I figure you folks have some nice cars/trucks.
There are lots of comments of getting things stolen from a vehicle and even the vehicle itself can be stolen...
Me, I drive a 17 year old Ford F150 and a 12 year old Suzuki gas saver.
Can not remember the last time I washed either. But I do maintain them to the point of over maintaining.
I leave a Bersa 9 mm in the car and a Bersa 45 acp in the truck. Both are good guns and I trust them after 2,000-3,000 rounds each with zero defects. Not too big a deal if they get stolen.
I also have my personal concealed carry and sometimes in the truck I add an Extar 556 and/or a FNX/FNS 40 with 357 sig barrel.
For some reason, I do not have the fear of the vehicles being stolen and with rare exception am I parked where thievery is very likely. Although in this day and age druggies and lowlifes are always around.
I went 33-34 ish years where the sight of a gun made me sick. Participating in a war in Southeast Asia took the childhood love of guns out of me.
BUT, in the very early 2000s I had an attempted car jacking in the wee hours of a morning when returning from work. Two thugs tried to get into my vehicle at a stop light. The doors were locked and I ran the stop light. But, I realized that I could shoot another human again. I had also previously had a couple of break ins of an apartment.
I went the next day and got a pistol permit. 357 magnum. Eventually I got the concealed carry and today I feel naked without weapons on me or near me. Most of my "car/truck" pistols/556 pistol are such that I can shoot through a window if necessary.
Oh, I am already almost deaf from that same period of time in Southeast Asia
So my idea of a car gun comes from my experiences.
As a disabled veteran, I have access to the local military bases and when I go to either that is the only time I do not have a weapon in the vehicle. Seems as though my younger military brothers/sisters in arms have an aversion to us old civilians carrying on base.