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New Orleans mother Gabriela Barnetzer has created a magnet for her car that reads: “Don’t carjack me. Kids inside.”

Barnetzer originally made the magnets for herself and a few friends, in response to the city’s recent surge in carjackings. But after she showed her Instagram followers the magnet, more parents began requesting them.

“It takes a long time to get [kids] in and out of car seats,” the mother of four told a New Orleans media outlet. “With a gun to your head, I can’t imagine having to go through something like that.”

Barnetzer plans to sell the magnets for $10 each. Proceeds will go to extracurricular programs in lower-income areas.

“The solution — I don’t think it’s just simply putting kids in jail or arresting them,” she said. “If that happens, there’s just going to be another group right behind them. I think it goes a lot deeper, and we need to talk about it.”

Here’s another idea for a bumper sticker: “Armed and Extremely Enthusiastic About Shooting Criminals. Please Carjack Me So I Can Demonstrate My Accuracy And Skill With A Pistol.”

Hammer and Nigel have more in today’s edition of “Is This Anything?”

https://omny.fm/shows/hammer-and-nigel-show/is-this-anything-15