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Post by sixshot on Jun 21, 2023 23:43:39 GMT -5
Friday a friend of mine & his wife drove down to Utah to watch their granddaughter play a softball game. He locked his carry gun in the car & his wife left her purse & cellphone in the car, it was broad daylight...no worries. Someone smashed out the rear window of their car & stole a $2,000 9mm with a Holsun red dot sight on it & his wife's purse, phone & credit cards. Lesson learned, I told him he should take a safety lock that comes with most guns & lock it to the frame of the seat, out of sight. Either that are take a chance & carry it concealed, what say you guys?
Dick
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Post by boolitdesigner on Jun 22, 2023 2:50:20 GMT -5
There are several lockbox type things you can pay to have installed in your vehicle that STOP smash and grabbers and give the LEO's no access or finding it without a search warrant. These are good access and insurance type of things that one needs to have.
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Shakey
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Central Arkansas
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Post by Shakey on Jun 22, 2023 3:01:39 GMT -5
My policy has become to put important things in the trunk of my car or toolbox of my truck. I do this BEFORE I arrive where I am parking because they are WATCHING. I would prefer having a secure storage of some sort but this has worked OK so far.
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Post by bigbore5 on Jun 22, 2023 3:10:33 GMT -5
I bought a safe that goes in the lower console of the truck. Forgot who makes them, but they had them for several makes and models of vehicles. It's very secure and couldn't be broken into quickly. It'd take power tools.
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Post by bula on Jun 22, 2023 7:19:16 GMT -5
All of the above. Only time my carry piece isn't on me, is inside the building at work, a courthouse, and VERY few other places. Concealed is concealed. You have to be alive to find yourself in court. Nephew in Va had his truck broke into while he stopped somewhere on way to work. Lost gun, lap top, cell, etc.. I gave him a lock box and a gun. That was 3 years ago or so. Funny, he got a call a few days ago from Sheriff in next county saying his gun recovered and he'll get it back soon. Maybe I'll get back that CA Boomer with Crimson Trace grips ?
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Post by northerngos on Jun 22, 2023 8:37:49 GMT -5
Console vault makes a great product, but not for every rig. A gun cable through the frame is a great and cheap idea. Additional security would be achieved by popping the slide off and taking it with but that’s a pain to do. An AirTag in the purse is not a bad idea either. In an altoids tin or something.
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kooz
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Post by kooz on Jun 22, 2023 8:40:24 GMT -5
Have had three different contractors working out here on the ranch this week . ALL three of them had their guns stolen out of their trucks this week . Not while here working ofcourse , but while out running errands getting parts etc .
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Post by bigbrowndog on Jun 22, 2023 10:00:51 GMT -5
Any venue that provides parking for a lot of vehicles is like us sitting at a feeder with lots of game coming in. We sit we wait we watch we decide, then we act. To presume others with less scruples aren’t doing the same is stupid on our part or simply a lapse in judgment. The problem is the lesson is harsh, expensive, and troubling. Yesterday I had to go to CBP for a travel document for firearms, then A quick trip to the grocery store to pick up a few things for my mother, all while still having items in the vehicle. It was 108* outside and I asked the wife if she wanted to wait in the car or me, because we were not going to leave unattended firearms in a grocery store parking lot even for 10-15 minutes.
Trapr
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Post by contender on Jun 22, 2023 10:21:09 GMT -5
For decades,, I've used a pair of handcuffs as the in vehicle locking device. Lock a gun to the seat frame or such. When not in use,, when I was driving a VW Bug,, I kept them on my steering wheel. A cop pulled me long ago, and when he saw them, he asked a few nice & polite questions. He said my idea was GREAT!
Other valuables,, well, different approaches for sure.
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gnappi
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Post by gnappi on Jun 22, 2023 12:02:34 GMT -5
My policy has become to put important things in the trunk of my car or toolbox of my truck. I do this BEFORE I arrive where I am parking because they are WATCHING. I would prefer having a secure storage of some sort but this has worked OK so far. I've taught that to my students for years, but despite that I knew at least one who had his car broken into at a bar. Live and learn... sometimes the hard way.
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Post by squawberryman on Jun 22, 2023 13:05:34 GMT -5
I had a 66 stolen from my ex wifes car. I wanted HER to carry. She was not as enthusiatic. No more.
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brant
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Post by brant on Jun 22, 2023 13:08:25 GMT -5
This week 2 hospitals in Shreveport had many cars broken into. 5 guns stolen at just one facility.
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Post by bengineer on Jun 22, 2023 13:15:51 GMT -5
I cannot, for the life of me, determine why one would leave a concealed carry arm behind. Isn't the point to be able to use said arm to protect life and liberty? Or is it really only to fulfill a privilege provided by paying one's state for a permit?
I could go so far as to say it is shameful to leave behind a concealable arm, especially if it is to bend to some rule disallowing same by some despot, or worse yet, some fumble-fingered appointee who is exercising power because "it's muh job!" That's what the nazis said in the Nuremburg trials just before they faced firing squads. But maybe I will withhold that comment here, as it seems some posting here are sympathetic to the Man and his limitations on our God-given lives and our right to those lives and to protect those lives.
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Post by sixshot on Jun 22, 2023 13:22:08 GMT -5
My new Jeep truck has a lock box under the rear seat & I keep an extra gun in there at all times, My console is also lockable & I keep a spare S&W snubbie in there. I still like the idea of the padlock on the seat frame, those cables are strong & I think a person would move on before he would attempt to stay long enough to try & get that gun. Yes a cable can be cut but any lock box can be opened if a bad guy stays long enough. A few years ago my buddy Callshot was in Utah at a Jazz game & his gun got stolen & they got the guy on a security camera & he had something in his hand that actually opened their car remotely. Over a year later the gun was recovered & returned to him, crazy stuff.
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Post by bisleyfan41 on Jun 22, 2023 13:31:15 GMT -5
I cannot, for the life of me, determine why one would leave a concealed carry arm behind. Isn't the point to be able to use said arm to protect life and liberty? Or is it really only to fulfill a privilege provided by paying one's state for a permit? I could go so far as to say it is shameful to leave behind a concealable arm, especially if it is to bend to some rule disallowing same by some despot, or worse yet, some fumble-fingered appointee who is exercising power because "it's muh job!" That's what the nazis said in the Nuremburg trials just before they faced firing squads. But maybe I will withhold that comment here, as it seems some posting here are sympathetic to the Man and his limitations on our God-given lives and our right to those lives and to protect those lives. Welcome to the forum! I hope you're able to learn a lot from the wisdom here, as well as share your knowledge and experiences. Nobody here likes or endorses the infringements pressed upon citizens by various govts. "Sympathetic" ?? I don't know of anyone here who could be described that way. Maybe you're trying to stir the pot?? Unlike most gun forums, this one isn't filled with people who randomly throw around insults at others, especially unprovoked. Can we keep it that way?
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