From a reader:

Jonah,
This month I am buying my youngest daughter (16) a membership in the NRA and taking her to join a local gun club where she can learn to shoot my .22 long rifle safely. I once came home to find my back door open, and fortunately had the gun in the car so I went through the house with it like John Wayne, kicking open doors and looking under beds for any intruders. I had one bullet in the gun–if that missed, I planned to use the gun itself like a club. I didn’t find anyone, but I was prepared to defend my home and family.
Anyway, around Western New York you’ll see lawn signs that feature the outline of a dove and the saying “Non-violence begins with me” or “I leave peaceprints”. I tell my kids that’s a welcome mat for burglars. Which house would you rather rob, one with the blue and white dove sign in the yard or one with an NRA sticker on the window?

Me: My brother used to keep a sign in his car, “This vehicle protected by sniper.” It was considered odd by our neighbors on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.