20-Year Gun-Toting Santa Sign Removed After Complaints

[Jeff Westover]

TURLOCK, Calif. — A Santa sign at a tree farm caused the Christmas spirit to take a back seat to controversy. The plywood wood sign in the Stanislaus County town of Turlock shows a cowboy Santa with a gun on his belt. Some residents of the community were upset. But employees at the tree farm [...]

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[HouseElf]

Seriously some people need to relax!

edit to add:

The Santa has been up for 20+years, and to date no one has said anything, really what does that say of the culture we are fostering now?

...Santa also slips into peoples homes, in the dead of night, when you are sleeping, and eats all your cookies!...
Do not think that it promotes stealing in most kids minds - do not think a cowboy Santa is going to make kids run around and get a gun.