“Stay strapped or get clapped” is a pro-gun saying that has been printed on many images. That is, carry a gun (“stay strapped”) or possibly get shot (“get clapped”).
   
Some early citations of “stay strapped or get clapped” appear to be sexual references, perhaps to wear a condom (“stay strapped”) or get the clap (or a pregnancy). “RT @DJYoungstar: STAY STRAPPED OR GET CLAPPED IS MY MODU WHEN IT COMES 2 SEX” was posted on Twitter by @Marlie_D on April 7, 2011. “Niggas better stay strapped or get clapped with a fetus!” was posted on Twitter by KRESHTIENNE on July 27, 2011. “Sex Is Like Da Hood Stay Strapped Or Get Clapped!!! #sheeesh” was posted on Twitter by $LUTTY M()N£YY on December 15, 2011.
   
Gun emojis and context can make the usage clear. “This nikka just said stay strapped or. Get clapped lmaooo” was posted on Twitter by Himmonlee on June 1, 2010. “Them stick em up kids bout to be out in full force tonight. Stay strapped or get clapped” was posted on Twitter by Thai Murd3r on February 23, 2012. “stay strapped or get clapped 🔫🔫🔫” was posted on Twitter by Mone’t on July 17, 2012. “#ILiveInACityWhere You Gotta Stay Strapped or Get Clapped 🔫” was posted on Twitter by BRUH-DANNA ✨ on November 15, 2012. “All this death around me who’s to say I won’t be next 🔫🔫🔫🔫 stay strapped or get clapped” was posted on Twitter by “ts my cday” on December 29, 2012. “Stay strapped or get clapped 🔫🔫” was posted on Twitter by 🌴 I$landBoy 🌴 on January 3, 2013.
   
“‘Stay strapped or get clapped’ - Sun Tzu, ‘The Art of War’” was posted on Twitter by Perrito Stan Moki on August 11, 2019, and shown on an image on Facebook by Peter Chun on August 17, 2019. Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer Sun Tzu was a historical figure, but many modern and jocular quotations, such as this one, have been credited to him.
 
”Stay strapped or get clapped Be ready for anything” was entered in the Urban Dictionary on February 27, 2020. “Stay strapped or get clapped Stay armed for your protection or risk being destroyed” was entered in the Urban Dictionary on April 5, 2020.  “Stay strapped or get clapped A saying which means to carry a weapon/gun (being strapped) on one’s person at all times or suffer the possibility of being a victim if SHTF (being shot/stabbed/killed = getting clapped)” was entered in the Urban Dictionary on January 15, 2021.
   
       
Twitter
Himmonlee.
@BelowDaHype
This nikka just said stay strapped or. Get clapped lmaooo
3:42 PM · Jun 1, 2010
   
Twitter
🏁
@VICD713ENT
EVERYDAY A GAMBLE BETTA WATCH HOW DA DICE ROLE N U BETTA STAY STRAPPED OR GET CLAPPED
11:31 PM · Jul 25, 2010
   
Twitter
Q
@QfromChicago
#condomslogans stay strapped or get clapped
5:47 PM · Feb 18, 2011
 
Twitter
@Marlie_D
@MARLiE_D
#COSiGN.  RT @DJYoungstar: STAY STRAPPED OR GET CLAPPED IS MY MODU WHEN IT COMES 2 SEX
8:41 PM · Apr 7, 2011
   
Twitter
KRESHTIENNE
@HTERK
Replying to @DoctorLoot
@SMOKE_WELL Niggas better stay strapped or get clapped with a fetus!
10:30 PM · Jul 27, 2011 from Montclair, NJ
   
Twitter
$LUTTY M()N£YY
@Yesa_Boy
Sex Is Like Da Hood Stay Strapped Or Get Clapped!!! #sheeesh
10:10 PM · Dec 15, 2011
       
Twitter
Thai Murd3r
@Murd3r206
Them stick em up kids bout to be out in full force tonight. Stay strapped or get clapped.
9:27 PM · Feb 23, 2012
 
Twitter 
Mone’t
@I_amher_
Replying to @Chichinchila
Now you know that it’s contagious now a days every day somebody knew pregnant stay strapped or get clapped 🔫🔫🔫 @Chichinchila
12:34 AM · Jul 17, 2012
 
Twitter       
BRUH-DANNA ✨
@tuneka_infamous
#ILiveInACityWhere You Gotta Stay Strapped or Get Clapped 🔫
10:55 AM · Nov 15, 2012
   
Twitter
its my cday
@flycrippingus
All this death around me who’s to say I won’t be next 🔫🔫🔫🔫 stay strapped or get clapped
9:43 PM · Dec 29, 2012
 
Twitter
🌴 I$landBoy 🌴
@__gottimontana
Stay strapped or get clapped 🔫🔫
5:35 PM · Jan 3, 2013
     
Twitter
OG
@_ralphelalfy
Gotta stay strapped or get clapped🔫 #RNS
12:53 PM · Apr 30, 2013
 
Twitter
1997
@2MuchhDrippp
Stay strapped or get clapped 🔫👌
11:51 PM · Nov 4, 2013
 
Twitter
Me
@jessboyardee
Replying to @orangepeeler__
@Iain_Brouwer shut up iain. You better stay strapped or get clapped 💥💥🔫💯💯💯
5:20 PM · Sep 22, 2014
 
Twitter   
Me
@jessboyardee
The moral of gatsby is stay strapped or get clapped. Get caught without a glock get three holes in yah knot.
1:49 PM · Oct 3, 2014
 
Twitter
ARLXNGTON FACE
@NEIMANMARQUES
It’s really war time in these streets, either stay strapped or get clapped 💥💥🔫
6:15 PM · May 11, 2015
 
Twitter
FL⚬⃔⚬RB⚬⃔⚬VG
@FlorboVG
Stay strapped or get clapped
(Guns are shown.—ed.)
12:11 PM · Nov 8, 2018
 
Twitter   
Perrito Stan Moki
@MokisHome
“Stay strapped or get clapped”
- Sun Tzu, ‘The Art of War’
3:59 PM · Aug 11, 2019
   
Twitter
pancit papi
@sirChaddington
Stay strapped or get clapped- Sun Tzu “The Art of War”
11:11 PM · Aug 11, 2019
   
Twitter
yon cena
@5amDiaz
“Stay strapped or get clapped” -Sun Tzu, ’The Art Of War’
6:19 PM · Aug 17, 2019
 
Facebook
Peter Chun
August 17, 2019 at 7:34 PM ·
Stay Strapped or get Clapped.
-Sun Tzu.
   
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Google Books
Stay Strapped Or Get Clapped -Sun Tzu, the Art of War
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By David Buchholz · 2019
 
Urban Dictionary 
Stay strapped or get clapped
Be ready for anything
Stay strapped or get clapped
by Boogaloo man February 27, 2020
 
Urban Dictionary 
Stay strapped or get clapped
Stay armed for your protection or risk being destroyed.
A man was walking around with a sword, stabbing multiple people. If one of them were strapped they wouldn’t have been clapped. “Stay strapped or get clapped”!
by tommy2scoops April 5, 2020
 
Urban Dictionary
Stay strapped or get clapped
A saying which means to carry a weapon/gun (being strapped) on one’s person at all times or suffer the possibility of being a victim if SHTF (being shot/stabbed/killed = getting clapped)
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by Shores386 January 15, 2021