I have a couple NRA jackets and an NRA sticker on my Jeep.
Over the weekend I wondered if I shouldn't remove the sticker and put the jackets in the closet for now. I decided I'd make a stand... dang it, the lefties might be screaming and yelling for vengeance against NRA members, but I live in a conservative suburb, and I'd make a stand.
I left the sticker on and wore the jackets.
You know what? Not one comment in a store. Not one middle finger on the road. Not one scratch in the paint.
If the feelings and thoughts of the American people have shifted that much, I think I'd have seen at least one. I'd have seen something. I haven't. Nobody notices, nobody comments, none of that.
I'm not sure it's in good taste right now to be super "in one's face," but neither do I think we need to hide all vestige of our beliefs. Most people know it wasn't the tools in the hands, but the evil in the mind that worked the hands that caused such pain. I did not feel any need to be ashamed of my hobbies before the past week... I am seeing that I STILL do not need to be ashamed of standing for my rights.