Shotgun for the Car

Yeah,I would too, but I do think I understood him to mean having it and like a box of shells, and a roll of Quikclot tucked away, like a bumper jack. It's there as a spare, since he's conceal carrying anyway, throw in a colapsable rod & reel with small tackle bag, and you might be amazed how often your vehicle breaks down.........right next to the gov. shotgun only hunting areas with creeks/lakes on them. Maybe you should think about carrying MREs and an inflatable raft. Uhh sorry, didn't mean to presume, but it sounds like something I'd do, but then I've got a CB radio with big antenna on my riding mower.
 
Wow ....you guys need to get your tin-foil hats loosened up a little ....

A scenario where you have a handgun concealed legally ( probably with at least 17 rds in the gun / maybe a pair of mags holding 34 more rounds ) ...riding in a vehicle...but its such a bad area / you might need more protection ...so you want a long gun ( maybe broken down -- or maybe not / ...maybe loaded - maybe not loaded ...)...so you can fight your way thru the aforementioned bad area if you have to ( if you have time to get it out from where you stored it ...or have time to maybe put it together ..and load it .../ .... or maybe if you break down, you can fight your way back out ....

are you guys serious .. !!!
What the heck have you been watching on late nite TV ....!!! ( re-runs of Star Trek ) ....

I see bleeding Zombie targets at my range for sale ....but I don't think they're Real !!! .......

You should certainly do whatever you want ...it doesn't infringe on my rights....but step back and take a deep breath at least :confused: ....stay well !!
 
i agree with interlock.... as far as having my shotgun broke down hiding in my trunk with my spare tire .....WRONG...let me get this str8 in TEXAS it is LEGAL to carry a LOADED SHOTGUN in your car. it was legal before they changed the law that considers your car an extension of your HOME and you now can carry a concealed hand gun LOADED in your car as well. so i do not carry my shotgun in my car any more because i can carry my handgun.
 
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I cannot in good faith recommend to anybody to carry a unsecured long gun loaded with a round in the chamber, in a vehicle, and certainly not loose in a vehicle, short of LE or military on a mission where they expaect fire at any moment. Stuff happens, and I would not want a fully loaded 12 gauge clattering around in my veh with the muzzle pointed who knows where, and the safety in what position, while the dogs, the pal or who knows what, bumps, handles or does whatever to the thing. Stuff happens.

LE typically operates in what is known as "cruiser carry", with shotguns, which is a loaded magazine but the chamber empty. Making ready simply requires cycling the action. Same for patrol carbines.

There is a huge difference between a loaded handgun secured in a holster on your person, and a loaded long gun loose in the passenger compartment.

One might make an arguement for a handgun, such as a DA revolver in a storeage compartment in a vehicle, but my objection there is that the darn things get left in the vehicle to be stolen, or are in the vehicle when bad things happen and you are out on foot. MOre than one handgun loose in a vehicle has been lost in when an incident went bad and the gun "got away" in the shuffle. (like the FBI Miami episode)
 
man... i will never understand...

lock your weapon up in your car...please Mr. bad guy wait till i unlock my gun before you take my car and rape my wife.

by not keeping your firearm within reach you may as well (IMO) leave them at home. probably where they are kept unloaded with trigger locks.

i simply do not understand...i think i never will.

maybe I'm paranoid or just believe that bad things happen to good people when they least expect it.

i get out of bed in the morning take my pistol off my nite stand and it never leaves my reach and put it back on the nite stand at bed time.

when I'm not home with my wife she does the same thing.

we are prepared,we read news and know carjacking happens as well as home invasions.
 
scott913, See posts #11 and #15. Whether or not you are paranoid depends on what the threat level warrants and only you know your situation.
 
Bamaranger, My understanding is that both local Sheriff departments and the military agree with what you call "crusier carry". Out here it is "cruiser ready". No one routinely carries a shotgun in a vehicle with a shell chambered unless conflict is imminent. I can't remember which does which, but Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties differ on whether to store a shotgun in the vehicle hammer down or cocked on an empty chamber.

One is conderned that an officer will pull the trigger so as to release the action lock and ready the weapon for pumping a round from the magazine; only to find that a live shell was chambered. Hence the procedure is to drop the hammer at the station with the muzzle pointed into a container of sand.

However, the other likes the idea that the action lock has to be depressed or the trigger pulled to rack a round. The idea is that if a BG gets your weapon he may be confused as to what to do to use it and the officer may have time to recover control amist the BG's fumbling.

My info re current military is based on what I understand the procedure is for riding around in a Humvee or other vehicle. You don't want to be jostled around riding over rough terrain and have a shotgun going off in a closed container full of men.
 
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