CoRoMo
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I'm not going to bolt a safe to my company truck. Maybe my own truck though.
I'm not going to bolt a safe to my company truck. Maybe my own truck though.
Eric F said:I am installing a lock box (through bolted to the floor) under my seat for when I do need to leave my gun in my truck.
You should have already thought about this very scenario and done that as a responsible gun owner before the break-in. The "now I know/should have known better" excuse need not apply. And, as several have pointed out, it is NOT an expensive proposition.
Eric F said:I did everything I could have done at that point in time to prevent this.
Yes great plan but there is no trunk on my truck.(even locking it in the trunk would have been better than just leaving it under the front seat
Yes I did make a misteak and no one will ever be harder on me than me for that however there is agreeing with a person then agreeing and adding insult to injury.You made some very real mistakes, and I think your original post was to point them out.... no sense getting bitter about someone agreeing with you...
Have you had firearms stolen from a house break-in? If you haven't, do you keep them in a safe? If so, why didn't you apply that logic to your truck that had not been broken into...yet? If you have had firearms stolen from your home and decided to get a safe after that then, again, why not apply that logic to your truck because it could/WOULD get broken into? A vehicle is generally much more susceptible to break-ins than homes.
... I thought it would be safe I thought my truck would be good enough just being locked. I was wrong. And you are too if you leave your gun in your car...
lol @ the poopie pants method above
I think I'm going to get one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Secure-It-Secu...0112573&sr=8-1
Seems like it would eliminate any smash and grab type thieves.
Yes and no, The store I went to does not allow guns, however in Va this is non binding the most they can do is ask you leave. I left it in the truck because I did not have an over shirt to conceal the gun.
How'd they get into the car?
What kind of gun?
Is it a high, medium, or low crime area?
Did you make a police report?
How is it that we have reached this point? The bad guy does his thing and we immediately begin finding fault with our own behavior, how we failed to "perfectly" protect ourselves and our property and how we should have done better ... always we should have done better. Then we dwell endlessly on how we can modify our behavior in the future to better protect ourselves.
If the poop method is not preferable get Mc Guyer on your car.
Look for panels which can easily be removed -- where there is sufficient space to stash a firearm.
Example:
Drivers side panel on my old automobile (by the fuse housing) was fairly easily popped off with the tip of a key.
Behind that panel -- a big steel bar (connected to frame and welded in place).
Which provided:
Securing the firearm around the bar with a chain / cable lock.
Hidden and concealed.