Posted on 09/04/2001 2:28:17 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
"Jerry Houston" wrote in message news:9n2i9g$kjj$1@xring.cs.umd.edu...
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> "John Amero" wrote in message
> news:9n011q$f7k$1@xring.cs.umd.edu...
> :
> : Yeah, a "conspiracy" with some sense behind it for a change!
>
> Maybe we need some sort of symbol, such as the fish that
Christians use.
> How about a simple X? Symbolic of the X in the middle of
a bullseye target,
> and what we strive for.
>
> I can just see chrome X's on the back of cars. X's in
advertisements for
> gun-friendly stores, where CCW holders can feel welcome.
X's on tie tacks
> and lapel pins, so that those "in the know" can recognize
and greet each
> other.
>
> Jerry
This is a WONDERFUL idea! Every movement needs a symbol.
Along these lines, people with webpages can add large-sized X's to the tops or margins of their pages. No explanation given, none needed.
[I must confess that I got this idea from freerepublic.com, whose members added the letter W (and later "W1") to their pages to show support for George W. Bush in wake of the Floridafication of the 2000 election. I'm going to post this there too.]
Molon Labe!
[Name deleted.]
FReegards,
Slings and Arrows
I want 'em to have to guess.
An X might serve, although perhaps it's too simple. How about an X inside a circle, the way it really looks on a target? The X's bars would cross at about a 60-degree angle (not 90 degrees), and the tips would not touch the circle.
Can we get one of our graphic designers to come up with a prototype?
We could also use some sort of standardized greeting among ourselves. "Molon labe" and "FMCDH" are common, but their place is between folks inside the gun culture and enemies of the gun culture, rather than among gun folks. Claire Wolfe has suggested "Four nineteen!" for lovers of liberty, since so many historical events of interest to libertarians happened on April 19th. I like that a lot, but it's not gun-culture-specific. "Lock and load!" makes sense only in regard to the M1 Garand--plus there's way too much bozo-grade testosterone in that one for most occasions. "Keep your powder dry!" is nice, although it's oriented more toward black-powder people than toward the rest of us.
Ideas?
That's what I was thinking too. "10 ring".
Until a better one comes along...
V
Geeks With Guns posted a picture of this a while back.
For those who oppose gun ownership, JPFO has some nice "This Is A Gun Free Home" posters to hang on the front door :)
Hate On Display: A Visual Database of Extremist Symbols, Logos and Tattoos
The plain "X" has other siginificance though:
Personally, I would like to see a revival of the simple two-finger "vee" symbol originally used to symbolize allied victory, then the revolutionary "peace" movement of the 60s, but now to symbolize the second amendment. ... "TWO"
Going back a ways (showing my age) to the old National Match Rifle course - 5-ring and V-ring for a tie breaker.
I can't think of anything negative attached to that.
Old pharts know about it. Folks who care will find out. Idiots wouldn't know or enough enough to find out.
Graphics folks, could make a good icon?
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