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When it comes down to it, what is your "go to" EDC?

Bassbob said:
Yeah not every situation is the same. For example in St. Louis City it is extremely common for every car on a block to have a window smashed and the contents inside stolen. Thieves are specifically looking for guns.

Anyway, I get that sometimes people have to do it. And taking all the precautions you can is wise. I know two people personally though who simply leave a gun in their car at all times. A car gun if you will. That’s stupid IMO.
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When I park a car at the end of the day and enter my home, so does the gun. Firearms dont stay in the car overnight
 
Depends. Usually one of my TRP's or my DW VBOB. Hot weather going to town sometimes my HellCat Pro replaces the 1911's. If at home, usually a S&W 642 in the pocket.
 
WellArmed said:
Context matters... The whole frenzy and fearmongering about leaving a gun in the car is mostly based on incomplete information and ignorance of the data. It's akin to anti-gunners' claims that people with guns in their home are 400% more likely to be shot by their own gun. Well, if the owner of the firearm adheres to certain gun safety rules, that stat and the risk no longer apply to them. Or how they like to talk about gun violence and how national gun laws are needed. Well, if you don't live in high-crime pockets of the country, typically blue cities, then all the so-called "gun violence" stats and issues no longer apply.

Over 80% of firearms that are stolen from vehicles are taken from unlocked cars. Simply locking your doors greatly reduces the risk. If people simply locked their doors, this wouldn't be an epidemic. If guns weren't being left in unlocked cars or in cars overnight, the vehicle firearm theft rate would be further be reduced to being a non-topic and issue, much like "gun violence" would be greatly reduced if we had a handful of blue cities disappear.

Not having anything of value in plan view further reduces risk. Not living in a low-income and high-crime area further reduces risk. Not leaving the gun unattended in the vehicle overnight and parking in a high-traffic, high-visibility area when briefly running errands during the day reduces that original ~20% risk much, much, much further. Having a lockbox in addition to all the other precautions will also help.

I'm sure people who own guns that leave their homes unsecured, live in bad neighborhoods, have no home security system, no dogs, bad lighting, no gun safe, etc. have a much higher rate of gun thefts from burglies as well vs. people who's situations, environment, and safeguards are different.

I leave a gun in my car, especially if I have to go into a courthouse or federal building, but I take precautions that make the risk of theft statistically insignificant. I'm not more worried about my gun being stolen out of my car than I'm worried about my gun being stolen off of my person or out of my home. YMMV: to each their own.
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Very good info and thank you for posting it. I have been carrying for over 70 years and will continue to do so,my house my rules. I enjoyed the back and forth, stay safe.
 
I don't agree with the concept of a "Truck Gun". I don't have a specifically dedicated gun that stays in my car all the time but there are times in my life when I end up at some place where it's a federal crime for me to walk through the front door of the gun on me.

It's been my experience that if the odds are a million to one, I'll be the one.

I went to the Hooterville Post Office to start delivery to our home when we moved in. I parked a block away and locked my gun in a lockbox and went it.

There was a guy in line Open Carrying and no one paid any attention. If I tried it I'd be busted.
Should I have left my gun at home?

Day after tomorrow I have to drive an hour to a Dental appointment and an appointment at the VA.

Should I leave my gun at home?
 
The Night Rider said:
I don't agree with the concept of a "Truck Gun". I don't have a specifically dedicated gun that stays in my car all the time but there are times in my life when I end up at some place where it's a federal crime for me to walk through the front door of the gun on me.

It's been my experience that if the odds are a million to one, I'll be the one.

I went to the Hooterville Post Office to start delivery to our home when we moved in. I parked a block away and locked my gun in a lockbox and went it.

There was a guy in line Open Carrying and no one paid any attention. If I tried it I'd be busted.
Should I have left my gun at home?

Day after tomorrow I have to drive an hour to a Dental appointment and an appointment at the VA.

Should I leave my gun at home?
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At my local VA clinic you can't carry a small pocket knife much less a handgun. Not sure but I think carrying handguns is a no-no in any federal building.
 
The Night Rider said:
I see people walking around my local VA with pocket knives all the time.

I think it depends on if the HMFIC for that particular facility wants to push the issue
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Here they have large signs prohibiting knives and firearms. Granted could easily carry a knife and not get caught but why risk the HMFIC(haven't seen this abbreviation in decades) forking with my benefits.
 
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