August 20, 2012, 10:03 PM | #26 |
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In Colorado your car is considered an extension of you home
I carry a loaded revolver sometimes in the truck or the car when we are going where life is a bit dicier. It has been in my mind to install one of those locking revolver safes in the truck, screwed to the floor. They are quick to open, yet they are pretty secure if someone tried to steal it.
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August 21, 2012, 02:04 PM | #27 |
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man... i will never understand...
lock your weapon up in your car...please Mr. bad guy wait till i unlock my gun before you take my car and rape my wife. by not keeping your firearm within reach you may as well (IMO) leave them at home. probably where they are kept unloaded with trigger locks. i simply do not understand...i think i never will. maybe I'm paranoid or just believe that bad things happen to good people when they least expect it. i get out of bed in the morning take my pistol off my nite stand and it never leaves my reach and put it back on the nite stand at bed time. when I'm not home with my wife she does the same thing. we are prepared,we read news and know carjacking happens as well as home invasions. |
August 21, 2012, 02:44 PM | #28 |
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scott913, See posts #11 and #15. Whether or not you are paranoid depends on what the threat level warrants and only you know your situation.
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August 21, 2012, 03:03 PM | #29 |
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Bamaranger, My understanding is that both local Sheriff departments and the military agree with what you call "crusier carry". Out here it is "cruiser ready". No one routinely carries a shotgun in a vehicle with a shell chambered unless conflict is imminent. I can't remember which does which, but Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties differ on whether to store a shotgun in the vehicle hammer down or cocked on an empty chamber.
One is conderned that an officer will pull the trigger so as to release the action lock and ready the weapon for pumping a round from the magazine; only to find that a live shell was chambered. Hence the procedure is to drop the hammer at the station with the muzzle pointed into a container of sand. However, the other likes the idea that the action lock has to be depressed or the trigger pulled to rack a round. The idea is that if a BG gets your weapon he may be confused as to what to do to use it and the officer may have time to recover control amist the BG's fumbling. My info re current military is based on what I understand the procedure is for riding around in a Humvee or other vehicle. You don't want to be jostled around riding over rough terrain and have a shotgun going off in a closed container full of men. |
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