NRA and my car was vandalized

[old lady new shooter]

Has everything to do with guns, the schools are pushing very hard the liberal agenda anti 2A movement , they punish kids and collect data on kids that show an interest in firearms it is a big issue

This reminds me of the time my elementary school wanted to promote fire safety, and sent all the kids home with a list of fire hazards to check for... I found several in our home and my parents were furious!

 

[Jim Watson]

The problem is, we have a two party system and the parties are pretty much locked into ideology that leads to standardized positions on every issue.
Sorry, you cannot elect somebody that will give you left liberal economics and personal weapons.
Sorry, third parties don't stand much of a chance.

 

[gc70]

I have an NRA sticker on both of my vehicles. After doing Black Friday shopping we came out of the mall to find two larger rainbow stickers placed on our back windshield. They were not easy to remove and left a lot of residue now meaning I have more work to get that off.

You should have filed a police report. There is a strong probability that the mall had security cameras and the incident was captured on video. Your sweet revenge would have been pressing vandalism charges against the miscreants.

 

[DeepSouth]

Guilt by association is something we all do, wether we all admit or not, and it’s nearly always wrong. But at end of the day we’re not going to stop it.


It’s like this:

Dear NRA members, you are going to be associated with many, many people and people groups you despise and strongly oppose. Their is nothing you can do to stop this from happening. Therefore, you should stand ready to defend gun rights on the basis of factual evidence supported by reason and logic independent of whatever other worldview you may hold to. Also, remember that an association fallacy is your enemy, no matter if you are it’s victim or it’s perpetrator.
.

 

[Sam1911]

"The members of the NRA are the ambassadors of the organizations mission and principles and they must be willing and eager to share it with everyone."

I think we can, or should, all be able to agree on this statement, and try to live it and preach it to our fellow members. And I think we can do that without really having to argue over any specifics of who makes up the NRA or whether we think they are one way or the other.

And I'd like to think that we can be vigilant about what our Association is doing and work to help the organization keep focused and working overtime to welcome every shooter or potential gun owner in our nation.

 

[Jack B.]

The NRA is all we got.

 

[Jack B.]

WD 40 will be your friend in taking the sticker "stuff" off ... best I've ever found ...

Road Tar and bugs too.

 

[vito]

Respect for other's property is just not what it once was. When I was younger and on active duty I had many, many stickers and bumper decals on my cars, including some funny ones that I know some folks didn't think were funny like "Join the Army. Travel to foreign countries. Meet exotic people and kill them." or "there are few problems that cannot be solved with the proper application of heavy artillery". The only time I ever had a problem was when I put one on one of my cars that made fun of abortion supporters. That one was scraped off my bumper and my two side mirrors broken off. But in more recent years I put absolutely no stickers or decals or anything on my car. Carrying concealed gives me some tactical advantage and I would not want to compromise that by having anything on my car that might make someone think I have a gun in the car or with me (like an NRA sticker or one of those silly "Insured by S&W" stickers). Likewise I do not want my cars that are parked in front of my house to have any indication that the house itself might have guns inside. I just want to be another invisible old white haired guy minding his own business.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

This topic comes up every so often and usually splits into two sides. Those who avoid displaying their affiliation and those who think the avoiders are "living in fear".

I find the living in fear accusation really annoying because I have actually experienced having my car vandalized because of a bumper sticker on my car and I've seen multiple examples of it happening to other people. I've also had people react badly to other bumper stickers I've had on my car (including a drunk who took of fence to a Cabella's sticker.) or clothes (the guy who objected to the football team on my hoodie)

So, bottom line no, I don't put stickers on my car and I don't wear clothes with logos of any kind. I don't advertise my gun ownership, my political POV or my religious beliefs. Our country has bred a generation of entitled brats who think NRA members are evil and deserve what ever they get. I don't see any good reason to leave myself open to vandalism trying to advertise for the NRA

 

[wickedsprint]

I'd have been tempted to leave the rainbows on to confuse everyone.

That being said...no obvious police or political stickers on our cars due to vandals.

 

[Jack B.]

You will always find some people don't like you if you are willing to label yourself politically by race ,religion , your opinion and anything else you can think of. Just part of the way people are.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

This is the ad that caused all the fuss. Not one word about the Second Amendment

 

[TomJ]

Likewise I do not want my cars that are parked in front of my house to have any indication that the house itself might have guns inside. I just want to be another invisible old white haired guy minding his own business.

This, although I'm not a old white haired guy yet. Also, in Illinois businesses can post no gun signs and they're not allowed in schools and a number of other places. If i need to leave my gun in the car while I'm in a prohibited building I don't want to let people know there may be a gun in the car.

 

[TomJ]

This is the ad that caused all the fuss. Not one word about the Second Amendment

Saw it, and while I agree it didn't directly address 2A issues I didn't mind it as, with the understanding that opinions may vary, I thought every word of it was true and given what was going on at the time it needed to be said. If you want to riot, attack people and burn down buildings you'll get no pity from me when someone calls you out. Contrast the people who she was referring to with the people here in Chicago who peacefully but effectively protested the shooting of Laquan McDonald. They made their point and addressed a wrong without hurting anyone or damaging property.

 

[RedlegRick]

I don't advertise my affiliations either, here in NYS. Ditto for the 'insured by' nonsense stickers I see all the time. My vehicle is generic and neutral as to my true feelings and that's how I like it.

 

[Mn Fats]

I had an "insured by colt" bumper sticker on my pickup. One day I walked around the back and noticed it was peppered with buckshot.
Some reckless moron decided to shoot my bumper sticker. I couldn't help but appreciate the irony of it and left it as is.
I no longer advertise on my vehicles. Maybe on a hat or a t shirt. I wear an NRA hat from time to time and haven't been confronted yet. The cowards.

 

[Hokie_PhD]

Just think that those type of people are probably shopping in the mall beside you and your family.

The mall in Christiansburg Va banned guns, after the Community college satellite location was shot up.

The same mall that I refused to go into after that as I avoid places that become high risk areas where gunman like the kid who shot up the college (a so called "gun free zone" by state law) go because they know we're not carrying.

The news won't tell that a young lady is dead because of the trauma of the shooting. The college ignores it because she wasn't killed during the shooting. And the AG of VA is appealing a law suit they lost because of the colleges negligence. But the commies in Northern Va reelected him, an anti-gun nut that makes Tim Kaine look sane and a Lt. Gov that is as bad.

 

[milemaker13]

You should have filed a police report. There is a strong probability that the mall had security cameras and the incident was captured on video. Your sweet revenge would have been pressing vandalism charges against the miscreants.

HATE CRIME!!!!!!!!

 

[Sam1911]

Saw it, and while I agree it didn't directly address 2A issues I didn't mind it as, with the understanding that opinions may vary, I thought every word of it was true and given what was going on at the time it needed to be said.

Maybe that's so, but it didn't need to be said by the NRA. We can all understand that there are causes and social issues that we might feel strongly about, and that we might agree with each other or disagree with each other about. And each of us may deeply believe that there are opinions that "need to be said." But that's not the NRA's job -- at all.

And making a statement about a social issue places you somewhere on a political spectrum, in the eyes of everyone watching, in relation to that issue. So stepping outside of their lane to say what some of us think someone should say, accomplishes nothing beyond social positioning. In this case reinforcing the common notion that the NRA is in a particular place on social justice issues.

Nothing, at all, of the crucial goals of the NRA and the RKBA movement as a whole was furthered by making such a statement.

 

[DeepSouth]

The biggest problem with that ad is the word “they”

Saying “they” are doing all of that was really stupid when you don’t say who “they” are. You just alienated anyone who thinks they may be part of “they”. .... and when you bring up the former president and “they” then half the country thinks your talking about them, even if you’re not.

My 2¢
Worth just what you paid for it.

 

[Berger.Fan222]

I try not to advertise gun ownership in places or situations that might be targets for crime, including my home and my vehicles. I'm a life member of the NRA and I advocate and vote for RKBA friendly issues in many circumstances. But I try to do that in contexts unlikely to make me a target.

It is unfortunate, but NRA and other RKBA bumper stickers make a car a target.

 

[FL-NC]

You would think that after so many of those people were targeted and ruthlessly murdered by an islamic terrorist in one of their bars - not to mention how many of them are assaulted and sometimes even killed based on their condition- that they would be more open to the idea of RKBA for lawful defense of self and others. Could have been worse, though- he/she/it could have keyed your paint or busted some windows.

 

[FL-NC]

The biggest problem with that ad is the word “they”

Saying “they” are doing all of that was really stupid when you don’t say who “they” are. You just alienated anyone who thinks they may be part of “they”. .... and when you bring up the former president and “they” then half the country thinks your talking about them, even if you’re not.

My 2¢
Worth just what you paid for it.

I'm ok with it, and I didn't even watch the ad. If there is a "we", then there MUST be a "they".

 

[berettaprofessor]

I do have two decals on my car. One is a Jeep "Life is Good" magnet. The other is about my dog being smarter than your honor student. Like others, I also won't put anything that relates to gun use on my car.

 

[Danoobie]

It's a shame when you can't leave a sticker on your car for fear of some ball-less
coward in a parking lot either vandalizing or ripping off your car.