How safe is to keep a pistol in your car?

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I live in NV. During summer temp in the car can easily reach 150+ degrees. It can be so hot that leaving kids or pets unattended in a car is punishable by law. Keeping all this in mind, I have two questions.

1) With these temps, how safe is to keep a loaded pistol in your car?
2) How safe is to keep guns in the car... in general? Is that a good idea?
 
I can not speak for the heat ID and all but I have the car gun safe from Cabelas it fits in my middle consule and I have no worrys when I leave it out there.
 
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A gun is perfectly safe in the car so long as you are in the car with the gun. If you leave the car, take the gun with you. That way, you won't have to worry about theft, heat, wind and rain, the passing of the seasons, presidential elections, thunder and lightning, erosion in the mountain passes, the real meaning of the last book you read, or whether the Cubs will ever again make it to a World Series.

Better to worry about all of those things, however, than to have your gun stolen from your car or truck.
 
just keep it locked in the glove compartment.. breakin in to a car is easy via the window.. but breakin in to the glove box requires a little more skill... but they prob won't break in to your car in the first place if they don't see anything of interest right off the bat.
 
Not a fan of car/truck guns. Only if you have to. I hate going places where my firearm isn't permitted.
 
I bought a cheap Sentry Safe at Walmart for $45. I drilled a hole in it and in my trunk. Then I screwed in an eye bolt with nuts and washers into the safe and into the trunk. And I use a bicycle U-lock to lock the safe securely to the vehicle. I'm sure with a big ass bolt cutter, you could cut the eye bolt but most car thieves don't go around carrying bolt cutters. And anything kept in the safe is reasonably protected from heat because it's fire rated. My safe is one of those file sized ones so I can keep 5 pistols or 1 pistol and a thousand rounds of ammo in with it.
 
And other states, like Mississippi, the car is considered an extension of the home. You can legally car carry without CCW permitting. Therefore, I can carry in a vehicle without any extra paperwork.

Ash
 
It amazes me that if I were to leave my gun in the car (in the console), lock the doors (but not the console), and go inside somewhere, and someone breaks in and steals my gun...

I can be prosecuted if something happens with my firearm.

This seems to happen quite a bit in some states. If you firearm is not secured inside your vehicle then you can be held accountable. I just can not believe it but I have read quite a few reports on it. Even though they knocked out your window and took it out of your car it is somehow your fault.

Makes sense to me...:rolleyes:

Adam
 
I only leave my gun in my vehicle if I'm going somewhere that doesn't allow CC.

In Ohio they have signs with the outline of a pistol surrounded by a red circle with a red slash through it.

I have a loackable fire box in one car that is bolted through the trunk floor and in the wife's car I have one of these:

http://www.ccwsupply.biz/CarSafePAGE.htm

While nothing is fool proof, most thiefs aren't going to be prepared to deal with these items or take the time to try and defeat them.

Besides, what are the odds they are going to break into my vehicle on one of those rare occassions that my hand gun is actually in lock down?
 
I saw an old Toyota truck, the kind that are EASY to break into (I used to have one -- had 10 stereos and the truck itself stolen twice while I had it). It was parked in a parking lot nearby.

The guy had an M4gery on gun racks in the cab window while he was in Cabela's. Now nobody goes into Cabela's for less than an hour. Well, okay, I do, now that there's a Cabela's down the street from me, but usually nobody does.:D

It didn't get stolen.

Of course, this isn't exactly Compton, either.:)
 
It amazes me that if I were to leave my gun in the car (in the console), lock the doors (but not the console), and go inside somewhere, and someone breaks in and steals my gun...

I can be prosecuted if something happens with my firearm.

This seems to happen quite a bit in some states. If you firearm is not secured inside your vehicle then you can be held accountable. I just can not believe it but I have read quite a few reports on it. Even though they knocked out your window and took it out of your car it is somehow your fault.
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gafirefighter, give me a couple stories where someone was held responsible for the actions of another with a gun that they BROKE into a vehicle and stole the firearm. I want a news article that tells what the person was charged with and what happened.
 
I have three vehicles each with it's own handgun inside. My wife and I are both CCW with unrestricted(not dedicated to a particular handgun) permits. We always have a weapon no matter which car or truck we drive.
 
Ash, Louisiana does that too.
LA also has open carry. Go LA.
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Same here in Virginia. We have a lot of freedom, but when it comes to cars, they are a bit odd. WITHOUT a CCW, I can open carry loaded all day long. I can even walk into a bar, but when I get in the car I must unload it and place the gun in full view if an officer were to stop me and walk up on EITHER side of the car.

Fast forward to a CCW, all of the unloading/full view rules go out the door. I can leave it loaded and concealed on me or stick it in my center console, ect. I can still walk into the bar, but I just have to un-conceal it before I walk in.

Being that I am not a drinker, I rarely go into a bar, BUT I do frequent establishments that serve alcohol, so the same rules apply there.

Most alcohol serving etablishments in Virginia are aware of the laws and the freedom that gun owners have in this state and then some are totally ignorant and that is why I started:

http://www.firearmfriendlyva.com/
 
just keep it locked in the glove compartment.. breakin in to a car is easy via the window.. but breakin in to the glove box requires a little more skill...
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I'd estimate about 5 seconds with screw driver or small Pry Bar
 
biggest thing I would think about is the ammo, the heat in a locked vehicle and vibration over a long time from driving around could effect ammo performance. who knows how much for sure though if any.


I usually have a gun or three most all the time in my truck
 
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