The less-than-subtle “TWOGUNS” or “LVGUNS” were both rejected. Same goes for “GUNRNR” and “GUNSHO.”
But "TWOGUNS" is too many letters because Mass only allows
six characters.
Only once have I seen an exception to this, it was a Mass plate with
eight letters, which probably required some special decree from the governor, it was "
WRENTHAM". I saw it back in the early 80's and it threw me for a loop, I was behind him at a stoplight and must have counted the letters several times to make sure I was hallucinating.
Back in the late 70's I saw a Mass vanity plate that somehow slipped by, but was later revoked due to complaints to the Registry.
SMEGMA. It was on a white Corvette and I saw it in Newton, two blocks from where I grew up. I told my friends about it but they didn't believe me. Several years later, I found a picture and an article about it in Playboy (I read it for the articles). The guy lived in Harwich, he sent them a pic and told them he had it for about a year, then he received a letter from the Registry, stating that it was being revoked.
He was given the option of turning it in immediately, and they'd give him a 4 digit low number reserve plate in exchange, or let it expire and they won't allow renewal of the registration. So he did the logical thing, he let it expire and got another vanity plate. This way he didn't have to hand over the plates, and get's to keep them to hang on his wall.
NH had a few problems in recent years with some sketchy ones that got by.
They actually shut down the vanity plate program for a few months to revamp their policies.
On the new application form, it asks you what the meaning of the word is, even if it's plainly obvious.
But then again, it may be a swear word in Swahili or Hungarian and they'd never know without Googling it.
In addition to the extra characters NH allows, they are a bit more liberal with the subject matter than Mass is. Mass doesn't allow any alcohol references, but BEER, WINE and BOOZE are OK up here.