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Meet the Man Behind the ‘Guns Are Welcome’ Sign: The Intriguing Backstory and Where You Can Get One

Jan. 3, 2013 12:05pm Liz Klimas

When Charles Vaught created the now viral “Guns Are Welcome” sign for his safety supply store in North Carolina, he thought it was a one time thing. Now, he’s stocking up as people from Texas, Nevada, Pennsylvania and even Switzerland want to get their hands on the pro-Second Amendment signs.

In a phone interview with TheBlaze, Vaught explained that every couple months or so, the sign goes viral on social media and spurs sales. This is how it has been going since April 2012 when he and his wife posted a photo of Vaught giving the sign a thumbs up on Facebook. It’s that photo that has been recently blowing up on Twitter (see our original story about that here).

Creator of Guns Are Welcome Sign Charles Vaught Shares Story Behind Viral Signs

Charles Vaught poses in front of his “Guns are Welcome” sign in his North Carolina store. (Image: TwitPic/@tinascullracing)

“It’s really crazy,” Vaught said. “I never expected this.”

The whole story starts with a suggestion made by his wife. Northeastern Safety Supply, located in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., is a place where law enforcement, EMTs and the general public can get everything from holsters to handcuff keys to apparel and other tools. Given his type of clientele, Vaught said many other non-law enforcement clients were “leery” of entering the store with a firearm. He wanted to welcome them into his establishment armed, but also send a message that said “if you do anything stupid, then I’ll do what I need to do” — but sounding nicer than that.

So the “Guns Are Welcome on the Premises” was created with its caveats: “Please keep all weapons holstered unless need arises. In such case judicious marksmanship appreciated.” Vaught posted a photo of himself giving the sign a thumbs up and sent it to his wife, who gave him the idea in the fist place.

It took off from there on Facebook. Vaught said it received a plethora of comments and was reposted several times. The viral nature of the photo ebbs and flows, and as Vaught put it, it’s picking up steam again now.

How so? Several times during our interview Vaught paused and noted “there goes another one,” referencing that another sign had been sold on eBay. Once during our interview, he politely put us on hold to take a customer call. When he returned, he said it was someone from Texas calling about the sign they’d seen on TheBlaze.

The photo was recently posted on Twitter by @tinastullracing who said it was taken in Texas. Vaught explained this wasn’t the case, but also said it’s not the first time people have assumed the Lone Star state could take credit for such a sign.

“On Facebook the same thing happened,” Vaught said. “Someone said, ‘I believe it’s in Texas.’ I said ‘No, it’s at Northeastern Safety Supply in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, you’re welcome to come see it.’”

Vaught made the signs available for purchase on eBay at a fixed price after their initial bout of popularity — he said he’s sold between 30 to 35 so far. Wanting the sign to be quality made, he opted for metal, which costs $35. After some interested parties balked at the price, Vaught said he began having Coreplast — he calls it “laminated cardboard” — ones made for $19. And for those who want something even cheaper, there’s a 8×8 decal for $8.

When all is said and done, Vaught only makes about $4 on each sign.

So who is Charles Vaught? He was a full-time police officer for nearly 20 years — 11 of which he spent as an investigator. He became a part-time officer in January 2012 so he could focus on his business full time.

“It was a tough choice to leave what I love to do,” Vaught said, continuing that he knew that with the finances he and his partners had invested he would need to try.

The safety supply store was established, he said, because the only other alternative for law enforcement in their area to get supplies was to order them online or to drive close to two hours away.

“[We wanted] a place where cops could get supplies local,” he said.

It was his own experience as an officer that spurred on the sign that has put his store in front of a national audience.

“I’ve seen people get robbed, taken advantage of. [...] I wanted to make it clear, you can try that if you want to, but I’m not going to stick my hands up in the air,” he said.

Check out Vaught’s signs here. Vaught also keeps his fans updated on Second Amendment rights information on his Guns Are Welcome Facebook page.

Watch Vaught explain more about his signs in this video posted on YouTube in April 2012:

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Comments (110)

EL CHOQUE
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:10pm
I carry my weapon everywhere I go, gun free or not. The only place I don’t is where I have to go thru a metal detector. Never have any trouble in the gun free zones because it is CONCEALED. If something were to go down in a gun free zone, I would protect myself & worry about saying “sorry I carried my weapon in your gun free zone” later. I kind of doubt if I save the owner’s life he would be mad at me.

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- Uranium Wedge
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:42pm
  EL CHOQUE
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:10pm
  Then you don’t about the stupid “Americans”…. You know, the Obama lovers.
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:49pm
  Even if someone in the “sitting duck zone” was mad at you, or even sued, would that change your mind? I will guess “hell no!” is your reply. Napoleon is credited with the following:
  
  “Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 8:03pm
  I’m with El here. I carry concealed everywhere, regardless fool signs inviting criminals into an unguarded hen house.
  
  For the record, I don’t give a shyt about odumbo lovers and their desires. Pyss on every one of them.
  
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- Excomunicatedmarine
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 8:07pm
  On the right track…….discretion is also advisable.
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 8:26pm
  Carry safely Sir…You would be welcome at my campfire anytime!!!
  
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- Wolfgang the Gray
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 8:40pm
  These are awesome! I’m ordering one! Grand idea Mr. Vaught. I’m tired of all the anti-gun crap I have been seeing lately. It is nice to see people standing up for their rights. Maybe Comrad Obama should consider thise before he tries his executive order pen to take away our God given rights.
  
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P4cooler
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:29pm
It is inspiring to know we still have great Americans! His wife is smart too!

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homebuilder
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:08pm
It is interesting how most of the areas with the highest murder rates are the same area areas where guns are illegal or very hard to purchase. It is laughable how the lemmings run to the cliff without even the slightest clue!!!!!!!!

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- HisStoryUn
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:14pm
  “You are correct sir!” – Ed McMahon
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:16pm
  It is laughable, but in a tragic way. Lemmings is an apt description.
  
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- thx1138v2
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:00pm
  The only thing worse than absolutely no security at all is a false sense of security.
  
  Gun Free Zone = Designated Killing Field
  
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- BOUNCESoff
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 8:34pm
  The areas with the highest murders are the areas with the poorest, most under educated people. Has nothing to do with whether guns are hard to get or not. Nice try though.
  
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- BrianPat
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:52am
  @BOUNCESOFF
  
  I’ll give that there’s lots of gun fights in the poor areas, where drugs rule. But you have to acknowledge and admit, criminals knowing there’s few law abiding citizens on the streets with guns to protect themselves makes the situation worse. Also, you have to acknowledge that all of the latest mass shootings were in gun free zones and in Aurora, which was specifically chosen because it was a gun free zone ! Even the criminals acknowledge feeling safer in gun free zones, which include cities with severe gun control laws, which is basically a gun free zone to a criminal ! So, yes, poor areas are generally high crime areas, but as the facts show, limiting law abiding citizens access to guns, does nothing to better those situations, just makes them worse. This is proven by the fact these cities with the strictest gun laws have by far the worse crime involving guns. That’s human nature and simple logic !
  
  So, in short, I can’t even use your own words and say “nice try”, but I can say, that a total failure on your part ! I don’t blame you, it’s your training and confusing failed talking points as facts.
  
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ALLEGIANCE
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:05pm
darkjello

I really have very little time for people like you. I am giving my opinion on these comments and this gun craze that so many of you have. I have no idea what your definition of trolling is, but is is obviously different than my definition.

HisStoryUn
God Bless you and I sense that you truly are a Christian. And if you are, you should have the gift of discernment. If you have that, you can tell that 90% of the Blaze posters are nowhere near Christians. This is not judging, it is being bold as Jesus is and wants me to be. Have A Blessed day
Have an Outstanding Day!

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- homebuilder
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:11pm
  That is not the only thing the he wants us to do. He wants us to make a stand and take care of our selves. When seconds count the police are only minutes away.
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:14pm
  Sure, sure. I believe you. Keep shining the light of truth on trolls.
  
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- HisStoryUn
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:27pm
  @ALLEGIANCE
  Wow! Just wow…
  Matt 7: 3-5
  Luke 6: 41-42
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:11pm
  Dark! How about a Jello mold in the shape of a Glock!
  
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- Wonder Wendy
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:22pm
  Ever wonder why there has never been a massacre at a gun show or a shooting range and why they only occur in gun restricted zones?
  
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- scrapadapolis
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:27pm
  Jesus saves only in the end.I have family here on earth to think about first.
  
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- ilvtheusa
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:28pm
  Remember that God helps those that help themselves. On the other side of that coin it has to make you wonder if he won’t help those that don’t help themselves. The only protection this country has against the up and coming tyranical government is our guns. The 2nd amendment has nothing to do with hunting, sporting, or killing people. It has everything to do with our right to protect ourselves and families from tyranny. Do the research and connect the dots. You’ll be enlightened.
  
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- Excomunicatedmarine
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 8:30pm
  Ever been where there were no good guys with guns, but 3 bad guys with guns ?
  
  I learned the hard way, it will never happen to me again.
  
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ALLEGIANCE
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:58pm
DarkJello
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:40pm
Allegiance:

Did you know that criminals–by definition–break the law?

They don’t care about you, or Jesus, or the law, or even babies!!

YES I DID. BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT BULLETS DON’T HAVE BRAINS. DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN A GUN SHOT IS FIRED, PEOPLE SCATTER, CHAOS ENSURES AND NOONE KNOWS WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON. DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT MOST LAW ABIDING GUN LOVERS HAVE NO GOOD TRAINING OF WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY ARE IN A SITUATION AS CHAOTIC AS SOMEONE SHOOTING IN A CROWD…..DID YOU KNOW ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
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- DarkJello
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:08pm
  Per your logic, there is more “chaos” when law abiding citizens attempt to defend themselves than the alternate scenario of an armed criminal killing a 100% unarmed group of citizens…
  
  Excuse me while I guffaw.
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:33pm
  ALLEGIANCE, are you a combat Vet or Fireams Instructor? You seem to know what happens when shots are fired. Do you speak from experience?
  
  Was God looking out for the defenseless170 Million of his children slaughtered by their own government? Please take a look of what happens to defenseless people when self defense is against the law, when the PROTECTORS BECOME THE PREDATORS. I think God would have wanted his children to be armed when this stuff went down.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pKasF6l3y0
  
  Its only 57 minutes long. But it’s a true account of DEMOCIDE.
  
  Thanks for your concern, but we feel a need to protect ourselves.
  
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- DeniseJ
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:20pm
  Right in a way – chaos happens with gunfire. THEN the criminal with the gun starts methodically slaughtering defenseles unarmed people. I would rather be in a “Guns Welcome” establishment, where the criminal would have to think twice before opening fire. BTW, murder has ALWAYS been illegal, and if a criminal is OK with murder, he won’t think at all about his illegal gun!!
  
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- Lt_Scrounge
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 8:09pm
  A simple question for you. Would you prefer to have a cell phone or a firearm if confronted by an attacker with a knife? Before you answer, remember that a good response time for the police is around 4 minutes but you can bleed to death in under 2 minutes.
  
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- TruufWarrior
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 5:24am
  Dah, yes!
  
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- begreen
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:23am
  YYou might try ducking your head
  
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- SanDiegoCountyCitizen
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:18pm
  As an Army vet and and NRA instructor, I call BS on your unsupported theories. There are lots of well trained and cool under pressure armed citizens out there; you sheep just don’t understand the difference between a wolf and a sheepdog, and despite the risk to you for that ignorance, you seem to be geneticly predisposed to be forever in ignorance.
  
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- IFLYLOW
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 4:46pm
  Dianne……….Senator?……….Ms. Feinstein, is that you?
  
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ALLEGIANCE
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:55pm
13A
I am not saying that Jesus wants us not to protect ourselves and I know that my post did not suggest that. Jesus also doesn’t want us going around promoting guns like it is the next thing since The Prodigal son’s restoration.

1Randfan
Maybe you don’t have enough of the Holy Spirit within you, to now that your post is a huge blasphemy. Maybe your conscience told you this as you were typing, yet the devil won out and you posted it anyway. Sometimes all you can do is let go and let God :-(
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- DarkJello
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:58pm
  Preach it sister!
  
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- 50211bs
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:08pm
  Allegiance, you are about the most judgemental individual. It must be nice to know the perfect mind of God. respectfully, your brother in Christ
  
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- TimM
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:54pm
  LUKE 22:36
  
  Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
  
  Seeing as how a sword was a top of the line weapon at the time he might say nowadays … “and he that hath no rifle, let him sell his Air Jordans, and buy one.
  
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ALLEGIANCE
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:50pm
Zipit
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:35pm
Allegiance! Wow. You seem to be about as stupid as the picture you’ve put up! Are you SENDTHEMETEORS mother?

READING SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU’VE MADE SINCE YOU JOINED THIS SITE IN OCTOBER, YOU WERE THE SAME PERSON WHO COMPLIMENTED THE MAN WHO SHOT HIS DAUGHTER’S LAPTOP I AM NOT SURPRISED. YOU SEEM LIKE A CHILD, ALTHOUGH I AM SURE YOU ARE MUCH OLDER. YOU POSTED NOTHING RELEVENT AT ALL, TO MY POST OR THE SUBJECT MATTER, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE NOR HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANYTHING WORTH SHARING WITH THIS COUNTRY. AND FOR THAT AND THAT ALONE, I WILL NEVER RESPOND TO YOUR POSTS AGAIN.
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- DarkJello
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:52pm
  Ah, I get it now. You be trolling. Enjoy life and such.
  
  Good day.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:02pm
  Yeah JELLO, That really hurt! And all those CAPITAL LETTERS….. Oh the humanity!
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:59pm
  I just hope she watches the “History of Gun Control” video and gets back to us. to anyone else that has not seen it, ny all means take a look see.
  
  I can just hear obama, “kill 3 million of them and the rest will be eating out of our communst hands forever”.
  
  Didn’t Bill Ayres (Weather Undeground) say to Larry Grothswald (an informant) that they wanted to kill 25 million Americans and put the rest in re-ecucation camps? YEA…obama’s buddy!
  
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- KissMyAmericanFlag
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 10:36pm
  Ah, _allegiance_ to whom or what? Sounds like something dark issues from u. Reported for provocative and snarly posts.
  
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- sbut01
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:26am
  That didn’t sound too Godly to me. You sure you’re a Christian? when someone disagrees you belittle them? What is that?
  
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patriot.46
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:18pm
He should send Diane Fienestein a sign.

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wingedwolf
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:15pm
I love it and will be ordering!

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ALLEGIANCE
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:12pm
I have never in all of my life seen so many SO CALLED CHRISTIANS who are so incredibly scared to death of everything known to mankind. Guns guns guns is a some of you can think of in order to protect yourselves. I have never owned a gun, nor do I ever intend on owning one. Some of you worship the Constitution more than you worship Jesus.
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- DarkJello
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:25pm
  “Trust in Allah, but tie your camel.”
  –Arabian proverb
  
  Savvy? We should do all we can, NOT just pray.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:28pm
  Well, thank you miss freakin goodie two shoes!!!!
  
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- 13a
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:36pm
  In some ways I believe you are right but I doubt Jesus would say “Turn the other cheek” while you or your family are getting murdered. I am sure God answers prayers and protects us but Jesus’ teachings were about self reliance and serving others. If you can’t protect the ones you serve then what’s the point?
  
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- 1Randfan
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:44pm
  There are a few of us that still believe that our rights are given to us by God and recognized by man in the form of our constitution; therefor our exercise of our god given rights can be considered a form of praise every time we choose to exercise them. I have been praising God quite a bit recently!
  
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- HisStoryUn
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:52pm
  @ALLEGIANCE What makes you think that just because some folks have guns and know how to protect themselves with them, that their Christianity is somehow inferior to yours? The simplest definition of a Christian is: “one in whom Christ dwells.” Jesus lives in me and guns are not a sign or symbol otherwise. I am not afraid of anything knowing that Jesus is ultimately my Savior and I will one day be with Him in paradise and neither are any other Christian gun owners I know. Not wanting to be a victim of random violence has zero to do with it. Get a clue. I dare say that it seems the height of arrogance for you to be so arguably judgmental. Luke 6:37
  
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- mycomet123
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:55pm
  ALLEGIANCE, I totally agree with you! I don’t believe Jesus would be defending Himself with a semi-automatic gun in today’s society. Great, just what I want to live in is a society with more guns!
  
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- USATrucker
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:37pm
  @MYCOMET123
  
  If you want to live in a country where guns are not allowed, move to Mexico. The anti-gun thing seems to be working well for them. Their gun control laws make it near imposible for a law abiding citizen to own anything larger then a .22.
  
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- VeritatisCupitor
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:25pm
  Luke 22:36 “But now”, Jesus said, “take your money and a traveler’s bag. And if you don’t have a sword sell your cloak and buy one.” I believe a sword was the “assault weapon” of choice the military used in Jesus’ time and here you have Jesus telling his followers to buy one.
  
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- VeritatisCupitor
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:33pm
  Luke 22:36 “But now”, Jesus said, “take your money and a traveler’s bag. And if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.” I believe a sword was the “assault weapon” of choice the military used in Jesus’ time, and here you have Jesus telling his followers to purchase and own one.
  
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- deeperiver
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 10:03pm
  You probably did not need to announce that you have never owned a firearm. I respect your right to worship as you wish and if you chose not to protect yourself, that is also your business. But the folks responding to the article are feeling a tad put-upon by members of a government we feel we can no longer trust. I don’t even mind if you don’t get-it in that regard. However, I would think you might not wish to come across as quite so sanctimonious – that is not a very christian attitude to take either.
  
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- KissMyAmericanFlag
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:09am
  Than go away or listen politely and with respect to others who may well have more experience and knowledge than you demonstrate.
  
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CaptGreg
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 4:44pm
It has been done in Texas at a bank, no less.

http://gunfreezone.net/wordpress/index.php/2010/08/07/a-bank-with-guns-zomg/

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- subic
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:11pm
  Nice, I like that bank!
  
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KalanVA
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 4:12pm
I feel safe just reading the sign…

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- ALLEGIANCE
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:18pm
  I wouldn’t feel safe in any public place where a sign that reads as this sign does is hanging. All that does is allow criminals to come inside the venue strapped and ready to cause all kinds of havoc. You may say that there are others who’d be strapped as well. But if a criminal is strapped do you think he is going to say, Hello Person who may also be carrying. I am a criminal and I am going to shoot and rob you, so be warned. “NO”, He/She is just going to open fire. And since he knows that others are carrying as well THANKS TO THE STUPID VOLATILE SIGN, I doubt that he will shoot and remain in a clear view for others to shoot him. Not to mention, Secondly, what if someone attacked someone and the law abiding citizen who was attacked shoots the person. What is to stop another law abiding citizen from shooting that person, because they may think he/she is a mass shooter or something. Most of you DO NOT USE WHAT IS LEFT OF YOUR ALREADY DAMAGE BRAIN. All that needs to happen is for someone to be pro-gun and you all are all for it, with no thought process or anything of the sort. A gun fight is anything but calm. it happens fast, there is little to no time to think, yet you all feel that this is a good thing. Lord Please have mercy on your children
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:35pm
  Allegiance! Wow. You seem to be about as stupid as the picture you’ve put up! Are you SENDTHEMETEORS mother?
  
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- The_Cabrito_Goat
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:37pm
  Signs make people go on rampages? I didn’t realize we were as a species so weak willed.
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:40pm
  Allegiance:
  
  Did you know that criminals–by definition–break the law?
  
  They don’t care about you, or Jesus, or the law, or even babies!!
  
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- sasquatch08
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 5:39am
  “All that does is allow criminals to come inside the venue strapped and ready to cause all kinds of havoc.”
  
  So… having a “Gun Free Zone” sign or no sign would somehow PREVENT criminals from coming ” …inside the venue strapped and ready to cause all kinds of havoc.”?
  
  This is one of the most ignorant comments I have ever seen on any topic.
  
  Because being in a “Gun Free Zone” really helped those kids at Sandy Hook huh? Or here in my town of Aurora? Or at Virgina Tech?
  
  ” I doubt that he will shoot and remain in a clear view for others to shoot him.”
  
  Most people don’t. Maybe you should try… reading a book, taking a gun class… or go enlist.
  
  “What is to stop another law abiding citizen from shooting that person, because they may think he/she is a mass shooter or something.”
  
  It’s called “situational awareness” apparently you lack it.
  
  “A gun fight is anything but calm. it happens fast, there is little to no time to think, yet you all feel that this is a good thing.”
  
  Been in a lot of those have you?
  
  Further, your statement that a gun owner feels “it’s a good thing” is disgusting and shows what an intolerant and small minded moron you are. NO ONE want’s a gunfight, but a gunfight is BETTER than a guy with gun shooting innocent people with no resistance.
  
  Apparently you’re the one with brain damage.
  
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Tom K
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:56pm
Denny’s Restaurants must decide: do we post these signs and support All American Second Ammendment Values – OR – do we cave in to Political Correctness to serve food and work in a dangerous environment ? ! My family and I will be shopping and dining where this ” Guns Are Welcome ” sign is posted. HERE’S Your SIGN !

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- BOUNCESoff
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:29pm
  WOW.
  And I’ll be willing to bet you think you are a good father for your stance. Silly rabbit you have a lot to learn. And you are probably much older than I am and I know what a stupid idea it is. Public places where people are allowed to carry, belong in the wild wild west, not in today’s civilizations idiot. So take your wife if you have one with your children to a restaurant that has a sign like that then come back and tell us about it.
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 7:23pm
  Why yes BOUNCEOUT, I am a good father. Had all my kids shooting since they were about 5. They are all very polite, smart kids that know how to responibly handle a firearm in case needed for personal protection or great bodily harm comes their way.
  
  My oldest is a US Military officer overseas fighting for peoples freedom and killing taliban there so I don’t have to pick up a rifle again here and protect your fatass Lughead.
  
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snoopy
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:35pm
I will be ordering one of these signs for display in our business! Love it!

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LeadNotFollow
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:33pm
Nice sign. Like the green circle best.

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obrien871
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:57pm
Criminals are cowards… if the punk “a” thug with a gun in his pocket knew everyone else had a gun in their pocket… he wouldn’t do crizz ap… because he knows he’s get his punk “a” shot off.

The only reason they’re so “tough” and bold is because they know they’re the one with the gun… and their victim is not allowed.

I’d be fine going back to the old west style deal… everyone wear a pistol on your hip… then the punks would not only know they can’t bully people… but if they try there will be ten other people around to blow their worthless head off.

Read an article that said even in the wild wild west… Carson City etc… the murder rate was far far less than today’s modern cities… like were gun control central Chicago had nearly 550 gun murders this year.

Hey how’s that gun control working out dead fish freaky ballerina loser traitor to your homeland Rahm Emmanual working out… what a loser sell out dirt bag.

Wonder what God thinks about what you’ve done in your life… putting a flaming anti-Semitic Israel hater in the White House… should be interesting would say at the best.

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- Red herring
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:05pm
  Only dumb criminals rob a store full of guns.
  My favorite example:
  http://www.snopes.com/crime/dumdum/gunshop.asp
  
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- ShiprockBilagaana
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 4:54pm
  OBRIEN871
  Read an article that said even in the wild wild west… Carson City etc… the murder rate was far far less than today’s modern cities…
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  Read the books, “Legends, Lies and Cherished Myths of American History”, by Richard Shenkman, and “The Non-Existent Frontier Bank Robbery”, by Larry Schweikart. They debunk several of the misconceptions of the frontier West. One really has only to remember that most of those heading West were veterans of the Mexican-American War and the War of Northern Aggression. These were not men and women who shrunk from the responsibility of protecting their town, family or property with firearms. The fact that so many of them were armed is probably why there were, in truth, fewer than 10 successful armed bank robberies in ALL of the Western states in the period 1850-1900. The real truth is that most of the “gunslinger” legends of men such as Cullen Baker, John Wesley Hardin, “Wild” Bill Hickock, et al, were sensationalized accounts written by pulp-novel writers in the East who never even crossed the Mississippi River. Even the shootout at the OK corral was overblown by the city fathers of Tombstone, AZ to entice tourism. If I remember correctly, it only resulted in 3 fatalities, and those were half of the total for the year.
  
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- BOUNCESoff
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 5:38pm
  Why do idiots continue to compare the wild wild west to today’s times. First of all, there were far less criminals back in those days. You seem to think that it is so simple to get the bad guy. Like no one else is in trouble of getting hit by a bullet. People who have guns are very nervous even the d@mn police are. So what makes you think a person is going to just shoot someone and then wait for ten others to shoot him. How do those ten other people know whether or not the shooter is the good guy or the bad guy. People like you are what’s wrong with these gun issues. It is all about having a gun, with no thought to it. No reasoning’s, no nothing. All you have is that it is your 2nd amendment right to bear arms. Nothing else matters to you and stupid people like you. Get a life, pray to the God you claim you love and maybe he will cure you from your fear.
  
  PS: You claim criminals are punks and only brave with a gun. I believe the same goes for Gun Lovers.
- TRK
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 6:53pm
  There was no FDIC in the 1800′s , once the money was stolen from a bank it was gone. So the citizens did not stand by and watch some mangy gang make off with all of the towns money, as was discovered by the James – Younger gang in Northfield Minnesota and the Dalton gang in Coffeyville Kanasas. The citizens there armed themselves and shot the would be robbers to pieces. As far as the OK Corral shootout-which actually took place in a vacant lot close to the rear entrance of the OK Corral- the reason the Earps used for contronting the Clantons and McLaurys was to disarm them..they were in violation of the city ordinance against carrying firearms in town. It was an attempted arrest gone bad.
  
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- deeperiver
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 10:24pm
  There are merits to open carry as well as concealed carry. Personally feel that open carry marks you as a primary target if the going gets tough. On the other hand, concealed or open carry – an armed society is a polite society. I’ve seen it change peoples attitudes substantially in Texas in the last few years. For the better, that is. Thugs think twice about who they target, and how they act in public.
  
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Red herring
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:40pm
I’d go in and buy something in any store that had that sign, no matter what they sold, or whether or not I needed it.

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Creativethinker
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:06pm
NEXT 9/11: IRAN’S DEATH SQUAD IS HERE

Team infiltrated, assigned to attack from within next year

by REZA KAHLILI

Reza Kahlili served in CIA Directorate of Operations, as a spy in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, counterterrorism expert; currently serves on the Task Force on National and Homeland Security, an advisory board authorized by Congress. He is the author of the award-winning book “A Time to Betray” and regularly appears in national and international media as an expert on Iran and counterterrorism in the Middle East. More

Iran has infiltrated a team of Quds Force terrorist leaders into the United States to attack from within in 2013, according to a source.

The source within the office of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic regime, said the team is to create instability in America through terrorism should the U.S. fail to accept the regime’s illicit nuclear program, increase sanctions, confront Iran militarily or intervene in the Syrian civil war.

Members of the team, no more than 10 Quds Force officers, each lead cells totaling about 50 terrorists already in the U.S.

The source is risking his life not only to reveal the terror operation but to warn that Iran is pursuing its nuclear bomb program around the clock from several secret sites.

Details of the terror plot, meant to disrupt the West, have been passed on to U.S. officials, who are taking countermeasures.

The source said the team members, unli

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- Creativethinker
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:11pm
  This was on WND.com
  !01 reaons for citizens to have more then 1 gun!
  
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- YAHSHUARULES
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:24pm
  More food for thought:
  
  https://vimeo.com/52009124
  If America goes down, the free world will go down with it and it will be finished for a very, very long time…
  
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- k9tp
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:11pm
  I wonder if these guys know Valeri Jarrat the Obammas girl Friday.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:05pm
I hope this catches on. I am not worried about normal citizens with guns……and they are not worried that I have a gun. Only someone like the government or a criminal (same thing) who has designs on your freedom or your money and property worry about you being armed.

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kickagrandma
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:47pm
Love the signs and the man almost as much as I do the guy in TEXAS who posted a message about who he would and who he would NOT train for ccp.

COURAGE, PATRIOTS!!!

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT IN JESUS’ SWEET AND MIGHTY NAME.

And, no, I’m not a member of the dar. Couldn’t get in. Adopted and all that unimportant background check stuff. They overlooked the importance of my HEAVENLY ADOPTION which makes me a blessed Daughter of THE KING. I get to talk about JESUS all I want and then some!

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Leslie Anne
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:11pm
Having a green circle around the gun does make more sense than red. People are so accustomed to the red circle with a slash meaning “no”. To me, green means “yes” more than red does. Glad to see he’s offering the sign with a green circle.

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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:19pm
  I agree with going with green.
  
  Hope he at least trade marked this sign!
  
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- LBJDIDIT1963
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 1:40pm
  Yes someone tell him to do green cilcle then we can all say “we’re going green” LOL!
  
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- flipper1073
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 2:08pm
  May be the First, Last an Only Time I GO GREEN
  
  Screw Al Gore an his Al Jazeera Network.
  Enviromentalist Suck
  Conservatives are the TRUE Conservationists.
  
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coyote1hell
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 12:56pm
If Buh’rack had this much class, he would have been re-elected without the need for illegals, felons, poll jumpers, and dead guys…that’s all…

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- @leftfighter
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:31pm
  That’s “He Who Shall Not Be Named” to you, Coyote…
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 12:47pm
I spent a good part of my life with at least one weapon strapped on, and surrounded by others who carried in the same sense. I felt far safer then than I ever do now. Even though I maintain a concealed carry permit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GAgIBgOA3M

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Timmy_NorthWest
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 12:35pm
Love this guy. Possibly a new folk hero.

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trolltrainer
Posted on January 3, 2013 at 12:30pm
If NC would just get rid of the purchase permit for handguns it would be a great state for gun laws. The permit is just a hassle but on the plus side a CCW is acceptable.

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- happ77
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 3:26pm
  Its just 5 bucks and they’re good for 5yrs so buy them 3 at a time.
  
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