Yeah, the only problem with that is those nice shiny assault rifles could really screw up your weekend if one were to go off in your direction. What GF said, be subtle about it.
HAHA yeah sorry about the late response, but that's the gripe of it: my truck kinda sticks out like a sore thumb to a certain degree, and it's easy to remember. So you pop off to these guys (which I'll admit that I've done a couple times), and they'll remember you. Next day, you're coming in through Gate 9 and the Bammer shitstain decides BOOM he's popping a random search on you.
Random searches are the worst possible thing to go through at the gate. You literally have to stand by your vehicle as if you're guilty of something, and they go through your entire vehicle. Say you went shooting that weekend, and accidentally left a box of rounds (or hell, a single shot shell) in your vehicle. Guess what? You're in deep shit. Luckily.. if I accidentally leave my pistol in there, I remember by the time I get to the gate and turn around/take it home. One thing I'm pretty regularly guilty of is trading beer at work. Like right now.. I have some Avery's Brown Ale and Spaten out there. This week, I had a Chimay Grande Reserve 750ml I forgot to take out. I don't *think* it's a problem.. but at the same time, I don't want to answer a bunch of questions about it during a random inspection.
So I usually shrug it off. Once or twice I've pulled the "yeah whatever" response... one time a guard nearly put his head into my truck and said "RAWL DAMN TYDE" to which I replied "piss off"... he said "watch your attitude" and I said "yeah, piss off"... luckily nothing came of that. Keep in mind these aren't uniformed Army MP's... they're contractor rent-a-cops