What is a car/truck gun good for?

[s&w 24]

What uses do you see a long gun carried in your car/truck used for? Also I'll ask how likely are these situations?
I thought about it and I can't think of a personal protection senario were a no LEO would need a long gun or if you did could you actualy get it out of its storage area and get it into use? That leave dispatching of wounded game and potting the chance varmint (4 legs) and then you would be fine with a single shot rifle or shotgun, My current selections being a H&R 12 ga and a hawes SA 22 mag pistol.

The floor is open!

 

[jsalcedo]

I carry a 1911 in the center console just in case and because I can.
(only with a license)

I don't carry long guns because of space limitations
and possibility of theft.

 

[cordex]

1. going out to the range in case you unexpectedly get the chance
2. signaling
3. dispatching wounded animals
4. possibly loaning to LEO in need (compatible ammunition is a plus)
5. 4 legged varmints

Not necessary, but gives a few more options in some situations.

 

[keyhole]

I keep an Mossberg 500 in an S&W electric lock, just in case.
It came in handy during a 3 gun match, when I had left one of my other shotguns home, and wanted to shoot the match

And of course, the best reason, because I can

 

[AR-15Nutt]

IF.....! i were to carry a weapon in my vehicle..., i guess it would have to be my Carbon-15 & 5, 30 rnd. mags.

BUT my personal carry was a 9mm Baby Eagle.., it will soon be replaced with a brand new 4" Python.......!!

 

[willyjixx]

why limit us on what we can use? do that an well have to get a special permit to trasnport my AR-15 to registered shooting zones?

my mini 14 stays in the truck in case i go shooting after work

 

[Snake Eyes]

I can't think of a personal protection senario were a no LEO would need a long gun or if you did could you actualy get it out of its storage area and get it into use?

Maybe in downtown Minneapolis.

I spend a lot of time driving around Arizona, both on and off road. I never know what I'm going to run into--2 or 4 legged. There are some strange folks that have chosen to "get lost" in the big empty spaces of AZ. They might not have any bad intentions. Or they might be real unhappy to see me. I also never know if I'm going to break down or get stuck someplace and have to spend the night, or hike out. I can get to my SLR-95 pretty quick and if I need to buy a little time I can always "cover" with my handgun.

One thing I know I'm not going to run into in the wilds of AZ is an LEO.

I used to carry my pre-ban shorty Bushmaster but I worried about having a $1500++ rifle riding around in my truck. Not to mention questioning the true functionality of a 10.5" barrel for a long gun. Now I keep the SLR-95 along with 6 loaded 30 rounders and 300 rounds of mil-surp in the truck.

Also I'll ask how likely are these situations?

Probably just slightly more likely than ever actually needing my CCW gun.

But I don't think that means I should leave 'em at home.

Peter

 

[SunBear]

My truck gun is a SIG 226 w/ 5 15-rd mags and its main purpose is to help someone else such as a LEO, remembering that it's hard to tell who the BG is when you come late to a gunfight Smooth is fast.

 

[Shalako]

So no one else envisions a terrorist type individual carrying a satchel charge into the oil refinery?

Or the guy that just broke out of Folsom Prison that's trying to carjack the beautiful blonde in the Lexus?

Or maybe the guys in the Hollywood Bank Heist Pt II, or....,
ah heck, I need to get back to reality.

.......Because I can! That's good enough.

 

[hutch24]

Because you just never know when that trophy moose is going to show up.

 

[telomerase]

>I thought about it and I can't think of a personal protection senario were a no LEO would need a long gun or if you did could you actualy get it out of its storage area and get it into use?

How about: your car insists on breaking down in south Dallas (twice now)?

The moose reason is good too; if a trophy moose shows up in south Dallas and assaults me I'd never be able to stop it with my CCW.

 

[MountainPeak]

Not all of us live in areas where it has to be stored!! My state is legal loaded, concealed, unconcealed. Your vehicle is basically considered, as it should be, an extension of your home. Whoops, I forgot, some of you in the east and other located cities, don't have "home is my castle" PRIVILEGES. Strange how the violent crime rates are so much higher where manyof you live. I was a long time resident of an area that deemed me unfit to protect myself and family. I moved. It is my RIGHT to protect myself and family. Maybe, someday, I'll run out of states that endorse that. Many of you put up with it. Keep up the good fight.

 

[duckfoot]

yugo sks (with bayonet) and lots of ammo on stripper clips

because I can

 

[one-shot-one]

i seldom carry a long gun in my auto but i think the best answer to this would be an extension of the old ccw saying. you use you ccw to fight your way back to your long gun, so use your auto gun to fight your way bak to your home guns.

 

[Neal Bloom]

I feel naked without one.

 

[Josey]

Hey Cattle in the roadway. Escaped prisoners. Large feral dogs. Deer that wander into town. I have a M-N 44 in 7.62X54R and a Baikal 12 bore. Utility.

 

[AZTOY]

I spend a lot of time driving around Arizona, both on and off road. I never know what I'm going to run into--2 or 4 legged. There are some strange folks that have chosen to "get lost" in the big empty spaces of AZ. They might not have any bad intentions. Or they might be real unhappy to see me. I also never know if I'm going to break down or get stuck someplace and have to spend the night, or hike out.

Want he seid


The truck gun is a ruger mini-14 with 2 PMI 30 round mags.

 

[XxAR10xX]

 

[gunsmith]

Crime Strike (tv show)

It's on 2am mondays in SF,CA.
I was up late watching one time and
it related a true story of a guy saving a women
hostage before the cops got there.
A man was holding a women hostage with a handgun
the good guy had to keep his distance but he had a mini 14
(scoped) the guy had the women on the ground and was going to kill her
so the good guy shot him.
She lived to thank him,thats one mom who is not going to believe
mike moore etc

 

[Matt G]

In my pre-LEO days, my truck gun was a stock SKS with a few stripper clips. I had no CHL, and in TX, that was the only legal way for me to carry. (Long guns are legal to carry, without regard to being visible or loaded in TX.) As my sliding rear window latch broke beyond repair and I couldn't guarentee it to be safe, I removed it about the time I became a LEO, and began to carry a pistol with me on my person at all times.

Now I don't drive that truck anymore, and have been thinking about getting a subtle little case to store the SKS again in my current vehicle-- a Honda. Why?
A: Why not?
B: Life is full of unforseen circumstances.
C: More than once I've had a person I trusted ask if I had a loaner.

 

[greyhound]

What uses do you see a long gun carried in your car/truck used for?

well lets see, here in MD it would be very useful for getting yourself severely hassled/arrested by an anti-self defense State Trooper.

Man I'm jealous of y'all!

 

[Politically Incorrect]

I guess a .416 Rigby truck gun could be used in case a rampaging elephant escapes from the circus.

 

[Orthonym]

At Least Two Reasons

1.Whatever.

2.It depends.

 

[Fel]

Shorty Bushmaster rides in the car always. If I am driving up to the city (Tucson) I will add a pistol-gripped 870.

 

[Bigjake]

why not!

With the whole turing 18 thing, i got me a winchester 94 in 30-30, and it rides in a soft case under the seat always. better safe than sorry right?