I am in the low profile , do not advertise anything camp.
I am not 'giving in' or "caving in" to anyone or anything by being this way.
What I am is using Situational Awareness and Sending the Perceptions I want to send. I am a sheedog, I am watching the wolves, the sheep and I do not want either to know who I am , where I am, but by golly if need be, they will know!
It is not about LEO giving one a hard time for Pro Gun Sticker - not about the LEO seeing a "Donated To LEO Retirement Fund" sticker thinking they are not going to be pulled over either.
Responsible Firearm Ownerships means...being responsible- period. Get Stopped, may be a tail light out, thank the officer for pointing it , be civil, sincere and get the tailight fixed.
I, like many here have life experiences. Perceptions are read by everyone. Including me, and I happen to also give off perceptions I want folks to perceive.
I am going to read you. I am telling you flat out. Too many years doing a work, you do this.
Toss that Lexus key on the counter at the grocery store to impress me, I spy that certain key(s) on the ring with it - I am going to know you have a bank key, and if I were a BG, I would follow you thinking you were branch bank mgr.
Think about that one example folks. This ain't rocket science, this has nothing to do with .gov or .mutantzombie.
1. Don't go to where trouble is
2. Trouble shows up - leave.
3 Not a good idea to advertise for trouble to come to you.
Now that lady and kid going to the car across the street. Humm lady has a diaper bag and kiddo has a ball bat carrier.
a. CarpetCrawler is at the baby sitter, and kiddo is going to a ball game or practice.
b. Mom has her handguns and ammo in diaper bag, and kiddo has .22 rifle in ball bat carrier.
Grocery store stop, and bag boy tosses groceries in trunk and sees a diaper bag and ball bat carrier - a $1 says bag boy is thinking choice (a). Wanna bet?
Contrast that with the guy that takes his sweet time with the "UltmateGun" case and Huge flaming logo, that makes sure all the folks on the block sees he has this case, and then when he makes a grocery run, the bag boy sees "UltimateGun" in the front seat of truck , then on break, or at school or with his buds...
"Hey, you know that dude with the black Macho Truck with fake bullet holes and "if it flies it dies" on the glass that lives on "That" street, he has a "UltimateGun" ...
So he has a safe, he got a wife, a teenage kid? Great just wait until Macho Truck is gone, overpower wife and kid, that safe will open, yep sure will. If lucky that is all that will be violated too.
Think out of the box.
Sheepdogs do...this one does at least.