loadedround
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What part of "concealed" don't people understand?
Bumper stickers to alert police - Opinions
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What is your opinion on this?
I think it sounds like a good way to get your gun stolen, or at least get your car broken into. I have NRA sticker on my truck, if he can figure it out then good for him, if not I'll tell when/if he he asks.
I think it sounds like a good way to get your gun stolen, or at least get your car broken into. I have NRA sticker on my truck, if he can figure it out then good for him, if not I'll tell when/if he he asks.
TNT in Round Rock
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loadedround said:
my thoughts 100%
Gouranga
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LOL, the more i read about it, the more it bugs me. It goes back to the thread about a CCW "badge" a while back. I am NOT a cop, my CCW permit does not make me one, does not give me any authority beyond being able to carry a concealed weapon for self defense. it makes you as much a cop as carrying a fire extinguisher in your car makes you a professional firefighter.
If you want a badge/sticker/etc really, go to the local police station and apply for a job. Otherwise as loadedround said
If you want a badge/sticker/etc really, go to the local police station and apply for a job. Otherwise as loadedround said
I've had a "Keep honking, I'm reloading" bumper sticker on my truck for about 10 years without incident. I OC or CC alternatively on a whim. The CCW sticker, however, is a different matter since it removes all doubt as to whether you're carrying in the vehicle. Better to keep the road rager guessing.
Tommygunn
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+1 to post #6.
1.) I do not put bumper stickers on my car. I don't like them -- even political ones supporting candidates I actually like.
2.) It is advertising there is a gun aboard. See post #6. You are essentially asking for a theft, either from your car, your whole car & contents, or home gun safe at the worst. There's no point.
In the one situation I have been in which I believed it was a wise idea for the police officer to know I had a gun, I showed him my CCW, told him where the gun was located, and asked him how he wanted to proceed. It was a car insurance checkpoint. After it was completed, the officer thanked me for informing him about the gun, and that was all that happened.
I do not believe in pointing out, through any form, publicly, that you are CCWing. The signs I see saying "trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again," for example, may be cute -- and yes, I have laughed when I've first seen them -- but I would never actually post anything like that. I feel the same about those stupid meaningless CCW badges, but those might have an added problem; someone may confuse them for a law enforcement badge and the results of that might not be so good.
1.) I do not put bumper stickers on my car. I don't like them -- even political ones supporting candidates I actually like.
2.) It is advertising there is a gun aboard. See post #6. You are essentially asking for a theft, either from your car, your whole car & contents, or home gun safe at the worst. There's no point.
In the one situation I have been in which I believed it was a wise idea for the police officer to know I had a gun, I showed him my CCW, told him where the gun was located, and asked him how he wanted to proceed. It was a car insurance checkpoint. After it was completed, the officer thanked me for informing him about the gun, and that was all that happened.
I do not believe in pointing out, through any form, publicly, that you are CCWing. The signs I see saying "trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again," for example, may be cute -- and yes, I have laughed when I've first seen them -- but I would never actually post anything like that. I feel the same about those stupid meaningless CCW badges, but those might have an added problem; someone may confuse them for a law enforcement badge and the results of that might not be so good.
janedoedad
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Georgia: Georgia Firearm License is not in a database that LE can access.
You are not required to notify if you are carrying or have a firearm in your car. It is against Georgia law for a LE to disarm a GFL holder without probable cause. This does not neccessarily prevent an LEO from disarming you and running the serial etc.
LEOs are just as uninformed about the law as most people. Which is really disturbing when you think about it.
GA is an open carrry state. I OC/CC depending on mood weather, etc. Sticking a sign on my car that says "I have a gun" or words to that effect strikes me as a very bad idea.
You are not required to notify if you are carrying or have a firearm in your car. It is against Georgia law for a LE to disarm a GFL holder without probable cause. This does not neccessarily prevent an LEO from disarming you and running the serial etc.
LEOs are just as uninformed about the law as most people. Which is really disturbing when you think about it.
GA is an open carrry state. I OC/CC depending on mood weather, etc. Sticking a sign on my car that says "I have a gun" or words to that effect strikes me as a very bad idea.
I NEVER put any stickers on my cars, Very tacky imo. Hey a new word "Tackytacool" would describe any sticker gun related on a car.
Anyhow, In Ohio we are required to have the first words out of our mouths "Sir, I have a CHL and my weapon is/isnt on my person or in the vehicle".
So I have no need to warn him prior to him approaching the car with a sticker.
Anyhow, In Ohio we are required to have the first words out of our mouths "Sir, I have a CHL and my weapon is/isnt on my person or in the vehicle".
So I have no need to warn him prior to him approaching the car with a sticker.
Boba Fett
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ROFL. That's kind of what I was thinking too...
Officers'Wife
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Advertising concealed carry pretty much defeats the concealed part, don't you think?
If you are required by state law to inform LEO's of CC then tell them face to face, otherwise it's no one's business but your own.
If you are required by state law to inform LEO's of CC then tell them face to face, otherwise it's no one's business but your own.
Rabbitcreekok
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That bumper sticker is not a good thing.
In Oklahoma we are required to inform any Police Officer if we are in actual possession of a concealed handgun when that person first comes into contact with any law enforcement officer. The easiest way to do this is to hand him your CWL with your drivers license, not put a bumper sticker on your car.
The act also says that it does not authorize a law enforcement officer to inspect any weapon properly concealed without probable cause that a crime has been committed.
So, if I don't have to advertise to the good guys that I am armed, why would I want to advertise that fact to the bad guys.
In Oklahoma we are required to inform any Police Officer if we are in actual possession of a concealed handgun when that person first comes into contact with any law enforcement officer. The easiest way to do this is to hand him your CWL with your drivers license, not put a bumper sticker on your car.
The act also says that it does not authorize a law enforcement officer to inspect any weapon properly concealed without probable cause that a crime has been committed.
So, if I don't have to advertise to the good guys that I am armed, why would I want to advertise that fact to the bad guys.
KarenTOC
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Sounds like another LOOK AT ME I'M SPECIAL bumper sticker that attention vampires need to make themselves feel important. Falls in the same category as "Baby on Board," "My child is an Honor Student," "Caution! Show Dogs!" and the like.
No thanks.
No thanks.
Come to think of it i don't like to even talk about me carrying my ccw while im in public, Let alone advertise it.
I know the only time ive said "Yeh, I always have my 1911 on me when i leave the house" was in a gun store while shooting the breeze or looking for a smaller sized ccw for warmer days. Even then i do it quietly so just the person im talking to hears it.
I know the only time ive said "Yeh, I always have my 1911 on me when i leave the house" was in a gun store while shooting the breeze or looking for a smaller sized ccw for warmer days. Even then i do it quietly so just the person im talking to hears it.
SMMAssociates
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I always liked "Computer Consultant On Board", or "My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student"....
("Baby On Board" is probably the only one that should be there.... IF the car seat wasn't just left there 'cause you have two cars....)
Otherwise, concealed means concealed....
(I wish OH had the "can't inspect" part - an Officer can grab the gun out of your holster - Lord hope he finds the retention strap, or can work the more exotic retention devices. Or knows how to "safe" the thing if that's his intention. I met a kid with a local PD a while back who'd barely ever seen a 1911....)
There's a whole lot of stuff in OH law that was placed there to "catch" LAC's, and to make things difficult or impossible, or at least discourage things strongly. "Plain Sight" may be the worst, but we killed that, over the Governor's veto, after living with it for a year or two. Slowly....
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("Baby On Board" is probably the only one that should be there.... IF the car seat wasn't just left there 'cause you have two cars....
)Otherwise, concealed means concealed....
(I wish OH had the "can't inspect" part - an Officer can grab the gun out of your holster - Lord hope he finds the retention strap, or can work the more exotic retention devices. Or knows how to "safe" the thing if that's his intention. I met a kid with a local PD a while back who'd barely ever seen a 1911....)
There's a whole lot of stuff in OH law that was placed there to "catch" LAC's, and to make things difficult or impossible, or at least discourage things strongly. "Plain Sight" may be the worst, but we killed that, over the Governor's veto, after living with it for a year or two. Slowly....
Regards,
SigP229R
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First of all a bumper sticker advertising the fact only serves to advertise the fact that there is a possibility of a weapon for the taking. Second N.C. requires that you inform and lastley in N.C. when they run your D.L not your license plate it pops up since they are tied together. Also regaardless of whether or not you were required to inform or not I would out of common courtesy.
General Geoff
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Do you also inform them whether you're wearing boxers or briefs? Out of common courtesy, that is.
never been a fan of bumper stickers...but if i was, i still wouldn't be a fan of certain types of bumber stickers. the list includes (but is not limited to) anything that inidicates that i might be in possession of something valuable (like firearms, exotic sound systems, an IPhone)
although i'm sure that NOBODY ON THIS FORUM would EVER leave a firearm in their vehicle unattended, why would you want to advertise to someone that you MIGHT? then they get to break a window on my vehicle just to find out that there is nothing in the car except a few bootleg CDs and about 43 cents in pennies??
i think not. my car remains "de-badged"
although i'm sure that NOBODY ON THIS FORUM would EVER leave a firearm in their vehicle unattended, why would you want to advertise to someone that you MIGHT? then they get to break a window on my vehicle just to find out that there is nothing in the car except a few bootleg CDs and about 43 cents in pennies??
i think not. my car remains "de-badged"
SMMAssociates
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indykappa:indykappa said:
Here in OH there are multiple times when you have to leave a gun unattended in a vehicle. About any decent restaurant, for example, while attending college, or using just about any building we paid for....
AND, that includes "houses of worship" that have not notified you or posted their facilities to indicate that we can carry in them.
(I think it's SC where you can't carry in a Funeral Home....
)No stickers....
As a semi-retired rent-a-cop, I did a lot of work in my own vehicle. After getting over the "wannabemobile" phase (i.e., looked like a porcupine), I even went to "invisible" license plates. That is, registration numbers that were difficult to remember, even for me. Worked pretty well until I got the '84 Crown Vic.... Dark blue, one extra antenna.... At lunch one day with some Radio Club friends: "Alright, who's driving the 'unmarked'?"
OK, can't resist: "What do you call a speeding late model luxury car with extra antennas?" "Police brass late for lunch...."
Regards,
DustyVermonter
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I wonder what george carlin would have had to say about a CCW bumper sticker... Needless to say whatever it was I would have probably agreed
Rokman
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I wouldn't use one. All I want is more attention and theft.
Ruger Redhawk
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I'm sure a brain surgeon didn't come up with that stupid idea. The less people know the better off we are.In NC we have to notify the authorities that we are carrying. In fact from what I understand you have to tell them you have a CCW permit if you're carrying or not when pulled over..
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searcher451
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+1 on a bad idea, even if you might want to cover up a dent or rust spot on your rust bucket of a vehicle. All that does is invite scrutiny from folks who have no business knowing what you are carrying in your car or on your person. I'd also add that it's a bad idea for folks living in states that require notification of their CCL in the event that they are pulled over -- same reason.
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