# Folks, gun owners do not have to wear yellow stars in public. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 17, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602 "2013-05-17T15:07:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/1 "2013-05-17T15:07:35Z")
I just saw a Facebook meme from someone implying that this kind of thing is about to happen. That it was posted by a highly educated person in a professional job who mostly associates with ex-convicts 😕 says a lot. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/2 "2013-05-17T15:24:17Z")
They’re all gonna be made Sheriff! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/3 "2013-05-17T15:37:39Z")
Was he upset that he would be put into a concentration camp, or that someone might think he was Jewish? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/4 "2013-05-17T15:49:28Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > it was posted by a highly educated person If this is the debate, I’ll register my disagreement. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/5 "2013-05-17T16:19:31Z")
Pssh, if anything it would be a red handgun. The liberal anti-gun cabal is still not finalized on the design yet ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/6 "2013-05-17T16:26:48Z")
This, of course is false. Mind you, what with the publication/outing of Gun owner and/or CCW permit holders names and addressees, there is some very real fire behind this smoke. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/7 "2013-05-17T16:56:28Z")
At least then they would know who not to fuck with. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/8 "2013-05-17T17:04:56Z")
Well, it would make it easy to arrest all the non-law-abiding gun owners who ruin it for the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/9 "2013-05-17T17:12:05Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > This, of course is false. > > Mind you, what with the publication/outing of Gun owner and/or CCW permit holders names and addressees, there is some very real fire behind this smoke. No, there isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/10 "2013-05-17T17:17:20Z")
We aren’t? Goddamnitsomuch. And here I just ordered a really fashionable one from Amazon for $47.00. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/11 "2013-05-17T17:24:02Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > **Folks, gun owners do not have to wear yellow stars in public.** Why not, dammit?! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/12 "2013-05-17T17:55:33Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > They’re all gonna be made Sheriff! Really takes the fun out of their subconscious desire to administer western-style vigilante justice. I like it. [QUOTE=Shodan] At least then they would know who not to fuck with. [/QUOTE] :rolleyes: That is truly what this is all about. Not safety, not constitutional rights, not freedom. This is about feeling tough. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/13 "2013-05-17T18:01:01Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Really takes the fun out of their subconscious desire to administer western-style vigilante justice. > > I like it. > :rolleyes: That is truly what this is all about. Not safety, not constitutional rights, not freedom. This is about feeling tough. And the broad hint that it’s o.k. to fuck with those who don’t carry. ---
**Author:** ![Human\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/14 "2013-05-17T18:09:14Z")
From mocking some idiot from Facebook, to attacking all gun owners, in just 13 posts. Good show! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/15 "2013-05-17T18:20:18Z")
> [@Human\_Action](#): > > From mocking some idiot from Facebook, to attacking all gun owners, in just 13 posts. Good show! If I had known that **Shodan** was the official representative of all gun owners I _never_ would have posted that. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/16 "2013-05-17T18:20:42Z")
I don’t like to talk about my “flair”. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/17 "2013-05-17T18:26:38Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > At least then they would know who not to fuck with. > > Regards, > Shodan Or whom to sneak up behind with a hammer . . . ---
**Author:** ![Human\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/18 "2013-05-17T18:27:29Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If I had known that **Shodan** was the official representative of all gun owners I _never_ would have posted that. > :rolleyes: If you only meant **Shodan** , then fair enough, my mistake. **Sitnam** was clearly being far broader. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/19 "2013-05-17T18:34:46Z")
So, the usual snide commentary on gun owners then… ---
**Author:** ![Archaic\_Entity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@Archaic\_Entity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archaic_Entity)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602/20 "2013-05-17T18:41:08Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > No, there isn’t. Eloquent argument. Except for the fact that yes, indeed, CCW / license holders are being listed (sometimes publically) by address, or by neighborhood. In Indiana until a couple of years ago, you could obtain a list of persons who have current licenses to carry handguns (LTCHs) with relative ease. And local newspapers put up pages that allowed you to input an address and see how many people within that neighborhood had LTCHs. It’s not a crime to have a license, just as it’s not a crime to be Jewish. It’s a valid point, but you soundly rebuked it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-gun-owners-do-not-have-to-wear-yellow-stars-in-public/658602.md?page=2)