-One is responsible for a firearm(s) 24/7/365.
-Concealed means Concealed.
-I know about the hot humid South. I also know RIG Grease, Johnson's Paste Wax, or Quality Car wax will protect a BLUED firearm just fine. I am not the only one whom prefers blued, and has used blued firearms in extreme conditions.
Reality is: Life Sucks. Bad Things happen to Good Folks. And YOU cannot have a firearm on person.
In another life, besides a spare tire and jack, Pump shotgun and 1911 Gov't model or K frame were basic vehicle tools. Oh yeah, we were VERY responsible!
This was business, serious business. One in which Professionals stalked folks like us to kidnap, and get what we had on person - or access to. Then again they just might run you off the road, shoot you and get what you had.
This was before internet and virtual worlds. This was not Matt Helm or 007 either.
We used Simplex lock boxes. We may be in location where metal detectors and such were used. I once went to a Prison to hear how the inmate tailed me, how he lost me, did not kidnap - instead kidnapped another person, a buddy of mine...whom was driven around in his trunk for hours, his wife and child being babysitted by another Pro.. I had to face that demon - and learn from it. One good lesson - know how to break out of your own vehicle trunk.
The Security Person (Executive Protection Person as called today) handed me a torn $5 bill. I exited that Prison and left in another vehicle as Pre- arranged.
The combo to Simplex box was re-set with numbers off the serial number on that torn $5 bill.
I walked out of that Prison, exited a gate with some others. I had arrived by taxi. I shared a taxi leaving with a female -my pardner if you will. Our normal car used was elsewhere. We used two cars total ( switching) before we arrived to "our car".
So there was a place for leaving guns in vehicles. We took responsible steps in how we did this and how we did business.
Times change, laws enacted. Internet comes about and we are introduced to more armchair commandos.
Some of us continue to do things the 'old way'. Oh we are aware of new technologies...just best to not have only a hammer in the toolbox when a screwdriver would work better.
Biggest weak link still? Folks Advertise too much. They talk about stuff they should not. They carry themselves in a manner which draws attention - be it dress, mannerisms, carrying Logo'd firearm gear, sticker's on vehicles, leaving things in vehicles which viewed by a passerby attracts attention. Boxes of ammo, magazines, shell vests, gun cases...
Some things I/ we do not post on the Internet. Why? The BGs already know this stuff. Being posted most likely means someone being a wanna be BG or mall ninja will get into trouble. That is not being responsible on My/ Our part.
I mean I have listened to the Professionals, and the two- bit thug explain how and why they did things. How else do you think some of this is learned?
To protect from a thief - think like a thief.
I had to be in court, no guns of course. We jurors get a lunch break. My "date" brought me my "dayplanner" and joined me for lunch. I gave "my date" the "day planner" back before I entered the court house. My Colt Commander and extra mag was in that day planner.
One Professional shared that with me, he had tailed me into courthouse about a year before. His associate handed him a "day planner" as he exited. Instead being kidnapped and taken as was the plan...I walked smooth thru a deli, exited out the back, hopped in the bed of a ugly truck and was driven away.
I had disappeard into thin air.
My EP person had slipped me a note via Baliff, and plans were made for when court recessed. My pard had used her keys and with backup removed my vehicle from where parked.
Guns were just part of the tools we used. Brain has always been the biggest tool in the toolbox. Oh...and thinking outside the box.
Normal in those days to see a lever-gun in a gun rack. The truck had a sliding back window, I would have that lever gun for use in a hurry if need, though a paper sack was handed back to me with a revolver...as soon as we rounded the corner.
Do you advertise? Have you shared getting a vehicle box? Then the vehicle box is probably not a good idea.
Steve
