both sides of the vehicle.

VegasAR15:

I like your wife's taste in decals!

 

[jimmyraythomason]

DeepSouth said what I would have said.

 

[Sebastian the Ibis]

If you are selected for jury duty one of the questions the attorneys often ask is "what stickers do you have on your car?" I would rather that those preferences are not known.

 

[CoRoMo]

I call them 'steal me' stickers

Every time this topic comes up, I beg and beg for real life examples of this happening, or even when the victim thought that maybe, possibly, they might have been victimized because they had decals like this.

So far, nobody can point me to the evidence; not even the most remotely circumstantial evidence. I'm almost to the point of offering a monetary reward for it, but I don't really care enough about it to do that. I'll just keep waiting.

I guess when we get into the 'what if' department, we could say that driving a pickup might get you robbed because it advertises that you have large sized possessions that need to be moved with a truck, and we all know possessions like that are valuable.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

If you are selected for jury duty one of the questions the attorneys often ask is "what stickers do you have on your car?" I would rather that those preferences are not known.

Been twice,never been asked that. If I had I would have been proud to name the NRA Life Member sticker that is on all of my vehicles. As noted earlier,here in the south EVERYBODY has one!

 

[jimmyraythomason]

I think that little sticker just MAY have made a would be car jacker move on to less dangerous prey.

 

[mljdeckard]

I don't need that reason to get booted from juries. BOTH lawyers take one look at my work and school background and start scribbling furiously on their notepads.

I can see it both ways. You can certainly go to far. Not just with gun logos, but also with things like pot culture and anti-authority logos. When I see these guys on the road, I try to imagine if there is any way they will possibly just get off with a warning. I think if it looks like you are advertising your favorite brands, or MULTIPLE brands, it could be an indicator that you have more than one gun, opening the possibility that you keep a spare in the center console and inviting 'investigation' by a thief. I avoid political stickers, because my area is already overwhelming in agreement with me, and it is the minority who are trying to remind everyone they exist. I don't need to.

But I also feel like there is only so much preventative action you can take on your own that is really useful. You can censor everything you do everywhere, and it may or may not have any effect at all on anyone else. There comes a point where you have to be allowed to state who you are, what you represent, and just not worry about it. I leave the NRA sticker up, because I honestly think that we do well to make other gun people realize that they aren't alone or ostracized for being gun people. There needs to be some level at which we can represent the gun community and not be afraid or ashamed. I have a "Molon Labe" sticker on one car, and I will use other logos such as the Magpul logo, which only other gun people understand anyway. I've never met a gang banger who speaks any Greek at all.

And like Jimmy Ray says. In the process of selecting victims, bad guys have to do risk analysis. I THINK that showing that you are a person who takes their own safety seriously holds a degree of sway with bad guys. Not in every case, and not with every bad guy, but I feel with a majority of them.

 

[JoeMal]

Coromo;

Though I can't give you an example myself, I'm sure there are people out there that have had this happen to them. Call it paranoid, call it stupid, I really don't care. Like I said, I don't need a shiny sticker on my car to be a proud gun owner or to show off that I have guns.

I more support the NRA to support firearms, not the NRA itself. Sending me junk letters and offers for gun bags or water bottles every week is not a good way to be on my good side :banghead: :banghead:

But yeah, if I were a criminal looking for things to steal from cars and houses, people with these stickers in their cars/windows would surely be some of my first targets. At least you know they have something valuable

You don't have to be so negative. Thanks, though

 

[twogunwilly]

I have an NRA decal on my truck and front door of my house. the best one I've seen says "I'm the Militia"

 

[aka108]

No stickers on my vehicle except for a DOD base pass for Nellis and a small American flag on the back glass of the pickup shell. I have had notes left on the windshield about being environmentally a bad person and driving a gas hog. I wish these greenies would take note that the vehicle runs on diesel.

 

[CoRoMo]

I was being negative? Huh? Didn't mean to. I would just like to jump onto the bandwagon with you, but I'm not going to make the leap if there isn't any tangible evidence that I should. Bygones.

 

[blakeci]

if a criminal really wanted to follow someone home to steal their guns because they had a NRA sticker, wouldn't they be more certain you had a gun if they simply followed you home from the local gun range? A NRA sticker doesn't prove that you have a gun.

 

[JoeMal]

Sorry...now that I re-read your post after your most recent post, I understand your tone.

I thought you were merely being sarcastic when really, you WERE asking for some proof that this happens lol

 

[inthelineofire]

JoeMal:

I respectfully disagree- here's why.

IMHO,

I think people with NRA and similar decals would be LAST on the list of targets because we have made it evident that we have the means to avoid being victimized.

I sure as hell wouldn't mess with someone with an NRA sticker... I'd think a thief would choose a more "vulnerable" target.

 

[VPLthrneck]

I have three on my car, both the standard NRA and Life Member decals, and a NASCAR decal. I've had people think the regular one was a USMC decal a few times, been given a few dirty looks, and even a few compliments. Mostly I get people at work asking me questions about guns and stuff.

A NRA sticker doesn't prove that you have a gun.

So true, I was a NRA member for 5 years before I bought my first gun.

 

[medalguy]

I drive a Navigator and a Jeep (M38A1, a REAL Jeep) and on the Navigator I have an NRA Life decal, US flag, USAA decal, and "How's that hopey-changey thing working out for ya" sticker. I get more compliments on the hopey-changey sticker than either of the others although I do sometimes get a friendly howdy from other USAA members.

 

[Nomad_NH]

i have one on my car, and personally i think it has helped me out of a speeding ticket before.

 

[uspJ]

i have a nra decal on my car and had the american flag springfield armory decal on an old pickup. i don't feel it makes me any more or less of a target. if a bg wants to carjack someone i doubt he'll stop at the sight of a sticker. as far as having a gun stolen from my car i remove mine when i get home, and if it was stolen i have car insurance and i can easily replace my car gun.

 

[sidheshooter]

I'm with JoeMal.

I think that it was Mas Ayoob who first pointed this idea out to me. I have very little concern about someone breaking into my place while I'm there.

I do have concern about burglary while I'm not around to interfere. No stickers on my car. I have plenty in my desk drawer if I want to look at an NRA circle or a glock sticker.

JMO. Others are welcome to disagree.