Leaving Gun in Car

Status
Not open for further replies.
I don't understand the slack some of you are giving this guy's wife. She's leaving a gun, presumably loaded, in plain sight inside a vehicle parked in public.

That's such so irresponsible it's dangerous. It's not a marital conflict issue where both people are contributing to a problem. She's simply and completely in the wrong. She should not be carrying a gun unless she can take that seriously and responsibly.
 
Tactfully ask her how she would feel if her gun was taken and used to kill innocent people, maybe a child. Point out that leaving it in open sight, unsecured, might lead to her conviction for criminal negligence plus a possible civil suit that could bankrupt you both.

If none of that affects her, well.......
 
I don't understand the slack some of you are giving this guy's wife. She's leaving a gun, presumably loaded, in plain sight inside a vehicle parked in public.

That's such so irresponsible it's dangerous. It's not a marital conflict issue where both people are contributing to a problem. She's simply and completely in the wrong. She should not be carrying a gun unless she can take that seriously and responsibly.

Do you get the part where it's her gun? What do you want the OP to do? Beat her ass and take it?
 
Do you get the part where it's her gun? What do you want the OP to do? Beat her ass and take it?

I didn't say anything about what the OP should do. I simply said his wife shouldn't be carrying a gun.

Since we live in the United States, plenty of people are legally doing grossly irresponsible things. OP's wife is apparently one of them.
 
If discussion does not make immediate change and as I would in a position of being the recipient of any legal hell that can come of problems it cpuld cause, up to and including her death by self insistance of being easy target, I definatly would take it and go as far as report her to the permit issuing entity as being irresponsible and insist her permit be revoked.
Yeah, I'm an ass. But you can rest asured I would never be put in a situation like this. Bluntly it is STUPID beyond STUPID.
 
I remember my wife hassling me about leaving my keys in the truck once upon a time. We live off the “beaten path”, only trespassers we get are coyotes and such but it was important to her, so I did a simple evaluation.

Ignition keys to a truck with a good bit of “loot” someone could just hop in and drive away (who knows likely a gun or two. In there as well).

Then went to her car, unlocked it, and who would have though, a garage door opener, in open view, that would allow anyone that could pick up a rock to get into our house, instantly.

Not to mention anyone with an Internet connection can figure out where she lives and get in the house with it and the license plate information on the back of the car, so they know where to go.

Be fair when you judge...
 
Is it possible for her to conceal it by putting something over it? Maybe a small piece of cloth such as a hand towel that is close to the same color as the interior of the car. Or maybe something like a magazine or road map. A ladies scarf might work really well.

That would solve the problem of it being visible from the passenger side.

Trunk Monkey,

Two big thumbs up on your comment. I have been a P.O.W. for 40 years.:p
 
Every married man know how intractable a woman can be about something and vise versa. I hope the two of you can come to an understanding and avoid a stolen gun and a damaged vehicle to repair. I have no suggestions except to have a reasonable, adult conversation, or more, if required to settle matters. If she gives in, good, if she doesn't, learn to live with it. Whatever the outcome it's up to the two of you to solve it.
 
Get her windows tinted dark enough you can't see in. I have left a gun in the map pocket of several vehicles at times over the years; with a soft "coozie" by it and where it was located, you couldn't tell there was a gun there even if you were sitting in the driver's seat. Otherwise, put it in the center console or glove box at least.
 
It sounds like she doesn't really want to carry a gun, so I'd take it back and not press the issue. Get her some pepper spray instead. After almost 25 years I still can't get my wife to so much as shoot a gun because she didn't grow up around them and just doesn't like them.

Leaving a gun in a vehicle in plain sight is a bad idea all around, whether it's legal in your area or not. The only exception I make is leaving my rifle in the truck during hunting trips, and I do that mostly to keep the scope at outside temperature.
 
Carrying a gun isn't for everyone. Seems like it's not for her. Better to not carry one at all than carry (in the broader sense) in a manner that increases your risks... such as the risk of having your vehicle broken into. And, to be frank, people who can't be bothered to maintain positive control over loaded weapons in general probably aren't going to do well keeping possession of them during a confrontation.

I've never even suggested, much less pressured, my wife to carry for similar reasons. She can do other things to minimize her risk exposure.
 
Or, show her statistics on how many guns are stolen from cars in your area, it's shocking how often it happens.

Guns stolen from cars are a major source of guns into the market of people who are legally prohibited from purchasing or possessing them.
 
tell her that you want the gun back. your name is attached to that serial number and you don't want a stolen gun on your conscience. whether she gives it back or not, you are making your point and giving her a way out.

luck,

murf
 
Get her windows tinted dark enough you can't see in. I have left a gun in the map pocket of several vehicles at times over the years; with a soft "coozie" by it and where it was located, you couldn't tell there was a gun there even if you were sitting in the driver's seat. Otherwise, put it in the center console or glove box at least.

Some places have laws on the allowable amount of tint.

I wasn't going to comment as marriage counseling isn't our thing but creating an attractive nuisance that can potentially led to grievous bodily harm of an innocent is not acceptable. Can we tell a poster to take action that would sink their relationship? That is the moral decision for the OP.
 
Last edited:
I would take back the gun, period. If you give someone a gun and their conduct with it is irresponsible, you owe society a solution.
Anyone who steals guns is going to be a far greater threat.
 
Last edited:
My wife had a bad habit of leaving her purse and wallet on the passenger seat when she'd leave the car. There was nothing I could do when she was on her own, but every time I went somewhere with her I'd make a big deal by huffing and puffing and then hiding her purse in the center console or in the back seat under a jacket every time she'd get out of the car, and then I'd ramble for the next 5 minutes about how one day she's going to come back to her car with broken glass all over the kid's car seats and her purse gone because she leaves it out in the open where anybody can see it. It took 3 years of me doing this before she finally started to either hide her wallet and purse on her own or just take it with her.

Now, it's one thing to take 3 years to prevent a break-in for a purse, but I don't think you really have that luxury with a firearm. If this was my wife, I'd take the gun back and give her pepper spray.
 
There is no cure for stupid and that is the epitome of stupidity. Given today's litigious society, she/ you are leaving yourselves open to a catastrophic lawsuit if pistol is stolen.
 
Personally, I would never leave a gun unsecured in a vehicle. Too many are stolen that way. Not sure what State you are in, but in Texas it's illegal to leave a handgun in plain sight in your vehicle. Maybe that will make a difference for her.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top