And yet, by leaving something where someone of ill intent is LIKELY and ABLE to get their hands on it in a matter of seconds -- in fact not even taking the basic safety precaution of not leaving a deadly weapon in a tin can on a public street -- you ARE doing just what I said. Might as well put out a "take one" sign.No, what's tragic is that liberals have been successful at drilling such mush into peoples heads. The criminal is responsible for the crime, NOT the person being robbed.
My words were not meant to be kind. They were meant to be honest.Thank you for your kind words. This is not on the subject.
Would you keep a revolver or semi-auto in a freezing vehicle for protection?
That is silly hyperbole. Keep them in your house. Keep them locked up if you aren't using them. Keep your defensive arms loaded and ready to go. Deadly weapons are not toys and you are responsible for taking reasonable precautions to secure them.No kidding! I guess we shouldn't keep firearms in our house either, since a violent criminal might get 'em!
Of course. A site to promote RESPONSIBLE gun ownership and use. I also wouldn't tell you to leave a loaded gun where a baby or child would go looking for it. But at least a baby or child wouldn't take that gun with the intent to harm or kill others.Geeze. Is this a pro 2A site or not?
That is silly hyperbole. Keep them in your house. Keep them locked up if you aren't using them.
Agreed 100%! It is the thickening of the oil(or grease) that will cause problems.I think that the lube used will be a larger determining factor than the type of handgun.
All right. Certainly there must be some reasons and times when it would be not irresponsible to leave a firearm in a car. I can't think of many, but perhaps I should temper my comments to say that exceptions could apply.There are many reasons and many times when it is not 'irresponsible' to leave a gun in a car, and more than a few times when it's the only option available
although I will agree that the OP didn't make it sound like he had a particularly secure storage approach
Ooooh! Stings! Oh well, I guess I'll live.neither completely intellectually honest nor emotionally mature.
I can accept that, think that the "Neither -- because..." response offered by some does indeed answer the fundamental question posed directly. If we shall focus on the lubrication/reliability question, then I will politely bow out of further debate on the responsibility question.I also think that issue is not germane to this thread and represents a hijack of the thread's fundamental purpose
While some folks will always do whatever they feel like doing for reasons of perceived convenience, leaving a firearm, especially a handgun, stored in a vehicle, especially in a "semi-urban" area is just grossly irresponsible.
Car break-ins just plain happen. You could lose your change and that would be irritating. You could lose your expensive stereo, and that would sure suck.
You could arm yet another habitual violent criminal through your selfish carelessness. And that's tragic.
i have an SR9 it has stood the harshest weather even rain and still fired .
Well here in the "southerly climate" of central florida, you would be surprised as to how many oranges are ruined every year because of freezing. Oh, and just for giggles here are the record lows for wyoming and new mexico.I'm trying to wrap my head around why most of the people responding to this thread live in places like New Mexico and other southerly climates.
Great reasoning. We should live in a constant state of fearfulness. House break-ins just plain happen as well. So none of us should have a gun unless we can carry it with us all the time? And these comments are from a moderator on here? We do need help.
It's no harder to break into a house than a car. In fact, it is easier.
During the cold spell we had in 1984 all of our truck transmissions(Fuller RT1110s) and power divider differientials(Eaton DS380s) were filled with 90 weight oil (not grease). The oil was so thick from the cold it was impossible to shift them. Our company later went to multi-viscosity oil and then to all synthetic which cured to problem.I mean, unless you have it full of 90 weight grease