Where in your vehicle do you keep your gun?
- Thread starter deluxejunk
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Keeping anything of value in an unattended motor vehicle is just asking for trouble. I can't tell you the number of police reports I've written up on vehicles being broken into and valuables taken.
The odds are the vehicle's owner won't know the serial number on his pistol that was taken during the break in. Without a serial number the gun can't be placed into the NCIC machine and there will be no chance of it ever being recovered.
If you must persist in carrying a pistol/revolver in your vehicle then at least write down the make, model, caliber, barrel length and serial number and keep it in your wallet. Then when the nice officer arrives on the scene you'll at least have the information for your incident/offense report.
7th
The odds are the vehicle's owner won't know the serial number on his pistol that was taken during the break in. Without a serial number the gun can't be placed into the NCIC machine and there will be no chance of it ever being recovered.
If you must persist in carrying a pistol/revolver in your vehicle then at least write down the make, model, caliber, barrel length and serial number and keep it in your wallet. Then when the nice officer arrives on the scene you'll at least have the information for your incident/offense report.
7th
Depends.
Dad USUALLY keeps his in the door's pocket, some the pocket is to small, he slides it underneath the seat.
I usually put it in the center consoled. One quick button push and it's in my hand.
Oh, + a rifle in the overhead gunrack, and during hunting season a deer rifle in the seatback gunrack.
Dad USUALLY keeps his in the door's pocket, some the pocket is to small, he slides it underneath the seat.
I usually put it in the center consoled. One quick button push and it's in my hand.
Oh, + a rifle in the overhead gunrack, and during hunting season a deer rifle in the seatback gunrack.
dabigguns357
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On me at all times.Leaving a gun in a car is as bad as leaving a baby in your car.
Crankylove
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Me too. Under my thigh, but forward and out. Easy to grasp, comfortable to keep there for long drives, and almost invisible.
LockedBreech
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I tend to be a bit OCD, so I haven't yet decided on the best spot. I have analyzed just about every which way and I just can't decide on what's best. Here's the breakdown:
I drive a 2004 Honda Accord EX. I love my car, it's reliable as all get-out, and has a few good spots to tuck my PX4. Note that I never leave the gun in the car if at all possible. If it happens it is an aberration. Wyoming is very friendly with automobile gun laws, so I don't have to worry about leaving it loaded, and I have my serial number memorized just in case, as well as the Beretta serial number labeling rules. Mine starts with "PY", for instance, because it is a pistol and made at Beretta's Italian factory. The CX4 carbine serial would start CY if made in Italy. I forget the letter for US manufacture, but I digress. Here are my options:
- The door map pocket. This is the place it generally goes, but lately I have been troubled by this for a few reasons. First, the holster I have is a Galco inside-the-waistband holster, and the whole package ends up being a bit chubby with the belt clip. I have practiced taking it out in a hurry and about 1/4 of the time it ends up snagging for a few precious seconds. In addition, if I had forgotten to lock my door and a bad fellow opened my door, I'd be separated from the weapon, and perhaps uniting it with the perpetrator.
- The glovebox. I just don't feel good about this, quite frankly. I don't want any passengers I have messing with it (not that I'd let them, but I'd just rather not take the chance) and it's the first place someone would check. I also don't like having to reach over that far to be armed.
- The center console. This is what I am leaning towards. Fairly protected from outside access. The only problem is that I am right handed and it'd be difficult to access in a hurry. Same problem with the door map pocket, actually.
- On my person. The Beretta PX4 is not an optimally sized carry gun, and is not very comfortable worn in the car.
- I have one of the little CD cubby flip-up things in front of my shifter that would be absolutely perfect if my gun were little enough. It'd fit an LCP or a 638 flawlessly. Unfortunately, once again, my gun is fat.
Such is the carrier's dilemma.
I drive a 2004 Honda Accord EX. I love my car, it's reliable as all get-out, and has a few good spots to tuck my PX4. Note that I never leave the gun in the car if at all possible. If it happens it is an aberration. Wyoming is very friendly with automobile gun laws, so I don't have to worry about leaving it loaded, and I have my serial number memorized just in case, as well as the Beretta serial number labeling rules. Mine starts with "PY", for instance, because it is a pistol and made at Beretta's Italian factory. The CX4 carbine serial would start CY if made in Italy. I forget the letter for US manufacture, but I digress. Here are my options:
- The door map pocket. This is the place it generally goes, but lately I have been troubled by this for a few reasons. First, the holster I have is a Galco inside-the-waistband holster, and the whole package ends up being a bit chubby with the belt clip. I have practiced taking it out in a hurry and about 1/4 of the time it ends up snagging for a few precious seconds. In addition, if I had forgotten to lock my door and a bad fellow opened my door, I'd be separated from the weapon, and perhaps uniting it with the perpetrator.
- The glovebox. I just don't feel good about this, quite frankly. I don't want any passengers I have messing with it (not that I'd let them, but I'd just rather not take the chance) and it's the first place someone would check. I also don't like having to reach over that far to be armed.
- The center console. This is what I am leaning towards. Fairly protected from outside access. The only problem is that I am right handed and it'd be difficult to access in a hurry. Same problem with the door map pocket, actually.
- On my person. The Beretta PX4 is not an optimally sized carry gun, and is not very comfortable worn in the car.
- I have one of the little CD cubby flip-up things in front of my shifter that would be absolutely perfect if my gun were little enough. It'd fit an LCP or a 638 flawlessly. Unfortunately, once again, my gun is fat.
Such is the carrier's dilemma.
grymster2007
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Mine travels in the trunk..... such is life in sunny California. 
For those who say "tucked under my thigh," a question: is the firearm secured in any way, or just jammed under your leg? If the latter, you're asking for trouble if you get into any kind of an accident. Even a fairly unremarkable fender-bender will cause that pistol to launch out from under your leg. God forbid you ever suffer a head injury with loss of consciousness (or even a good bell ringing). While you're trying to remember which planet you're on, a helpful fellow citizen may be helping himself to your defense pistol, which is now lying in plain view on your floor mat.
No one plans on getting into an accident . . . Just sayin'. I would most strongly recommend securing it, whether in a holster secured to the front, right or left side, or underside of the seat, or in a lock box of some sort.
No one plans on getting into an accident . . . Just sayin'. I would most strongly recommend securing it, whether in a holster secured to the front, right or left side, or underside of the seat, or in a lock box of some sort.
armsmaster270
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To Quote mk70ss "It stays secured in the holster on my belt"
I don't like the idea of leaving a gun in my car. The only regularly occurring circumstance this could happen under is when going to work. I work in a "gun free zone"... there's a sign posted at every entrance that firearms are forbidden and all that. But I sure as heck wouldn't wanna leave a gun in the car, because it's a very bad part of town.
One girl I work with has had her car stolen three times, another fellow had his stolen twice, and couple of people have had their cars broken into. These are pretty staggering numbers considering there's only 70 people in my department at work.
I don't really keep valuables in the car, if they wanna take my stereo, I can live with that, if they wanna steal the car, it's pretty well-insured; but I definitely don't want the kind of person who'd break into a car, or steal a car, to be get a gun on account of me.
One girl I work with has had her car stolen three times, another fellow had his stolen twice, and couple of people have had their cars broken into. These are pretty staggering numbers considering there's only 70 people in my department at work.
I don't really keep valuables in the car, if they wanna take my stereo, I can live with that, if they wanna steal the car, it's pretty well-insured; but I definitely don't want the kind of person who'd break into a car, or steal a car, to be get a gun on account of me.