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Diesel42 wrote:I love this thread.
But, I gotta ask Hoi Polloi... do you really wear that tiara around town?
I have technicolor visions of you calmly going through the checkout at Tom Thumb wearing that tiara. And, NOBODY saying a thing to you.
Thanks for making me chuckle.
Happy Trails! N

Hoi Polloi wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:....unless you like tiara's. Hoi Polloi's is quite fetching.

I love my tiara! <SNIP> I never noticed any "civvie" who bothered to even glance up at the sparkly tiara I was wearing around town.
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I wore it from the range out to the restaurant, but I'd wear it to Tom Thumb and report back just for you.

To UncleBob and potentially to his friend with the CHL badge:

The CHL badge is marketed in a way that builds on a sense of fear over what will happen if you're in a position where you need to shoot in defense of yourself. That's a scary prospect on its own and then we add in the knowledge that a few people have had horrible fall-outs from self-defense shootings and then Erik Scott was recently shot and killed simply for unintentionally failing to properly conceal. The badge's marketing is couched in pseudo-analytical terms about "thinking" about what you would do and appeals to the authority of what's worked for those who have found themselves in that situation before--the police. It argues that if you give them something they immediately identify with, it gives you time to explain yourself and avoid being shot.

That might actually have some degree of truth to it for the minuscule percentage who have to shoot in self-defense and who are faced with a quick police response which they couldn't summon but were summoned by others who were not able to sufficiently relay what happened. In that situation, how likely is it that you're then going to be able to pull your badge and make it visible with a free hand? We're talking extremely remote possibilities here.

What's more likely to happen? Police see CHL holders wearing or carrying the badges on a regular basis and are offended. They develop a general attitude of suspicion and animosity toward CHL holders. I would guess that the prevalence of the CHL badges is going to actually increase the risk of a negative police response toward CHL holders in the long-run, making you less safe to use them than if they hadn't existed in the first place.

I think it was a good idea in theory, but just doesn't work well in the real world.

Crossfire wrote:

Purplehood wrote:On this forum the general consensus is that the concept of a CHL badge, sash, banner or bikini-underwear is not looked upon favorably.

ESPECIALLY not the bikini underwear.
I have seen some of you people, and trust me, NOT a good idea...

The Annoyed Man wrote:

texasjeep44 wrote:Simple answer: No, don't do it.

....unless you like tiara's. Hoi Polloi's is quite fetching.

I love my tiara! I wore it at the range and at the restaurant and didn't get a single comment from anyone not from the forum. Something tells me that the letters CHL don't mean anything to most people. They probably thought it was my initials or something. Or, more likely, they didn't even bother to read the letters on it. I only saw a couple people at the range who obviously looked. I never noticed any "civvie" who bothered to even glance up at the sparkly tiara I was wearing around town.

I can tell you first-hand that people don't pay attention and don't care. Did you see that video in another thread (Would you do it? or something like that) with the lady waving a gun around on a bus? Most everyone just sits there. Sits there! People are oblivious.

Have I got a deal for you!
If you act today, you can order the CHL badge, vest, jacket, sash, pin, sunglasses, and tiara for one low price of $199.99!
How much is your life worth?