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How to prevent Trump sign steal?

Posted on 09/14/2020 10:45:08 AM PDT by AZJeep

Calling all Trump supporters! I placed about 200 Trump signs last few days. There may be 20 left! Stuff I placed yesterday afternoon was gone by today Morning! This is Felony! Some people have seen some young guys shouting "Trump lies" and proudly destroying the signs. McSally signs seem to share the same fate. BTW Democratic signs seem all OK. So for the Democrats to claim the moral ground! Please, how can we protect the signs? Please, need some help!


TOPICS: AMERICA - The Right Way!!; Chit/Chat; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: crime; maga; sign
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To: AZJeep

A long ongoing problem. There have been numerous posts over the years that have shown interesting ways to make it difficult to take a sign.


21 posted on 09/14/2020 10:55:35 AM PDT by xp38
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To: AZJeep

Liberally coat the back of them with thick automotive / marine grease. I’ve worked with some black stuff that was weatherproof and very difficult to get off of your hands and clothing.


22 posted on 09/14/2020 10:56:13 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: AZJeep
Unless you have a great local police force, there really is no good solution. I’d consider a motion-activated camera. And connect the signs to a hidden personal alarm, one with a pin. Pull the pin, and the alarm goes off. Something like this one:

Here’s something not to do: Don’t set up a booby-trap device meant to injure the thief. Yes, they deserve to be injured. But civil suits are costly, even if you win.

23 posted on 09/14/2020 10:57:34 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: AZJeep

You might also want to coat the back of the signs with Permatex Anti-Seize compound. It’s shiny silver grease that gets EVERYWHERE. I think it’s pretty weatherproof too.


24 posted on 09/14/2020 10:57:34 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: AZJeep

Well cameras are OK I guess.
But I am trying to place thousands of signs. Here in AZ the ground is hard and the weather hot. It is hard job!
So cameras are not practical for all the signs.
I heard that people put something yucky on the signs to make them (robbers) go away? Or mousetraps? Do you have an idea what to put on them?
Or something else on that line of thought?


25 posted on 09/14/2020 10:57:50 AM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: Wayne07

Put the signs inside a plexi case and anchor that into ground very well. Stinging/burning gel on back. Vaseline impregnated with broken light bulb fine fragments smeared on it.


26 posted on 09/14/2020 10:59:23 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: AZJeep

Put a pair of work boots in front of the sign.
The thieves wont recognize or be be able to move the boots so the sign will be safe.


27 posted on 09/14/2020 10:59:27 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clintons)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Roof patch tar (Henry’s).


28 posted on 09/14/2020 11:00:00 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Leaning Right

I bought several of these on Amazon. They work great and drown out the noise. I also gave a couple to a gal I dated for a short time as personal protection.

Unless you have a great local police force, there really is no good solution. I’d consider a motion-activated camera. And connect the signs to a hidden personal alarm, one with a pin. Pull the pin, and the alarm goes off. Something like this one:

Here’s something not to do: Don’t set up a booby-trap device meant to injure the thief. Yes, they deserve to be injured. But civil suits are costly, even if you win.


29 posted on 09/14/2020 11:02:06 AM PDT by Dacula ( If you won the lottery, would you mail in your ticket or go in person? Remember that when you vote.)
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To: AZJeep
Ok, I'm assuming you're putting them in the right-of-way around town and not your personal property? If so, I don't think there's a lot you can do about it. Nor am I sure that rises to a felony; that being said, I realize different places have different laws.

One suggestion I do have is to spray them with skunk spray. It may not keep the signs from being stolen, but the thief will wish s/he hadn't!

30 posted on 09/14/2020 11:02:28 AM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (It's morning in America again!)
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To: antidisestablishment

Then you need a Mime Mine!..................


31 posted on 09/14/2020 11:03:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: AZJeep

Spray the signs with Barfume. It’s a spray that smells like vomit.


32 posted on 09/14/2020 11:07:18 AM PDT by datura
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33 posted on 09/14/2020 11:08:02 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: AZJeep

Coffee and Ma Deuce.


34 posted on 09/14/2020 11:08:20 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Spirit of Liberty; AZJeep

35 posted on 09/14/2020 11:08:36 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 32:12))
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To: AZJeep

Hi.

410 with rock salt...

Rinse and repeat.

5.56mm


36 posted on 09/14/2020 11:09:45 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: AZJeep

Glue fish hooks along the bottom from behind the sign when they grab the sign from the bottom they will be hooked also


37 posted on 09/14/2020 11:12:15 AM PDT by bikerman (BLUE LIVES MATTER)
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To: xp38

https://www.amazon.com/Blaster-Activated-Sprinkler-Repellent-Hoont/dp/B07FP9PSWL


38 posted on 09/14/2020 11:14:50 AM PDT by contrarian (enemies, foreign and domestic.)
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To: AZJeep

if you can’t stop them from stealing them maybe you could rub poison ivy all over them first.
Leave them a little something!


39 posted on 09/14/2020 11:16:24 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Q. why did the chicken cross the road? A. It's Trumps fault and you're a racist!)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Before coating the signs with this grease, take a couple of ghost peppers and steep them in the grease for at least a day, preferably longer.

Not only with the grease coat their hands and everything the touch. It will make them very, very uncomfortable!


40 posted on 09/14/2020 11:17:54 AM PDT by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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