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FYI this is very real social engineering that criminals use. These stickers seem harmless at first but can be pretty dangerous.
Maybe this is the real reason for those “Live Laugh Love” signs. No-one wants to burgle a house that may belong to a serial killer.
I saw some sort of PSA where they were diagramming how much a criminal could learn from these stickers, and one of the stickers was something like a picture of a gun, with the words, "Come and take them." And the criminal commentary was, "These people have guns that we can take."
I always wondered if it would hold up in court.
If you had a "come and take them" bumper sticker, a gun in the glove box, and forgot to lock your car. Could I legally take it?
I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is that US law doesn't typically operate on technicalities like this. Would the "reasonable man" believe the bumper sticker was an offer to any passers-by to search the car and take any guns they find? I'll answer my own question — definitely not.
I've seen that mentioned a few times. Are there documented instances when it has been used?
None. Just a bunch of suburbanites retelling urban legends.
No, just fearmongering.