“Warning: My alarm tells me you’re in my house. My gun tells me not for long”

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Entry from September 29, 2019

“Warning: My alarm tells me you’re in my house. My gun tells me not for long”

“Warning: My alarm tells me you’re in my house. My gun tells me not for long” is a sign that has been printed on many images. “MY ALARM TELLS ME YOU ARE IN MY HOUSE……MY GUN TELLS ME NOT FOR LONG” was posted on Twitter by aardvark on December 20, 2011. The saying probably originated from this post or from an image.

Twitter
aardvark
@dau1776
MY ALARM TELLS ME YOU ARE IN MY HOUSE……MY GUN TELLS ME NOT FOR LONG.
1:46 PM · Dec 20, 2011·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Ben
@WyattBEarp
Funny & true! RT
@dau1776: MY ALARM TELLS ME YOU ARE IN MY HOUSE……MY GUN TELLS ME NOT FOR LONG.
1:49 PM · Dec 20, 2011·TweetDeck

Twitter
Eddie
@JN31621
My alarm tells me you are in my house…..My gun tells me not for long!
1:52 PM · Dec 20, 2011·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
madelyne
@_mmy7
My alarm tells me your in my house, my gun tells me not for long…:)
9:24 PM · Jan 6, 2012·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Dardane.
@dardane_salihaj
Warning
my alarm tells me you’re in my house
my gun tells me not for long 🔫🔫😂
1:57 PM · Dec 28, 2014·Twitter Web Client

Alaska Star (Anchorage, AK)
Eagle River residents want to fight back against crime
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - 17:41
By: Matt Tunseth
(...)
To make her point, Reinbold brought two signs from home, holding them up for the crowd.

“My Alarm Tells Me You’re In My House/My Gun Tells Me Not For Long,” read one.

The other was even less subtle:

“ATTENTION Burglars Please Carry ID So We Can Notify Next of Kin.”

Twitter
Sheila C.
@sdc22554
My alarm tells me you are in my house….MY GUN tells me not for long… We have a right to protect ourselves .. just as you have the right to decide you wanted to break into my home… Just know it ain’t in my house going to end well for you.
12:42 PM · Jun 28, 2018·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
J
@JavaJunkyMonkey
Replying to @JavaJunkyMonkey and @FOX4
I saw this somewhere online. It reads: My alarm tells me your in my house. My Gun tells me not for long! #protectWhatIsYours
7:58 AM · Apr 13, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

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