Don't leave your weapon in your car

[Jimb]

Southern California police agencies missing more than 300 weapons | Fox News

Agreed....prob fabricated stats, but most conservative rags do the same.

 

[Jimb]

Don't be too sure........
I think there is a Corolla there, but I can't seem to focus on the car for some reason.........

Lol! What car?

 

[Jimb]

I would really like to see the raw numbers behind these stats as well, but in reality, anything; house or car alike, that is broken into will have a gun stolen if a gun is found. Not much you can really do about it, if so unfortunate, but make them hard to find. But then again, you cant defeat the purpose of owning said firearms by making them difficult for you to access. Catch 22 maybe? Like others have stated...common sense goes along way, and DO NOT ADVERTISE.

 

[russc2542]

Don't be too sure........
I think there is a Corolla there, but I can't seem to focus on the car for some reason.........

There are two subjects in that picture but that doesn't mean they have anything to do with each other. correlation =/= causation

 

[JollyMon]

Relevant prior INGO poll: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...ssion/278728-ever-had-gun-stolen-vehicle.html

That was an awesome thread to read through again..... Just remember according to one of our members having a custom fabricated steel box hidden in a radio console welded to frame of a vehicle, which is wired to the cars alarm system, is the only bare minimum for leaving a firearm in a vehicle..... but dont worry he has that setup with a tubular lock which can be picked by a novice in less then a minute.

 

[Paul30]

Sounds like Gun Free Zones are arming criminals. A legally carried firearm would be in it's proper holster ready to protect the owner, but NOOOooo. A business has to post a sign (in some states that carry weight of law) and the legal gun owner now is required by law to pull it from the holster and leave it in the car where anyone with access to breaking a window can get it. Sounds like Gun Free Zones are arming criminals.

 

[Principal Skinr]

I've been known to leave a gun in my Jeep, even parked with the doors off. Of course, it is in a safe that is difficult to see that is made from 1/8" steel, has a strong soda-machine type lock, and is bolted to the floor of the vehicle. They'd have to work awhile and really know what they are doing to get at it, with the chance that after all that work, it would be empty. They also run the risk of me, armed, returning while they are in the midst of all that work.

 

[10mmMarc]

I try not too, 8 years ago I lost a Glock model 23 while 7 vehicles were broken into at work, last week we had another round of vehicle break ins. The next day the company posted a "Weapon free workplace" policy, our company is a sub contracted company, we don't own the property, but the policy states no weapons allowed in any vehicles on company property, this includes company vehicles,(as we are a trucking company) , then it states on any owned or leased property, or any surrounding areas such as walkways or parking lots.
Basically I have read that to say, we can't even have a gun on the street in front of the office.
There are 3 companies that work at this facility, the one company runs the warehouse and takes care of the parking lots, the other company is small just a handful of employees, most likely the ones causing the problems work for this company, because the problems started after they came into play.
Then they go a step further and say all vehicles are subject to search, and if a weapon is found it is subject to termination.
This is a just a small warehouse operation and distribution center, not a prohibited place, so wouldn't we be protected by the parking lot storage law ?

 

[USMC2131]

I leave my M&P Shield 9mm in the center console all the time. I work in an industrial park that is frequented by local LEO, so I have no fears of theft. Our company frowns upon carry in the workplace, but doesn't mind if we do machining projects pertaining to guns.

 

[Taylor22]

I try not too, 8 years ago I lost a Glock model 23 while 7 vehicles were broken into at work, last week we had another round of vehicle break ins. The next day the company posted a "Weapon free workplace" policy, our company is a sub contracted company, we don't own the property, but the policy states no weapons allowed in any vehicles on company property, this includes company vehicles,(as we are a trucking company) , then it states on any owned or leased property, or any surrounding areas such as walkways or parking lots.
Basically I have read that to say, we can't even have a gun on the street in front of the office.
There are 3 companies that work at this facility, the one company runs the warehouse and takes care of the parking lots, the other company is small just a handful of employees, most likely the ones causing the problems work for this company, because the problems started after they came into play.
Then they go a step further and say all vehicles are subject to search, and if a weapon is found it is subject to termination.
This is a just a small warehouse operation and distribution center, not a prohibited place, so wouldn't we be protected by the parking lot storage law ?

Yep.

Odds are if you point it out you'll be on the shortlist for termination for a "different" reason though.

 

[indiucky]

Remember all the hysteria about "pocket rockets" during the Clinton Gun Ban?

The term "pocket Rocket" and Bill Clinton should not be used in the same sentence...Or Cuban cigars...

 

[Jimb]

Yep.

Odds are if you point it out you'll be on the shortlist for termination for a "different" reason though.

Yep....odds are that is best defended in litigation, which would most likely be in your favor, but the damage to your employment would already be done at that point....that's were they get you.

 

[Dbeasley2771]

I have to keep mine in the vehicle at school...unfortunately the liberals here in Indiana haven't warmed up to the idea of campus carry haha

 

[Dbeasley2771]

IMO it's better than not having it. I'd rather be 5 min away from my gun than 45 min.