Locking gun in suv?
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Roadrunner
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What type of handgun?
Super Trucker
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I have wondered about this myself for the very reason that when I am traveling through states that don't honor my CCW I must have my weapon locked in an area that is not accessible and the ammunition must not be in the same compartment as the weapon.
TonkinTwentyMil
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Stowing Secret Stuff
1. Get a Samsonite briefcase (the thinner, 3-inch model) with a COMBINATION lock. This should look a bit travel-worn/ugly and can be bought at pawn shops for $20-25. The combo lock opens fairly fast for emergency access.
2. Affix some type of religious organization/logo on the case's outside, along with a minister's I.D. tag. Also, have "Content: St. James Bibles" stenciled on the cases. (If you find this sacreligious, use your imagination for something else... like, umm, "St. Hillary's Home For Unwed Mothers", "San Francisco Labs Terminal HIV Specimens", or "PMS Sanitary-Napkin Recycling, Inc.", etc.)
3. Note: If some overly-intrusive gendarme (lacking Probable Cause) searches your vehicle -- and asks you to open the case -- you can tell him you can't/don't know the combo because it belongs to (a) your Sunday School teacher, or (b) your congressman/uncle, Barney Frank.
4.. Use a common bicycle security chain (thin steel wire) and lock to secure the case to the front seat rails... on the floor BEHIND the front seats.
5. Cover the case with a big clear plastic bag filled with "soiled" underwear (actually, besmirched with chocolate and raw-liver-blood stains).
6. To deter prying eyes, have your SUV's windows tinted dark, but avoid the all-black/Darth-Vader inner-city pimp-mobile extremes.
7. Buy an SUV with a DARK colored interior (to minimize light reflection). This also "helps" the window-tint obscure the vehicle's interior contents better. If you already have an SUV with a light-colored interior, consider having the seats re-covered and new dark carpets/mats installed.
8. Have discrete "St. Boxstein's Youth Foundation" or "For The Children" signs magnetically affixed to your vehicle's passenger doors. (You probably ought to remove these before you pull up to some Nevada whorehouse.)
9. Remove any "NRA", "Vote Republican", "Violence-Prone Veterans Against Photo-Op Goose Hunters From Massachussetts" stickers, or dead give-away vanity plates. Replace those stickers with innocuous "Baby On-Board" or "We Brake For Vegan Tooth Fairies" bumper stickers to "sell" your SUV's "soft" (the last place you'd ever find any, ahem, evil guns) image.
10. Ditch the 20-inch chrome wheels, the Texas Longhorn hood ornament, and the chromed safari-cowcatcher. To paraphrase what Dan Akroyd said in "Blues Brothers": "You're on a mission from God!"
Beyond all this, consider having concealable "secret" storage compartments custom-installed inside your SUV's front doors. If you live in a small town (where secrets last 10 minutes) go to another city to have this work done. Don't show it off just to get laid or prove how cool you are, and don't do this if you regularly visit inner-city chemical-recreation zones, cat-houses behind in their taxes, high-security federal buildings, or Mexico.
No, I don't play a pimp, dealer, or secret-agent on TV.
1. Get a Samsonite briefcase (the thinner, 3-inch model) with a COMBINATION lock. This should look a bit travel-worn/ugly and can be bought at pawn shops for $20-25. The combo lock opens fairly fast for emergency access.
2. Affix some type of religious organization/logo on the case's outside, along with a minister's I.D. tag. Also, have "Content: St. James Bibles" stenciled on the cases. (If you find this sacreligious, use your imagination for something else... like, umm, "St. Hillary's Home For Unwed Mothers", "San Francisco Labs Terminal HIV Specimens", or "PMS Sanitary-Napkin Recycling, Inc.", etc.)
3. Note: If some overly-intrusive gendarme (lacking Probable Cause) searches your vehicle -- and asks you to open the case -- you can tell him you can't/don't know the combo because it belongs to (a) your Sunday School teacher, or (b) your congressman/uncle, Barney Frank.
4.. Use a common bicycle security chain (thin steel wire) and lock to secure the case to the front seat rails... on the floor BEHIND the front seats.
5. Cover the case with a big clear plastic bag filled with "soiled" underwear (actually, besmirched with chocolate and raw-liver-blood stains).
6. To deter prying eyes, have your SUV's windows tinted dark, but avoid the all-black/Darth-Vader inner-city pimp-mobile extremes.
7. Buy an SUV with a DARK colored interior (to minimize light reflection). This also "helps" the window-tint obscure the vehicle's interior contents better. If you already have an SUV with a light-colored interior, consider having the seats re-covered and new dark carpets/mats installed.
8. Have discrete "St. Boxstein's Youth Foundation" or "For The Children" signs magnetically affixed to your vehicle's passenger doors. (You probably ought to remove these before you pull up to some Nevada whorehouse.)
9. Remove any "NRA", "Vote Republican", "Violence-Prone Veterans Against Photo-Op Goose Hunters From Massachussetts" stickers, or dead give-away vanity plates. Replace those stickers with innocuous "Baby On-Board" or "We Brake For Vegan Tooth Fairies" bumper stickers to "sell" your SUV's "soft" (the last place you'd ever find any, ahem, evil guns) image.
10. Ditch the 20-inch chrome wheels, the Texas Longhorn hood ornament, and the chromed safari-cowcatcher. To paraphrase what Dan Akroyd said in "Blues Brothers": "You're on a mission from God!"
Beyond all this, consider having concealable "secret" storage compartments custom-installed inside your SUV's front doors. If you live in a small town (where secrets last 10 minutes) go to another city to have this work done. Don't show it off just to get laid or prove how cool you are, and don't do this if you regularly visit inner-city chemical-recreation zones, cat-houses behind in their taxes, high-security federal buildings, or Mexico.
No, I don't play a pimp, dealer, or secret-agent on TV.
TallPine
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1) Place gun inside vehicle *
2) Lock doors
well, you DID ask ...
* preferably out of sight, such as underneath the folded-down back seat with a bunch of dirty laundry or other such stuff piled on the deck
kikilee, all you need to do is put the gun in a fully enclosed container and lock the zippers together with a smalll padlock. Gunrug, backpack, etc. Put it in the back, or behind the seat in the case of a pickup. I keep my guns and ammo in the same bag, just in different compartments within that same locked bag. YMMV.
Note that loaded magazines are considered a loaded firearm.
My primary concern is smash and grab, so I bolted an eye-bolt to the back and use a bicycle cable lock through all the bag's handles: they can still get it if they want it bad enough, but it will take time and a knife. If you're talking longer term storage, use a good steel toolbox and attach as above.
Note that loaded magazines are considered a loaded firearm.
My primary concern is smash and grab, so I bolted an eye-bolt to the back and use a bicycle cable lock through all the bag's handles: they can still get it if they want it bad enough, but it will take time and a knife. If you're talking longer term storage, use a good steel toolbox and attach as above.
Kamicosmos
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Check out Tuffy security products. They make heavy steel consoles, glove boxes, trunk chests etc, for most jeeps, trucks and other SUVs. Very strong, good locks, very nice product.
In my Jeep, I installed a Jeep Box center console. I plan on eventually getting a Tuffy glove box as well. The Jeep Box seems to have a very good lock and latch mechanism on it, and unless the person has a crowbar, they probably couldn't get into it anyway. On top of that, I am able to hide my SP101 inside the console, so they'd still have to do quite a bit of digging to find it.
But, I am still nervous about leaving a gun in my vehicle...but, I'm excessively paranoid about stuff like that.
In my Jeep, I installed a Jeep Box center console. I plan on eventually getting a Tuffy glove box as well. The Jeep Box seems to have a very good lock and latch mechanism on it, and unless the person has a crowbar, they probably couldn't get into it anyway. On top of that, I am able to hide my SP101 inside the console, so they'd still have to do quite a bit of digging to find it.
But, I am still nervous about leaving a gun in my vehicle...but, I'm excessively paranoid about stuff like that.
I use a Tuffy under seat drawer in my Jeep. For an SUV, don't most come with thatlittle roll-up cover over the rear storage compartment? Put the gun in a case, lock the case, place under rear seat, roll open cover. Depending on which model it is, there's also room under the rear floor where the spare is kept. I know my wife's has some decent free space under there.
Chipperman
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It's also illegal in MA.
xSTORMx:
Check out this web site: http://www.handgunsafe.com/index.htm
I had a similar safe with the electronic keypad that I bolted under the second seat in my old Suburban. Worked well to carry my backup weapon, too.
Regards,
7.62mm
Check out this web site: http://www.handgunsafe.com/index.htm
I had a similar safe with the electronic keypad that I bolted under the second seat in my old Suburban. Worked well to carry my backup weapon, too.
Regards,
7.62mm
duckslayer
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That is a great idea...some tighty-whities with skid marks would repel all but the most strung out druggie from getting near it!!!
Preacherman
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See http://www.truckvault.com/truckvaults.asp for some very interesting (and secure) storage options. Their vault for the rear luggage compartment of SUV's can't be seen when all the doors are closed - it looks like a slightly higher floor than usual, that's all. I've seen and used several of these in Federal service, and am very impressed indeed. I plan on fitting their under-the-rear-seat vault to my truck when I can afford it.
I lock mine in a Life Jacket
http://www.allenslaw.com/lj.html
then lock it in the glove compartment. Even if they get into the compartment, they can't get it out of the Life Jacket to use it.
http://www.allenslaw.com/lj.html
then lock it in the glove compartment. Even if they get into the compartment, they can't get it out of the Life Jacket to use it.
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