Is this a free speech issue?

[NNN0LHI]

Friend of mine who I go fishing with occasionally bought a used pickup truck. I went fishing with him a few times and never noticed the bumper sticker on it until last week. It reads "Gun Control Means Using Two Hands." I asked him about it and he said it was on the truck when he bought it. I asked him why he hasn't removed it? He said he has had a lot of thumbs ups and compliments about it so he kept it on.

Now I don't think this guy even owns a gun. He has never said he is for or against gun control. We just never discussed it. We go fishing, not hunting so it never came up.

But he seemed offended that I won't ride with him any more like I am trying to infringe on his right to free speech or something.

That is not the reason I don't want to ride with him. The reason I don't want to ride with him is because I don't want to, "accidentally", get shot by a nervous cop in a traffic pull over situation. Because I know if I were a cop a bumper sticker like that would tend to make me nervous pulling over a couple of thugs in a pickup truck. Cop doesn't know we are just a couple of guys going fishing.

Would you ride with this fellow?

Don

[belcffub]

1. yup

[FSogol]

2. Worry much? - "don't want to, "accidentally", get shot by a nervous cop in a traffic pull over"

:shrug:

[lunatica]

3. What do they do with the other hand?

That's what makes me nervous, because the gun might go off accidentally.

I know, I know. If they use both hands they have more control over the gun.

Your friend seems a little too naive to be believable. He knows perfectly well what the sticker means.

[madrchsod]

4. i`d have no problem....

well around here the cops would`t be put off by it. they are to busy arresting anyone that moves on the weekends.

BUT don`t go fishing around here with a bb gun because our crack swat team will surround you with m-16`s,45`s, and a M5.
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oh, i forgot to mention the fisherman were black.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

5. Your reaction is well over the top

Tacky signs in windows are common outside of the cities. Remember Terrorist Hunting Licenses serial number 911? Those were tame compared to many.