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Gun Theft Warning - Vehicle thefts

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weatom

Discussion Starter · Apr 10, 2022

Saw a spot on local news this morning discussing illegal and stolen guns. Apparently the vast
majority of the daily shootings in my town are using illegal (whatever that means) or stolen guns.

They went on to say most guns are stolen from businesses or vehicles. As for the vehicles
thieves target, vehicles with some type of gun related sticker or political emblems were
the #1 target. NRA, Trump, Sig, or anything gun or politics related.

Sure enough the reporter randomly stopped a few trucks in the parking lot. One had a "thin
blue line" sticker, the other NRA. Both guys said yes they had a gun on board, and neither had
safe in their truck.

I think it's a BIG stretch to make a correlation between logos or stickers and gun thefts,
but it does make sense to an extent.

They also talked about using safes in your vehicle, but that's a tough option to sell. Most safes
are easily removed and the one's that aren't almost have to be custom installed. Not to mention
thieves is the big city come prepared. Sledge hammers and pry bars are their "tools".

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· #101 · Apr 19, 2022

Devereaux said:
?Have you considered a magnet under the dash.

I had a friend who kept his CZ Rami there in his truck.

You really couldn’t see it but it was convenient to grab if you needed it.

I’m not sure that would work for a relatively large gun (like a 229 or USPc), but for the smaller pocket guns it appears a reasonable alternative.

Using a magnet to have quick/easy access in a car can work great where legal.

However, depending on your state/county, leaving a pistol in a car unlocked or unsecured may be a crime.

The low cost and small size of clamshell style car safes, really makes them a great alternative,
to merely stashing them out of sight.

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Yes a determined thief can/will eventually defeat them, but they work great to prevent walk-away theft.

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ExMany

· #102 · Apr 19, 2022

Devereaux said:
?Have you considered a magnet under the dash. I had a friend who kept his CZ Rami there in his truck. You really couldn’t see it but it was convenient to grab if you needed it. I’m not sure that would work for a relatively large gun (like a 229 or USPc), but for the smaller pocket guns it appears a reasonable alternative.

I haven’t considered that. I can keep my pistol out of sight but just not “secured” (in quotes because nothing is completely secure). I suppose a magnet might mean the pistol is in a spot the criminal might not otherwise check, but where I’m keeping it now is similar. My prior car had a lockable glove box, and a way to keep it locked even when the key was given to someone else (like a valet), but my current box doesn’t even lock.

If someone is aware of a legal obligation to secure the firearm in a car, beyond locking the door (and not leaving the firearm in plain sight), I would be interested in what steps are considered reasonable for securing it.

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Steve40th

· #103 · Apr 19, 2022

So if your car has a 911 sticker, they wont break in, but if its an emblem.....
I digress.
I just dont advertise.

DetroitMike

· #104 · Apr 19, 2022

Valutek 6 digit electronic lock. Has cable you can bolt to Seat frame under your seats. Unless someone comes with heavy bolt cutters and knows it’s under your seat they are moving on. Simple smash and grab is not possible, not sitting in glove box or center counsel

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NDG12

· #105 · Apr 20, 2022

Not a stretch at all to the sticker=gun in car.....my dad lives in a large Metro area in the Midwest & tells me that when people go to the ball games, thieves lurk in the parking garage & target cars/trucks that have gun or political stickers for break ins.....I do not have any free advertising on my vehicles.....this is just one reason on a long list not to advertise anything....except a Jesus loves you sticker.

DetroitMike

· #106 · Apr 21, 2022

Funny you comment on Theives hanging on side streets by stadiums, to break into cars know guns and items.
I always park on the same couple side streets near Tigers Stadium, entertainment zone Downtown. I get out of a truck a couple years ago, a dude comes up and says for $20 bucks I will make sure nothing happens to your car. I look him straight in eye and tell him, I come to a ton of games, I see you and your boys working this BS every game. Here your deal, when I comeback and anything happens to my Truck your *** better never show up to any more games, and walked on. We are now buddies, I typically give him a beer, or a free souvenir shirt and Swag we get from events in Entertainment zone. The guys are there hustling , not my thing, not happy about it, but it has become a joke for him and I.

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Abberdog

· #107 · 4 d ago

Harry_Gorilla said:
I never have decals on my vehicle. It is well known - and should be obvious - that if you have firearm related decals on your vehicle; you're advertising. A thief isn't going to break into a Volkswagen Bug with a sunflower decal looking for a gun, are they?

If don’t advertise either. I have plenty of hats etc with logos attached that I don’t wear in public for same reason.

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Devereaux

· #108 · 4 d ago

RUT said:
This is the only one I display.

You know, that is also what my. car shows. I have a Marine license plate holder and a sticker on the plate. That isn’t affiliation with any political party or even pro- or anti-gun. It is a statement of fact. And if I get pulled over, it often helps in the outcome. Could buy a new gun for the money in tickets it’s saved me.

sabre51

· #109 · 4 d ago

7.62Kolectr said:
Put a Biden sticker and a rainbow on your car. Problem solved 😎

Add a "Black lives matter" sticker, and you should be good to go... The real Americans will only be disgusted, they don't attack.

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sabre51

· #110 · 4 d ago

dsk said:
I used to have a friend who once parked his pickup truck (which was emblazoned with NRA and pro-2A stickers) in Capitol Hill, the most extreme-left neighborhood in Seattle. When he returned to his truck later in the day the windows were all smashed out and the tires slashed. Fortunately he didn't have any thing of value inside, but apparently the residents there don't tolerate anyone disagreeing with their world view.

These days you don't want to express anything political on your vehicle, lest you become a target for a road-rager or political nut. And leaving a gun inside is just plain stupid, considering that a vehicle is little more than a target-rich environment for thieves.

You don't have a choice if you have to go in a public building, hospital, or school or post office...

cremaley

· #111 · 4 d ago

I do not leave handguns in my vehicle. They are always on me. No sticker of any kind either.

Nev

· #112 · 4 d ago

Hammer said:
I don't think it's a big stretch at all.

Agree.

RDS40

· #113 · 4 d ago

weatom said:
Saw a spot on local news this morning discussing illegal and stolen guns. Apparently the vast
majority of the daily shootings in my town are using illegal (whatever that means) or stolen guns.

They went on to say most guns are stolen from businesses or vehicles. As for the vehicles
thieves target, vehicles with some type of gun related sticker or political emblems were
the #1 target. NRA, Trump, Sig, or anything gun or politics related.

Sure enough the reporter randomly stopped a few trucks in the parking lot. One had a "thin
blue line" sticker, the other NRA. Both guys said yes they had a gun on board, and neither had
safe in their truck.

I think it's a BIG stretch to make a correlation between logos or stickers and gun thefts,
but it does make sense to an extent.

They also talked about using safes in your vehicle, but that's a tough option to sell. Most safes
are easily removed and the one's that aren't almost have to be custom installed. Not to mention
thieves is the big city come prepared. Sledge hammers and pry bars are their "tools".

Out of the few thousand employees in this state, you'll rarely see a company logo sticker on and cars.

ProofMark

· #114 · 16 h ago

weatom said:
Saw a spot on local news this morning discussing illegal and stolen guns. Apparently the vast
majority of the daily shootings in my town are using illegal (whatever that means) or stolen guns.

They went on to say most guns are stolen from businesses or vehicles. As for the vehicles
thieves target, vehicles with some type of gun related sticker or political emblems were
the #1 target. NRA, Trump, Sig, or anything gun or politics related.

Sure enough the reporter randomly stopped a few trucks in the parking lot. One had a "thin
blue line" sticker, the other NRA. Both guys said yes they had a gun on board, and neither had
safe in their truck.

I think it's a BIG stretch to make a correlation between logos or stickers and gun thefts,
but it does make sense to an extent.

They also talked about using safes in your vehicle, but that's a tough option to sell. Most safes
are easily removed and the one's that aren't almost have to be custom installed. Not to mention
thieves is the big city come prepared. Sledge hammers and pry bars are their "tools".

Sixteen cars in my office parking garage were broken in to in broad daylight. Police said thieves are looking for money and guns.They also hit six pickups for the catalytic converters.

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Sol-Invictus

· #115 · 8 h ago

7.62Kolectr said:
Put a Biden sticker and a rainbow on your car. Problem solved 😎

Unless it is a band of roving tranny "dill dough" thieves.

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