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I have pro gun stickers on my truck, a pro gun t-shirt (more soon), and my friends know I own a gun.

There are people on this forum who think displaying that you are a gun owner is a VERY bad idea…. But oddly enough NOBODY denies the FACT that cities and states that allow carrying have lower crime rates.

I would have never known in PA you could CC or open carry without being told by gun owners. Had I seen people with pro gun t-shirts I may have asked them but I didn’t see any. I didn’t know one could legally own a full auto or a silencer without the internet. I didn’t know that in DC you couldn’t have a loaded gun in your house. The point is you are a gun owner and if others know they may join you in that. I have enlightened many people and sparked some interest. It’s the same principle that churches use to convert others, hand out tracts, tell people, T-shirts for encouraging questioning etc. The more people that exercise their rights the longer we will have them.

The second amendment guarantees the first, the first promotes the second. If you exercise one but not the other you may lose both.