I'm armed signs

I think I'm going to make a few of those hobo stickers - that one means "there's a man with a gun here" right?

I'd be willing to bet if anyone breaks into my apt they will figure out I'm armed sooner than later.

No need to advertise. Probably weird out the neighbors more than anything.

I drive a lifted pickup with a loud muffler and a middle finger sticker in the window.

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That's you? Midasize it, buddy!

ChickenHawk

My son and son-in-law sometimes have gun cleaning parties on the front lawn after a day at the range. Sort of lets the folks passing by get the idea.

Okay - hobosign hats, and a shameless plug for my cafepress store: http://www.cafepress.com/cbclogos

Mods, if such plugs are inappropriate, please let me know and I'll remove the post.

Attention bugler, you must leave this house at once.

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I thought a bugler was a person who picked his nose. Oh, wait, that's "boogler." Sorry.

How about:

These Premises Protected
by
John M. Browning
Security Services
est. 1911

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At the risk of sounding naive, can someone explain the hobo sign to me? I've never really seen that one before, so I have no clue what it means.

No need to advertise. Probably weird out the neighbors more than anything.

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I do find a lot of those stickers humorous, but I spend days away from my apartment at a time, no need to inspire anyone to do any shopping.

Would someone hurry up and answer the "hobo sign" question, I curious too.
dean

My great aunt, who was 4' 0", lived way out in the country all by herself. There was a sticker on her window with a picture of a Colt .45 automatic, and the words, "The owner of this house is armed and dangerous. There is nothing inside worth risking your life for".

Still, some kid had to try. It was right after she had cataract surgery, back in the days where you had to wear an eye patch for a while. This guy was rattling the door knob trying to gain entry (the one with the sticker, as it happened) when Aunt Catherine (who was in her late 70s at the time) appeared with her eye patch and a rifle, telling the guy if he did not disappear instantly, he was going to have his carcass ventilated. He disappeared in record time.

It happened long enough ago that I do not remember if they caught him, but she never had any more trouble.

I do not have stickers and I do not advertise, but if someone comes around here, they had better be ready to have their carcass ventilated.

Would someone hurry up and answer the "hobo sign" question, I curious too.
dean

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it means a man with a gun lives in that house. it was common to see signs like that chalked on houses and fences in the Great Depression. a cat symbol means a nice woman lived there who would help/give food.

Dean C said:

Would someone hurry up and answer the "hobo sign" question, I curious too.

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Here's one source on the interweb: http://www.linkinn.com/_Secret_Hobo_Hieroglyphics_Who_knew (scroll halfway down for "man with a gun lives here")

The value of such signs and stickers get debated here all the time and has been beaten to death.

Also here is a link to more of the hobo signs

http://www.slackaction.com/signroll.htm

Y'all don't want to advertise you have guns... I think this is part of why we are losing the war here. We argue that guns aren't taboo, they won't go off, there's nothing wrong with them, BUT I don't want you to know I have them.

If everyone advertised they had one, it would make some of the anti's realize "Wow, half my neighbors have guns and no one in the building has ever been shot." Maybe a bad example, but you get my point.

When I wear a pro-gun shirt to school, I always get someone that start asking me about them. It sparks a conversation, most of them don't realize that you can even own a gun without a big headache, and most of them want to go shooting once informed. But I'm sure the community would be better off with me just keeping my mouth shut.

When you walk in the front door of my condo, I've got my AK placed nicely on a shelf up for display with 1,000 rounds of ammo for it. That usually turns heads and sparks conversation. If I trust them enough to let them in my front door, I trust them enough to not break in. But hell, if they do, they do. Take the gun, I'll call my homeowners insurance and have it replaced. I did my part when I locked the front door.

My point is, around me, guns aren't taboo. I have friends that are anti, but they get over it when I bend over and my gun comes to view. If not, they can get to walking. Condition them to get used to seeing the things, hearing about them, and realizing they don't go off by themselves.

Do something to make a difference, or don't. If you don't, I really don't want to hear the moaning as the guns keep getting more and more restricted.

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Thanks for the ideas, I'm gonna have some shirts made up, they should be good ones for school.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=329029&page=3
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It's a sign and it's not a sign

My point is, around me, guns aren't taboo.

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point, set, and match.

it means a man with a gun lives in that house. it was common to see signs like that chalked on houses and fences in the Great Depression. a cat symbol means a nice woman lived there who would help/give food.

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And it may be one of the more straightforward ones - it's a man (okay, we consider a man to be a triangle to make the math easier) with arms, hence "armed man." I never have figured out why 2/10 means "thieves about."

I don't put stickers on my car at all, which is why I wouldn't do these, but I do wear my MOLON LABE hat around sometimes, and hope someone asks.

bogie, sorry for not responding sooner; no access to THR for a few hours. But others have answered the question: "man with a gun lives here."

"Driver carries more than $20 worth of ammo."

Could that be considered premeditation?

No signs for me.

My buddy has one at his loading bench that reads "I have a black belt in ching ching pow"

i think putting certain stickers/signs out and about depends a lot on the sign/sticker, the location and the intent of the sticker.
out where i live, if your suprised that someone has a gun, you really need to remove head from sphinter and look around. however, signs/stickers of humorous intent are inside were we get a chuckle out of them. as for vehicals, a keep it obscure (i.e. people unfamilar with firearms don't get it) or keep it recreational (i.e. hunters, skeet shooters, target shooters, and on and on)
as for warning signs, well.... that kinda defeats the idea of conceled. i don't know. i guess its what you feel comfortable with and how much crap you're willing to put up with from other people.

...as for vehicals, a keep it obscure (i.e. people unfamilar with firearms don't get it) or keep it recreational (i.e. hunters, skeet shooters, target shooters, and on and on)...

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This reminds me of a sillouette shooter I'm aquainted with... this guy's truck has a sticker in the back window of chicken, pig, turkey, and ram. If you're not familiar with the game, you probably won't get it.

A guy I know found where somebody had planted maryjane out on his property way out in the woods.

He destroyed the plants. Then he tacked a silhouette target onto a tree, put a tight group of .45 in the head and wrote at the bottom in big black letters,

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON DRUGS.