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Metal_Monkey
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Posted: Thu Jul 24th, 2008 10:27 am |
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sean-1286 wrote: Metal_Monkey wrote: I will say this. My pal( an ex marine and current army) has had NUMOROUS thefts and "creepy" people around his property since he moved in. Since then he has added his NRA stickers, "forget the dog, beware of owner", and other "don't mess around" stickers to his car. In the last 2 years less people have touched it(even though it still happened), but not as much. Here is the kicker....since me and him have been around at odd time of the night and day carring open, NO ONE has come close to the house. Some will say they were only after the car, but that is not the case before this. From the people we have seen since then and now, only a few are brave enough to come around, but it did help. Sometimes having to show people were you stand is a must. If someone is going to break into your house and all they see is a "secured by A.D.T."..no big deal..if they see "protected by Smith and wesson" they will most likely think twice. Law enforcement does NOT like to see this. I know this first hand, but I rather the criminals go away than the cops like it! I think as law abiding citizens we need to step it up more. Not go gun crazy, but show these criminals we are not afraid to defend ourselves. Food for thought.
Signs like that seem more like advertisements that there are guns inside to steal and that the criminal better wait until nobody is home.
Well in most cases I would say you are correct, but in this case...there is a guard dog, a wife well protected, neibors that look out for one another, and also we worked with local law enforcement(Suprising Everett PD was rather gratious) and even have the place(neiborhood) under watch. With him going back to Iraq we made sure to take all the legal steps we could to ensure the safety of everyone around. Not to mention gun safes of a good size are always a great idea. If someone wants to commit a crime at all costs they will, but we can only do what we can to stop it or bring them to justice.
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DEROS72
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Posted: Thu Jul 24th, 2008 11:28 am |
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| I agree and My heart felt thanks to the gentleman going to Iraq. Attached Image (viewed 83 times):
 Last edited on Thu Jul 24th, 2008 11:29 am by DEROS72
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sean-1286
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Posted: Thu Jul 24th, 2008 10:55 pm |
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Metal_Monkey wrote: sean-1286 wrote: Metal_Monkey wrote: I will say this. My pal( an ex marine and current army) has had NUMOROUS thefts and "creepy" people around his property since he moved in. Since then he has added his NRA stickers, "forget the dog, beware of owner", and other "don't mess around" stickers to his car. In the last 2 years less people have touched it(even though it still happened), but not as much. Here is the kicker....since me and him have been around at odd time of the night and day carring open, NO ONE has come close to the house. Some will say they were only after the car, but that is not the case before this. From the people we have seen since then and now, only a few are brave enough to come around, but it did help. Sometimes having to show people were you stand is a must. If someone is going to break into your house and all they see is a "secured by A.D.T."..no big deal..if they see "protected by Smith and wesson" they will most likely think twice. Law enforcement does NOT like to see this. I know this first hand, but I rather the criminals go away than the cops like it! I think as law abiding citizens we need to step it up more. Not go gun crazy, but show these criminals we are not afraid to defend ourselves. Food for thought.
Signs like that seem more like advertisements that there are guns inside to steal and that the criminal better wait until nobody is home.
Well in most cases I would say you are correct, but in this case...there is a guard dog, a wife well protected, neibors that look out for one another, and also we worked with local law enforcement(Suprising Everett PD was rather gratious) and even have the place(neiborhood) under watch. With him going back to Iraq we made sure to take all the legal steps we could to ensure the safety of everyone around. Not to mention gun safes of a good size are always a great idea. If someone wants to commit a crime at all costs they will, but we can only do what we can to stop it or bring them to justice.
I'm not saying it's a bad idea, and some people don't have guns in their house unless they're home or someone is almost always home. I guess I was just pointing out the obvious, and agree that the signs can be a good idea if they are part of a bigger plan, such as the ones you're talking about.
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Metal_Monkey
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Posted: Thu Jul 24th, 2008 11:13 pm |
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sean-1286 wrote: Metal_Monkey wrote: sean-1286 wrote: Metal_Monkey wrote: I will say this. My pal( an ex marine and current army) has had NUMOROUS thefts and "creepy" people around his property since he moved in. Since then he has added his NRA stickers, "forget the dog, beware of owner", and other "don't mess around" stickers to his car. In the last 2 years less people have touched it(even though it still happened), but not as much. Here is the kicker....since me and him have been around at odd time of the night and day carring open, NO ONE has come close to the house. Some will say they were only after the car, but that is not the case before this. From the people we have seen since then and now, only a few are brave enough to come around, but it did help. Sometimes having to show people were you stand is a must. If someone is going to break into your house and all they see is a "secured by A.D.T."..no big deal..if they see "protected by Smith and wesson" they will most likely think twice. Law enforcement does NOT like to see this. I know this first hand, but I rather the criminals go away than the cops like it! I think as law abiding citizens we need to step it up more. Not go gun crazy, but show these criminals we are not afraid to defend ourselves. Food for thought.
Signs like that seem more like advertisements that there are guns inside to steal and that the criminal better wait until nobody is home.
Well in most cases I would say you are correct, but in this case...there is a guard dog, a wife well protected, neibors that look out for one another, and also we worked with local law enforcement(Suprising Everett PD was rather gratious) and even have the place(neiborhood) under watch. With him going back to Iraq we made sure to take all the legal steps we could to ensure the safety of everyone around. Not to mention gun safes of a good size are always a great idea. If someone wants to commit a crime at all costs they will, but we can only do what we can to stop it or bring them to justice.
I'm not saying it's a bad idea, and some people don't have guns in their house unless they're home or someone is almost always home. I guess I was just pointing out the obvious, and agree that the signs can be a good idea if they are part of a bigger plan, such as the ones you're talking about.
Oh I tottally agree 100%. I also think I big part of this is being a responsible gun/home owner also. There is always a bigger picture. I also think personally, my person opinion is to have a good guard dog. Im not talking about the average "pitbull"(which trained correctly is not a problem". I prefur, just may be me, but a German Shepard. Very loyal, friendly to kids and family, yet gets down to buisness. I have seen countless times people "messing around" and soon as they see a bigger size dog that could be a threat , they usually seem to think what they are doing is not such a great idea. My pal has a freindly rot, but given the misconception still scares people away. Just a thought I don't see many people really talking about or practicing. Then again I love our four legged friends 
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tanman
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Posted: Thu Jul 24th, 2008 11:16 pm |
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DEROS72 wrote: yeah If we let libs intimidate us over a bumper sticker then we have already lost.I had a gal fried with a pro life sticker on her car.It got keyed.Apperently free speech applies only their warped anti god,gun and life point of view.Personally when I see a lib sticker I will not lower myself to their standards.And will not stop speaking or displaying a Godly ,And American point of view because they might scratch my car......I was on a VA bus one time and it was packed full of us Vietnam Vets.Except the tree hugging birkenstock wearing weenie liberal staffer in the back.Rush was on the radio and he actually said that we need to turn it off because these weren,t apprpriate points of view.All of turned spontaneously almost at once and shouted " SHUT UP". He remained quiet but said he will report to his superiors about having conservative radio on the VA bus.HE basically told a bunch of us combat vets some wounded for America that we were irrelivent...........
Sounds like the hippie shrink I ran into six months out of country- he apparenly though PTSD, a BSM-V and purple heart means you're just gonna snap...I didn't sanp after I got the PH (hence the BSM-V) and I'm not going to now. I did have fun messing with him though, talking about the dark future, guns, letting him know I was carrying (we weren't on VA or DOD turf), etc. Fortunatelly the one that actualy did my PTSD size up was a partially paralized vietnam vet who had been shot with a 12.5mm to the spine and decided to spend his life helping vets. Somethings never change...I have even been called a baby killer wearing DCU 's in SEATAC.
I'm not saying that they're all bad though- I had a great "dirty hippie" prof at WSU last semester that "supports the troops, but not the war." She's a communist, fears guns and believes everyone can get along. Even if I disagree, to me, people like her make it all worth it because she is afforded the luxury of complacency and not scanning rooftops for snipers her in the states. Creating sheeple is a by-product of keeping war off domestic soil, but also the main, worthwhile reason for it.
However, telling combat vets not to exercise their rights- earned in terms of blood- is always a bad, poorly received idea.
Last edited on Thu Jul 24th, 2008 11:23 pm by tanman
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M1Gunr
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Posted: Fri Jul 25th, 2008 06:11 am |
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gsx1138 wrote: Do you have a source jpg for the image on that shirt for the talentless? 
I used the large image supplied by:
http://patriotshop.us/images/2ndAmendment_large.jpg
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