GEICO is anti gun....read

mk70ss · January 25, 2013, 11:25 AM

After seeing this, which is a friend of mine, I cancelled my Geico policy and went with another carrier. I have two cars, a truck, and two horse trailers so they lost a solid customer because of their idiocy.

chewie146 · January 25, 2013, 11:59 AM

FYI, you can still read the blacked out parts. Try blacking them out on the computer. I'm glad I'm with the other anti-gun insurance agency. Seriously, though, we need to switch as well.

sigcurious · January 25, 2013, 01:28 PM

While it certainly looks bad, how do we know it's not a standards issue(ie, the vehicle being used isn't secure enough or something) and not an anti gun issue?

KyJim · January 25, 2013, 03:39 PM

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While it certainly looks bad, how do we know it's not a standards issue(ie, the vehicle being used isn't secure enough or something) and not an anti gun issue?

Because it says the company is canceling "because it is used in conjunction with a company that deals in the weapons industry." It doesn't say anything about canceling because it "isn't secure enough or something." It seems pretty straight forward to me.

Added: A claim of possible anti-gun bias should not be dismissed out of hand. I see where Chicago Mayor Rahm is trying to squeeze a couple of major banks to quit financing firearms related companies, including the bank where Smith and Wesson has a $60 million line of credit. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/01/...ng-gun-makers/.

gbran · January 25, 2013, 08:45 PM

Cancel your Geico policy. It's so easy a caveman could do it.

BGutzman · January 25, 2013, 08:58 PM

Just cancelled my policy.

**Tom Servo** · January 25, 2013, 11:46 PM

Has anyone contacted Geico for clarification of this policy?

Daugherty16 · January 26, 2013, 12:50 AM

and you'll get some monkey on the phone who knows nothing about nothing except how to fill in the blanks on a computer screen. I fired them years ago due to a wholly different but equally stupid decision they tried to impose on me. Long gone are the days when they offered good rates to servicemen and gov't employees, and were sort of like the credit union of insurance companies.

search around. You will probably find much better rates anyway.

Dr Big Bird PhD · January 26, 2013, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by gbran

Cancel your Geico policy. It's so easy a caveman could do it.

ahahahaha.

+100 this made my night

MrDontPlay · January 26, 2013, 03:49 AM

I need to cancel my progressive policy also. I expect high rates when I drive the sexiest sports car know to man, the chevy Chevette, but I can't have my money going to anti gun BS.

JimmyR · January 26, 2013, 06:37 AM

Might not be as simple. I generally trust Snopes, and it's still undetermined...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/geico.asp

youngunz4life · January 26, 2013, 07:59 AM

thx for this info. geico is much more highly overpriced than people realize anyways, so this just provides more reason.

Alabama Shooter · January 26, 2013, 10:12 AM

My policy (Not Geico) has exclusions if I try to use the vehicle for business purposes. In other words if I turn my pickup into a delivery truck they will cancel my policy.

Anyone else find it strange it was mailed on 6 December?

**Mike Irwin** · January 26, 2013, 10:46 AM

Try Erie Insurance if they write policies in your area.

I've been with them for decades.

When I talked to my agent (who lived in and worked out of Washington, DC) about a policy rider for my firearms, he didn't even blink when I told him how many I had, or how much I thought I needed in insurance.

seabee78 · January 26, 2013, 10:54 AM

How about that signature. Looks like someone scribbled the word Dipsticks. Just saying....

seabee78

Alabama Shooter · January 26, 2013, 11:02 AM

Looking through the blacked out portions it was already a business.

osbornk · January 26, 2013, 11:16 AM

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Try Erie Insurance if they write policies in your area.

I've been with them for decades.

I agree. I get the best rates and outstanding service from them. However, keep in mind that they are very selective and if you have any issues, they will not insure you.

TheGoldenState · January 26, 2013, 01:02 PM

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Looking through the blacked out portions it was already a business.

In fact, it is a business which sales "gun adapters."
http://www.gunadapters.com/

Still, crappy on Geico--I won't enjoy their commercials much the same anymore.

Also, here is a link with this same picture/letter from 3 days ago
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/...earm-business/

and here
http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.co...usiness/32698/

It is also out at about a thousand other sites…which is great;spread the word. Apparently Progressive has the same rule.

Webleymkv · January 26, 2013, 01:16 PM

I never had Geico to begin with due to a very bad, yet unrelated, experience that a family member had several years ago. I've always been with State Farm because their rates aren't significantly higher than anyone else, they've always treated me well, and I like being able to actually walk into my agent's office and speak with him rather than calling some 1-800 number. I cannot, however, speak to any policies State Farm has about firearms though as the issue has never come up for me.

January 25, 2013, 11:25 AM	#1
mk70ss Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 359	GEICO is anti gun....read After seeing this, which is a friend of mine, I cancelled my Geico policy and went with another carrier. I have two cars, a truck, and two horse trailers so they lost a solid customer because of their idiocy.

January 25, 2013, 08:58 PM	#6
BGutzman Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 2009 Location: Frozen Tundra Posts: 2,411	Just cancelled my policy. __________________ Molon Labe

January 25, 2013, 11:46 PM	#7
Tom Servo Staff Join Date: September 27, 2008 Location: Foothills of the Appalach Posts: 7,344	Has anyone contacted Geico for clarification of this policy? __________________ In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. --Albert Camus

January 26, 2013, 12:50 AM	#8
Daugherty16 Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2008 Location: Live Free or Die state Posts: 250	Try contacting GEICO and you'll get some monkey on the phone who knows nothing about nothing except how to fill in the blanks on a computer screen. I fired them years ago due to a wholly different but equally stupid decision they tried to impose on me. Long gone are the days when they offered good rates to servicemen and gov't employees, and were sort of like the credit union of insurance companies. search around. You will probably find much better rates anyway. __________________ "To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness... How pathetic." - - Ted Nugent "Cogito, Ergo Armitum Sum" - (I Think, Therefore I Am Armed)- - anon.

January 26, 2013, 03:49 AM	#10
MrDontPlay Senior Member Join Date: December 25, 2010 Posts: 587	I need to cancel my progressive policy also. I expect high rates when I drive the sexiest sports car know to man, the chevy Chevette, but I can't have my money going to anti gun BS. __________________ Someday I'll be good enough to know if a gun is accurate or not.

January 25, 2013, 11:59 AM	#2
chewie146 Senior Member Join Date: October 26, 2010 Location: New Mexico Posts: 758	FYI, you can still read the blacked out parts. Try blacking them out on the computer. I'm glad I'm with the other anti-gun insurance agency. Seriously, though, we need to switch as well.

January 25, 2013, 01:28 PM	#3
sigcurious Senior Member Join Date: May 26, 2011 Posts: 1,653	While it certainly looks bad, how do we know it's not a standards issue(ie, the vehicle being used isn't secure enough or something) and not an anti gun issue?

January 25, 2013, 08:45 PM	#5
gbran Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 2004 Location: Middle California Posts: 251	Cancel your Geico policy. It's so easy a caveman could do it.

January 26, 2013, 06:37 AM	#11
JimmyR Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2012 Posts: 348	Might not be as simple. I generally trust Snopes, and it's still undetermined... http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/geico.asp

January 26, 2013, 07:59 AM	#12
youngunz4life Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2010 Location: United States of America Posts: 1,877	thx for this info. geico is much more highly overpriced than people realize anyways, so this just provides more reason. __________________ "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -Admiral Farragut @ Battle of Mobile Bay 05AUG1864

January 26, 2013, 10:12 AM	#13
Alabama Shooter Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2012 Location: Sweet Home Posts: 880	My policy (Not Geico) has exclusions if I try to use the vehicle for business purposes. In other words if I turn my pickup into a delivery truck they will cancel my policy. Anyone else find it strange it was mailed on 6 December? __________________ Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

January 26, 2013, 10:46 AM	#14
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 33,306	Try Erie Insurance if they write policies in your area. I've been with them for decades. When I talked to my agent (who lived in and worked out of Washington, DC) about a policy rider for my firearms, he didn't even blink when I told him how many I had, or how much I thought I needed in insurance. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

January 26, 2013, 10:54 AM	#15
seabee78 Member Join Date: December 3, 2012 Location: Central Wisconsin Posts: 27	How about that signature. Looks like someone scribbled the word Dipsticks. Just saying.... seabee78

January 26, 2013, 11:02 AM	#16
Alabama Shooter Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2012 Location: Sweet Home Posts: 880	Looking through the blacked out portions it was already a business. __________________ Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

January 26, 2013, 01:16 PM	#19
Webleymkv Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,498	I never had Geico to begin with due to a very bad, yet unrelated, experience that a family member had several years ago. I've always been with State Farm because their rates aren't significantly higher than anyone else, they've always treated me well, and I like being able to actually walk into my agent's office and speak with him rather than calling some 1-800 number. I cannot, however, speak to any policies State Farm has about firearms though as the issue has never come up for me. __________________ Smith, and Wesson, and Me. -H. Callahan Well waddaya know, one buwwet weft! -E. Fudd All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures. -J. Caesar