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Posted: 11/30/2002 6:16:06 AM EDT
I posted last week about a bunch of signs I saw along the interstate in IL. Got some pics later and will post them here.

What do you guys think of setting something like this up? Good cheap advertising. If nothing else, it would drive the antis insane!

[img]http://www.tomashworth.com/dcforum/User_files/3de8a2ee49c86e1d.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.tomashworth.com/dcforum/User_files/3de8a2f949cb232b.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.tomashworth.com/dcforum/User_files/3de8a30449d22020.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.tomashworth.com/dcforum/User_files/3de8a31d49e029ab.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.tomashworth.com/dcforum/User_files/3de8a32749e5cc8e.jpg[/img]


Aviator
Link Posted: 11/30/2002 6:16:55 AM EDT
[#1]
Here is a list of the slogans:

GUN CONTROL
DISARMS VICTIMS
NOT CRIMINALS
(Our very first set)

GUN CONTROL IS
RACE CONTROL
NOT CRIME CONTROL
AND IT'S UNAMERICAN
(earned a front-page newspaper story w/ photos)

SOCIETY IS SAFER
WHEN CRIMINALS
DON'T KNOW
WHO'S ARMED
(front page newspaper article w/ photos)

WHEN GUN CONTROL
HAS US BEAT
CRIMINALS WILL
OWN THE STREET

THE RIGHT TO
CARRY FIREARMS
IS THE RIGHT TO
PROTECT YOUR FAMILY

EVERY YEAR
TWO MILLION TIMES
ARMED CITIZENS
PREVENT CRIMES

ARMED CITIZENS
CRIMINALS AVOID
IN 43 STATES
BUT NOT ILLINOIS

IN AUSTRALIA
CRIME WAS LOW
GUNS WERE BANNED
AND CRIME DID GROW

DISARMING VICTIMS
WON'T STOP CRIME
(posted where there was room for only two signs)

IF GUNS
CAUSE CRIME
MATCHES
CAUSE ARSON

YOUNG THUGS
WON'T DARE ATTACK
WHEN A TEACHER
MIGHT SHOOT BACK

GUNS ARE NEITHER
GOOD NOR EVIL
HOW THEY'RE USED
DEPENDS ON PEOPLE

SHOOTING SPORTS
ARE SAFE AND FUN
THERE'S NO CAUSE
TO FEAR A GUN

TELL YOUR SENATOR
WHEN HE RUNS
BAN THE CRIMINALS
NOT THE GUNS

DIALED 9-1-1
AND I'M ON HOLD
SURE WISH I HAD
THAT GUN I SOLD
(front page newspaper article)

VIOLENCE AROUND?
WE HAVE FOUND
FAMILIES WITH GUNS
SLEEP SAFE AND SOUND

SPREAD THE NEWS
LIKE PAUL REVERE
GUNS SAVE LIVES
THOUSANDS PER YEAR

OUR SECOND AMENDMENT
IS GUARED FOREVER
BU CITIZENS PULLING
THE VOTING LEVER

MY MOM SLEEPS SAFE
SHE HAS NO FEAR
AND THAT'S BECAUSE
HER GUN IS NEAR

MY MOM SLEEPS SAFE
SHE HAS NO FEAR
THUGS STEER CLEAR
OR BANG THEY'LL HEAR

AS YOU CAN SEE
THUGS SPRAY LIES
HARD AS THEY TRY
FREEDOM WON'T DIE

GUN CONTROL
EVERY TIME
ONLY INCREASES
VIOLENT CRIME

CRIMINALS MENACING?
A LADY ALONE?
DETERRENCE REQUIRES
MORE THAN A PHONE
(newspaper story)

THE VILLAIN THOUGHT
HE'D PLAY ROUGH
UNTIL THE LADY
CALLED HIS BLUFF

WHEN DANGER LURKS
REMEMBER, SONNY
THAT RABBIT'S FOOT
WON'T SAVE NO BUNNY

VIOLENT THUGS
WON'T DARE ATTACK
IF THEIR VICTIMS
MIGHT SHOOT BACK

NO GUN HAS EVER
COMMITTED A CRIME
CRIMINALS DO
TIME AFTER TIME

POLICE RARELY
ARRIVE IN TIME
WHAT PROTECTS YOU
DURING THE CRIME?

TYRANTS AND CROOKS
LOVE GUN CONTROL
DISARMED VICTIMS
IS THEIR GOAL

ROSES ARE RED
MY GUN IS BLUE
I AM SAFE
HOW ABOUT YOU?

JANE SEES THUG
THUG SEES JANE
SEES JANE'S GUN
RUN THUG RUN!

TESTED IN PEACE
PROVEN IN WAR
GUNS IN THE HOME
EVEN THE SCORE

CROOKS ARE MANY
COPS ARE FEW
CROOKS CARRY GUNS
WHY CAN'T YOU?

IF A SAFE SOCIETY
IS WHAT YOU SEEK
IT WON'T HAPPEN
DISARMING THE MEEK

IN THE WORLD
IT'S PLAIN TO SEE
IF YOU'RE NOT ARMED
YOU CAN'T BE FREE

FROM 44 STATES
IT IS CLEAR
CITIZENS WITH GUNS
CRIMINALS DO FEAR

OUR MESSAGE IS
LEAN NOT FAT
GUNS SAVE LIVES
THAT'S PURE FACT

Link Posted: 11/30/2002 7:55:46 AM EDT
[#2]
That's cool idea but I'd be afraid that the signs would have to be put up again on a regular basis as some asssclown would knock them down.
Link Posted: 11/30/2002 8:17:33 AM EDT
[#3]
They had that problem, and solved it.

[img]http://www.gunssavelife.com/van1.jpg[/img]
"GSL solved a rash of spray paint vandalism by mounting a double decker set of signs temporarily at a busy location
that had been vandalized just a few days before. Apparently, the vandals determined that it was better to leave the
signs alone than to face publicity like this"


Aviator
Link Posted: 11/30/2002 9:26:14 AM EDT
[#4]
That would be the

Champaign County Rifle Association (CCRA)

[url]http://www.gunssavelife.com/[/url]
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