Posted: 3/24/2013 3:48:49 PM EDT
I found this on FB from gun control kills. I'm not sure the validity or how true it is but just in case I figured I'd post it here. Beware because something like this may happen in your area.
NOTICE TO ALL GUN OWNERS!!!! ---------------------------- Tagging a Gun Owner's Vehicle If you own a gun and therefore go to gun ranges or gun shops, you might want to read the attached and keep this in mind…..and share the word with your friends/family. TAGGING GUN OWNERS VEHICLES PSA WARNING Gun lovers public service announcement: While I was in a Texas gun store today, my car was tagged on the wheel in the parking lot. The gangs do this on wheels or bumpers at gun stores, shooting ranges, gun shows etc. Later when you are parked at a restaurant, hotel, or other location that’s less well guarded or under video surveillance, other gang members spot the marker and break into the car for a quick gun grab. This is so RAMPANT in San Antonio where we were for a National shoot this summer, the Sheriff of Bexar County came out to brief the 400 participants of our competition. Too bad three teams had already been victimized the first day. This is the first I’ve heard of this in Texas. Please pass this info along to your 2nd amendment list. Daily check your car, truck or motor home for unusual painted dots, marks, check marks or other strange looking symbols that are not normal to your type vehicle. It could prevent you from being a victim of robbery, or even save your life if you catch the thief in the act. This next comment from a Gun Site instructor: I don’t know how widespread this is becoming, but the info regarding the NSCA Nationals in San Antonio is correct, as all of us who compete in sporting clays know. Competitors there were having their vehicles marked with a small adhesive dot on the rear license plate or rear bumper, then followed for miles and having their vehicles quickly and efficiently broken in to when parked for lunch etc. Some crews were working the parking lot at the Nationals itself. 27 high end shotguns were taken there recently. They know when 1400 shooters with high $$ competition guns are in town. BTW I shot with a young man who was trying out a new gun at the Nationals. He and his father lost all their guns and equipment while making a quick stop for lunch at a BBQ place in Corpus Christi the month before. |
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Glad to know. |
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While not marking tires, this sort of "target designation" does take place. We started having problems with loads of consumer electronics originating from a warehouse in Atlanta being broken into a few years ago.
Investigators noticed that all the trailers had paintball splatters on the doors of the trailers. Some reviews of security videos from the facility showed that there were cars parked out on the street with gang members who were shooting paintballs at every trailer that left the warehouse. Gang members would check out area truckstops and would break into trailers that were marked as having left the electronics warehouse. Several million in product were stolen before that ring was broken and many trailers were seriously damaged as the gang preferred to go into the trailers through the roof instead of dealing with padlocked trailer doors. |