Saw this on a bumpersticker the other day, wondered what that was all about.... This rates right there with the Defend Hawaii logos I keep seeing all over the place with an AR distinctly in the middle. I'm wondering if there isn't just a teeny bit more to that than just tshirt sales.

Ok ok I'll take a whack at it.. I think this subject came up before in another thread awhile back..  (Aloha) = Affection, Love, peace, compassion and mercy.. It also means goodbye and hello... I'm born and raised here with a hint (35%) of Hawaiian.. Keep in mine that I don't know the real meaning of this bumper sticker, but I'll try my best. .

You know when you're nice to someone and they mistreat you and take advantage of that trust and friendship you had for them? It's kinda like that but the affection you have for a loved one is the same for a complete stranger..almost like letting your guard down completely and giving "anybody" the benefit of the doubt....

 ALOHA, I don't think there is anything else like it in the world...   I wont even try to explain the M16/AR15.. I mean, one can only assume that it means "Love or Else"?     

Ok ok I'll take a whack at it.. I think this subject came up before in another thread awhile back..  (Aloha) = Affection, Love, peace, compassion and mercy.. It also means goodbye and hello... I'm born and raised here with a hint (35%) of Hawaiian.. Keep in mine that I don't know the real meaning of this bumper sticker, but I'll try my best. . You know when you're nice to someone and they mistreat you and take advantage of that trust and friendship you had for them? It's kinda like that but the affection you have for a loved one is the same for a complete stranger..almost like letting your guard down completely and giving "anybody" the benefit of the doubt....  ALOHA, I don't think there is anything else like it in the world...

respect for other's beliefs and treating them same as you would want to be treated? Does that sum it up?

No special word from any ancient culture is needed. Some folks have this ingrained in them from birth. Some don't.

I think that sticker is a pseudo taunt, plain and simple.

 

"I think that sticker is a pseudo taunt, plain and simple."
 


Your right Vood.. Love shouldn't go half way but all the way.. I personally don't care for that sticker..

ps: We need a peace icon

Gotcha covered, BananaClip.  Look no further than Tom Sawyer Mfg:

I went with Voodoo the other day to a place I felt has ALOHA. Little shave ice place called Uncle Clays: House of Pure ALOHA  (HOPA)

It's in a shopping center where McDonalds and stuff is on the way back from the range, please stop in and say hello.  Grab a shave ice while you are there!

Whoa let's not over think this again...."defend hawaii" is a local knock off of "defend brooklyn" and "don't mistake aloha for weakness" is a local knock off of "don't mistake kindness for weakness". Plain and simple.

Whoa let's not over think this again...."defend hawaii" is a local knock off of "defend brooklyn" and "don't mistake aloha for weakness" is a local knock off of "don't mistake kindness for weakness". Plain and simple.

I agree with this statement.

I seriously doubt there's malicious intent with these stickers.

Just an attempt to make a few dollars on an already proven commodity. (like: everything made in China)

Thank you all for patiently explaining this. For someone who has only been here for a year and a half, those things sound pretty menacing. I'm the happiest idiot in the world, my company moved me here so I could live/work here - I got aloha for everyone! Good suggestion about the shave ice place, might check it out tomorrow (yes, might head to Kokohead tomorrow morning).

Defend Hawaii! With an AR! I'm just hoping I'm on the defending side, not the defended-against side, lol!

Jeebus

Cougar, that is the most awesome thing I've seen in a while... I like the superior firepower setting!

Cougar, that is the most awesome thing I've seen in a while... I like the superior firepower setting!

I was hoping someone would like it, so I could show the encore pic:

Obviously, and unfortunately, neither of these rifles belong to me. 

Gotcha covered, BananaClip.  Look no further than Tom Sawyer Mfg:

Nice lower.

Quote from: colorado_shooter_dh on August 12, 2011, 04:02:32 PM

Cougar, that is the most awesome thing I've seen in a while... I like the superior firepower setting!

I was hoping someone would like it, so I could show the encore pic:

Obviously, and unfortunately, neither of these rifles belong to me. 

I have a Pirate lower.  I've got my varmint upper on it. 

At some hazy point in the future, when I'm putting together my AR, I'm def. going to look into it as well.  Too bad my safety won't have the "Plunder" selection!

At some hazy point in the future, when I'm putting together my AR, I'm def. going to look into it as well.  Too bad my safety won't have the "Plunder" selection!

These go to eleven.

These are sweet.

Did a little research and apparently "Tom Sawyer Mfg" sold the business to "Orion Arms"

http://www.orion-arms.com/gun-engraving/custom-firearm-engraving.html

Good find, Keoni!  Lots of cool pics at the linked site.  Thanks! 

That "Peace Through Superior Firepower" meme is not that uncommon. Image-google it, and you'll find numerous clever examples and variations on it.  Including coffe mugs, T-shirts, etc.

I believe it was started by the military strategists during the Cold War, but has only recently (3-4 years?) been adopted by the pro-2A community.

230RN... near Golden, Colorado? Sweet...

Yep.  Nestled in the foothills of the Rockies.  Where I have deposited substantial quantities of lead and gilding metal over the decades.  And created vast clouds of rifle and pistol exhaust.

Bad Terry!  Bad!

Terry, 230RN

Sh-sh-sh. Be vewy vewy quiet. I'm hunting that wascawwy wabbit in the Wockies. (1987):