Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Leaving a gun in a vehicle?

I leave a Savage 24F in 223/20 in the foot well for the 3rd row seats with those seats folded down.

I used to leave a rifle in a pick up truck rear window rack, but decided that when I moved from the country to the suburbs it made my neighbors uncomfortable.

Yes, sometimes several... Guess I view it differently. I have some nice guns that serve their purpose very well. But If one or two gets swiped, BFD.. Get another.

Yes. I did the backseat modification on my Ram 1500 to allow the seats to fold down. There are good things behind those seats.

I have a handgun in the truck. Not sure how much longer I can get away with it, but I've never locked my vehicles around town or at home. We've been seeing more theft since the [bleep] hit the fan, mostly thugs coming from off the mountain doing night time runs.

Cuts way down on trespassing too.

Exactly, why advertise that you might have guns, bows, or other hunting equipment to be stolen. Zero stickers on my truck.

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Fella down in Georgia had "No Trespassing - Death Traps Installed" signs on his warehouse...

No one ever broke in.

Not sure how many folks here leave a firearm in their vehicle, but this one has on occasion.

I don't take my guns to town.

Why??

You go to town unarmed?













































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They dont care about the stickers around here, you have a 4x4 truck, they just assume. Literally about two weeks ago they rode through my buddies neighborhood and busted out windows in all the nice trucks looking for guns.

I have gotten better about bringing it in with me when I get home due to all the break ins.

Why??

You go to town unarmed?




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I don't have stickers. I don't leave guns in a vehicle unattended/at night. If I am carrying, I am carryings. On the rare occasion I need to leave a gun in a vehicle, the vehicle's locked, it's during the day, in the wide open. I do not park my vehicle in sketchy places. Last time I did it was in that schithole Nashville and mine was one of seven broken into over night in the hotel parking lot. Fortunately, I had taken all 4 guns I was traveling with into my room for the night. All that was stolen was a couple of hundred rounds of .458 SOCOM ammo I was taking to my grandson. The thieves also missed a $3500 air rifle in another vehicle (young lady traveling to a match somewhere.) Now, at hotels/motels I leave nothing of value in the vehicle and don't lock the doors.

Those 'no gun' signs are for the other folks. I take my conceal carry right on in. No one knows it's there but me and that's the way I like it.

I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

You gotta remember too, that I live in a rural area. Most places don't care whether you carry or not. I know of 1 business that has a 'no weapons' sign. I ignore it.

Nope

Some places you enter are no carry zones. Post office, hospital, etc. Handgun stays locked in the car. Hasbeen

Of course I do. I go hunting a lot. I don't pack the musket into the gas station, store or restaurant. When traveling overnight, which is fairly common during hunting season, the guns and optics come in the motel with me. I don't carry my handgun in the school or courthouse here. I've never had one stolen but try to minimize the risk. I REALLY hate leaving my dog in the car. Loss of a gun would be inconvenient but losing the dog would be terrible.

NO TRESPASSING
Survivors Will Be Prosecuted

I rarely leave a rifle in the truck and never overnight. I do have an aftermarket steel console handgun safe in the truck that I can lock up a handgun and it’ll be safe from thieves for a little while. I also have a steel pistol box with a cable in the wife’s car for the times we go out and I have a beer. I can lock away my CC pistol in case I get stopped by a cop.