Snowdog
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On the 9th, we had a Sheriff Deputy in the county where I reside respond to a breaking and entering of a vehicle in progress.
To sum things up, at some point there was an exchange of fire between the suspect and responding deputies and one deputy was shot in the face. This deputy died the next day (yesterday). It was later determined the firearm used to kill the deputy was stolen by the suspect from the car he broke into. From my understanding, the suspect he was unarmed until that point.
My wife and I on occasion will keep a firearm in each of our vehicles in a combination/biometric lock box that's secured by a cable. We will use these boxes to secure our handguns (we both have carry permits) when we find a "no firearm" sign on a business that we are required to enter.
These lock boxes certainly won't prevent firearm theft, though they certainly add an extra level of difficulty in order to steal a firearm. Also, it's hopefully something that can be seen as due diligence in the eyes of the law (though absolutely unsure about that).
So what kind, if any, of legal trouble may the vehicle/firearm owner possibly face in the above scenario provided the vehicle was locked, windows up and parked on his property? Would there be any difference if the firearm itself was also in a locked container that would require force to break into?
To sum things up, at some point there was an exchange of fire between the suspect and responding deputies and one deputy was shot in the face. This deputy died the next day (yesterday). It was later determined the firearm used to kill the deputy was stolen by the suspect from the car he broke into. From my understanding, the suspect he was unarmed until that point.
My wife and I on occasion will keep a firearm in each of our vehicles in a combination/biometric lock box that's secured by a cable. We will use these boxes to secure our handguns (we both have carry permits) when we find a "no firearm" sign on a business that we are required to enter.
These lock boxes certainly won't prevent firearm theft, though they certainly add an extra level of difficulty in order to steal a firearm. Also, it's hopefully something that can be seen as due diligence in the eyes of the law (though absolutely unsure about that).
So what kind, if any, of legal trouble may the vehicle/firearm owner possibly face in the above scenario provided the vehicle was locked, windows up and parked on his property? Would there be any difference if the firearm itself was also in a locked container that would require force to break into?
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