{"id":405,"date":"2014-04-23T11:36:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T17:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/?p=405"},"modified":"2014-04-23T11:38:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T17:38:55","slug":"welcoming-criminals-and-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/welcoming-criminals-and-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming Criminals and Terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just received an e-mail that passed on what the person called &#8220;a profound message,&#8221; under the subject of &#8220;IDAHO &#8211; my kind of state!&#8221; The passed-on message said &#8220;This sign actually exists just inside Idaho near the border with Washington.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Here&#8217;s the picture contained in the e-mail:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_404\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/idguns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-404\" class=\"size-full wp-image-404\" alt=\"Funny, but fake.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/idguns.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/idguns.jpg 550w, http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/idguns-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Funny, but fake.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Note to anyone and everyone who might get sucked into the hoax: <strong>This sign is a fake<\/strong>. It only exists as a doctored graphic. It was apparently made as a political statement, to further someone&#8217;s agenda<\/p>\n<p>There are multiple common-sense &#8220;flags&#8221; that the sign is a fake. First is the atrocious grammar, capitalization, and spelling used in the sign. The second is that the warning sign is a different color than the welcome sign. The third is the confusing way that the sign implies people don&#8217;t need a permit (license) to carry concealed weapons. In Idaho, though, a permit is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ag.idaho.gov\/concealedWeapons\/concealedWeapons_index.html\" target=\"_blank\">required to carry a concealed weapon<\/a>. The only time you don&#8217;t need a permit is if the weapon is in plain sight (unconcealed).<\/p>\n<p>Here is the real, undoctored sign:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_403\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/idguns2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-403\" class=\"size-full wp-image-403\" alt=\"The real sign is much easier to read when traveling at the speed limit.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/idguns2.jpg\" width=\"449\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/idguns2.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/idguns2-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The real sign is much easier to read when traveling at the speed limit.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Idaho is not alone, though, in doctored signs. You can find them for a variety of states if you look about. Here&#8217;s one for Louisiana:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/laguns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-401\" alt=\"laguns\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/laguns.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/laguns.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/laguns-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one for Indiana:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/inguns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-402\" alt=\"inguns\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/inguns.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/inguns.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/inguns-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one for Wisconsin:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wiguns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-399\" alt=\"wiguns\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wiguns.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wiguns.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/wiguns-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one for North Carolina:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ncguns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-400\" alt=\"ncguns\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ncguns.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ncguns.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ncguns-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Silly stuff. Perhaps we need a sign that similarly welcomes people who pass along such obvious hoaxes as &#8220;real.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see what some actual &#8220;welcome to our state&#8221; signs look like, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teresco.org\/pics\/signs\/welcome-to.html\" target=\"_blank\">here&#8217;s a good site that has many<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just received an e-mail that passed on what the person called &#8220;a profound message,&#8221; under the subject of &#8220;IDAHO &#8211; my kind of state!&#8221; The passed-on message said &#8220;This sign actually exists just inside Idaho near the border with Washington.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allenwyatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}