What do you think of this?

Otony

Looks good to me. I might buy one for my pastor.

.....as pictured, $95, which oddly enough is just about what we were to be charged back in 1999!

Otony

to an Org that wears them, I don't...

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

If I were to buy one of these, it would be for banquets, parties, and such. Something to make a feller smile.

Sort of like my "Stinking Badge"...........

Otony

for a certain few, in an appropriate size.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ

I really can't stand those stupid concealed carry badges they sell.

Back when I first started hanging around with this group in 1999, the subject came up of a badge meant to convey our participation with the site, which at that time meant JimTaylor and John Taffin. We were a pretty close knit group In those days.

Since so many of us are Christians (with a few of our Jewish brethren as well), it was proposed that the badges have a crucifix or a Star of David. And since so many of us serve at church, the whole idea of Pistol Packing Preachers was developed, more or less concurrent with John's term, Perfect Packing Pistol (often rendered back then as PPPP, that is to say, Preacher's Perfect Packing Pistol).

At that point, I volunteered to look into the cost of having badges made up. The original suggestion was a badge similar to the old western star in a circle, with the star replaced by a cross. As it turned out, the one company I was able to interest in making something up for us was going to charge us a fairly high amount due to the cost of the dies for striking the shape. 17 years ago, a hundred bucks per badge meant a significant bit more than it does today, so interest died out.

As it happens, I was recently pricing some LE items online for a friend who just joined the local sheriff's department. One of the sites I found had an option to design badges using stock shapes and seals. It was child's play to run up those images, and then post them here, but it was never meant to be used as a Concealed Carry Badge. That is a significantly horrific idea, frankly. Rather, these were intended to display our brotherhood.

I guess you had to have been there to remember what these were supposed to have meant to us back then.

Otony

Sorry if it came across that way.

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

......I agree with what you say, but I wanted folks to know the history of the idea. There were a lot of folks interested in these back in the day.

Plus, you know me, I like my toys. I somehow never developed a liking for pearl grips and nickle guns, and only the good Lord knows why 'cause I sure like to show off otherwise!

Otony

just like you can have made up at a trophy/engraving shop. I'm sure you've seen some of them.
I always preferred them anyway.
Of course, a long time ago, Dad and I both wore Stars, but that was something else entirely.

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