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What would you do if you got this letter?

Submitted by Betty Liberty on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 22:19
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Since you obviously have one

Submitted by Jack Scissor on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 19:54.

Since you obviously have one or more people who are, of their own admision, fixated on what the back of your vehicle says you have two options.

1. Put up a ticker saying first the second amendment, then the first! or something similar. Post up Liberty related messages.

2. Have fun and post up some crazy stuff to mess with 'em.

I would opt for option 1. May just help someone "see the light".

you are right. There are so

Submitted by mrsmimiwhite on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 19:27.

you are right. There are so many people out there that are good hearted but very ignorant. they believe everything they see on tv. i would invite them over, get to know them, and kindly and gently find a way to educate them about freedom,our constitution, and how important it is to respect the 2nd amendment. i have to admit that it is so much fun to do something witty to make a point. BUT, it is also important to try to make friends and influence people.

Put On More NRA Stickers

Submitted by Pablo77 on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 16:37.

Find out her address. Get one of those signs that says "This is a Gun-Free Zone" and put it on her lawn.

Also, write her a letter and enclose a copy of the Constitution with stickers to the 1st and 2nd Amendments.

I'd make a poster size NRA sign and put it on my vehicle

Submitted by printersguy2 on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 15:09.

Just so they know that you got their message loud and clear. And you are answering them loud and clear

You know it would make her blood boil to see that. It is likely a female because of the way she worded the message. She is likely next door or across the street because she feels FORCED to see your offending "HILL BILLY" car sticker and it grates on her daily. So much so that she felt the need to retaliate. She has also made a judgement of you being a "hill billy" which is another clue she's a very close neighbor. So you've got it narrowed down to like 5 neighbors at most. Now, because she's a woman of anonymous action, she will not be able to help but go complain to someone about your new HUGE sign. She may even come to complain to you. But she will probably only drop you another chicken heart-ed letter.

Might even want to set up a hidden time lapse camera if you really want to talk to this woman and try to work it out. There is a good camera called "PlantCam" on Amazon that is weather proof and you can set it to take pictures in various time frames depending on your need. You could at least pin point her on camera ant then confront her as the reasonable constitutionalists that you are and try to educate her on how you actually make her children safer considering the response times of police. IF that doesn't work, you will at least prevent her from doing anymore anonymous stuff destructive or otherwise.

lol "Hello neighbor"

Submitted by sc2012 on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 14:56.

Please, and thank you. I'm a Christian.

Also, you are a redneck hillbilly nut lunatic.

haha, this is great! sounds

Submitted by Texan4Liberty on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 17:16.

haha, this is great! sounds like an open-minded individual

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"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty."

-Thomas Jefferson

Go door to door

Submitted by kiterun777 on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 09:59.

with a giant "This Home is a Gun Free Zone" and ask who wants it in their front yard.

invite them over for a barbeque or something.

Submitted by LivingTheDream on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 09:46.

make friends with them and never discuss the letter or its content.

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LivingTheDream

Food for thought...

Submitted by Libertyrose on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 09:39.

If this neighbor has placed his trust in God, I'm not sure why he should feel so insecure about other people having guns...
While the focus has been on this neighbor, perhaps there is also an opportunity to reflect on ourselves. The principle Live by the sword / die by the sword comes to mind...

yes I would tell her my trust is with God and if yours was too

Submitted by printersguy2 on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 15:11.

then you don't really need to worry about my guns now do you.

Troll.

Submitted by Apple on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 08:42.

Non-electronic troll, that is.

I don't know

Submitted by MindUrBusiness on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 07:06.

but it takes a pretty spineless worm to make anonymous insults. I'd probably get some more stickers and ignore them till they grew a pair and actually said something to you.

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The bold effort the present bank had made to control the government ... are but premonitions of the fate that await the American people should they be deluded into a perpetuation of this institution or the establishment of another like it-Andrew Jackson

Comic Sans Nation

Submitted by TheBrushfire on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 05:56.

I would write back in Times New Roman and explain how Comic Sans is the work of the devil.

LMAO

Submitted by sc2012 on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 14:54.

Nicely played.

I would send them this video

Submitted by donvino on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 03:48.

....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4wcNVbYOQ

:D

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If this letter is an actual

Submitted by tpreitzel on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 01:54.

If this letter is an actual received letter from a neighbor, it is an appallingly selfish request from an alleged Christian. Although a response suggesting that the writer is the one who should actually leave the neighborhood since more advocates of the second amendment would help secure the neighborhood would probably be justified, use tack and don't stoop to the lower level of the writer. As a Christian, I, too, believe that God helps us avoid conflict, but sometimes armed people are used by God to save others. This letter is just bizarre if true.

Get or make a sticker that

Submitted by Vots on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 01:39.

Get or make a sticker that says "SOMETIMES
A SHEPHERD MUST PROTECT HIS SHEEP"

No don't use your gun to protect them.

Submitted by Athan on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 14:35.

The police will confiscate YOUR weapon leaving you more defenseless. Let them rely on their idiotic foolishness.

If I could get my VAN wrapped

Submitted by HonorGod on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 01:12.

with a Gun owners of AMERICA wrap.. I WOULD do it for FREE.

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I would add

Submitted by Brian Frank on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 22:43.

a Guns of America sticker

I am a Christian

Submitted by Mikefive on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 22:17.

As some have said, I would attempt to meet the person who wrote the letter. Invite them over for tea. Let them meet me and see than I don't match the description she provided. Then I would ask them where they go to church and tell them about my walk.

After that, I'd ask them why they objected to my NRA stickers. Then I'd ask them if they felt that way, why not put a sign in their yard saying that their home is "gun free"? When they quickly recognize how unsafe that would be, point out that the NRA stickers make you safer.

You can go a long way down the road of civility with common sense before you even start talking about your weapons.

Holding a tea party

Submitted by Tucci78 on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 22:42.

"As some have said, I would attempt to meet the person who wrote the letter. Invite them over for tea."

Yeah, but what would you slip into that person's teacup? I'm inclined to something simple and earthy, like bisacodyl, cascara, or senna.

Think of it as giving that individual something other than a neighbor's business to occupy idle time and energy.

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"In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for. As for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican." [H.L. Mencken]

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Wise words

Submitted by Silk Shirt on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 06:16.

:)

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Comic Sans

Submitted by dialtone1984 on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 21:20.

is not a good font to use if you want to be taken seriously.

You did the right thing by posting it. It sounds as though this particular fool isn't a Christian, but is only using the caricature of "Bible-clinging gun owner" to mock you.

In that case, circulate the letter. The other comments have it right - this adult should have a good old-fashioned shaming for their childish behavior.

I wouldn't respond to any one

Submitted by glassman on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 20:03.

I wouldn't respond to any one person. I'd do exactly what you're doing here.

I would send a copy of the letter to the newspaper or all of your neighbors and ask them what they think. Simply add the words, "I got this letter in the mail. Just wondering what do you thought."

Let the power of social shaming work against them.

Get a larger NRA sticker.

Submitted by robertjo_71@live.com on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 19:56.

Get a larger NRA sticker.

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AND...

Submitted by jason_burns on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 20:51.

a yard sign.

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How bout...

Submitted by Perry911 on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 19:50.

Placing those gun free zone signs at every church in town next Saturday night and see how NRA members in the churches volunteer to pack in church, that will give that neighbor a slow burn.