03-23-2018, 03:20 AM
A lot of that depends on where you live. Around here I'd say that about 25% of the trucks have a bolt action rifle on the seat and the keys in the ignition. The guns get dinged up, but they don't get stolen. In a small town of 100 people, it's bad for your health to steel from your neighbors.
Don't load it. One nice thing about an AR Pistol "truck gun" is that it is mag fed. Many bolt guns are not mag fed and most lever guns are not. Mag fed means that you can have a loaded mag in the glove box and the gun in the trunk or behind the seat. In WA you can have a loaded pistol in the vehicle if you have a concealed pistol permit, but you can never have a loaded rifle in a vehicle. Personally, I don't keep any AR style weapon (or any long gun) loaded. It's just not worth it and ARs are fast enough to load.
For people around here, it's not so much about self defense. We live in the middle of the national forest so its about pack rats, skunks, raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, cougars and bears.
I have a few "truck" guns for my Jeep that I rotate through. It comes in the house with me when I leave the vehicle. It isn't loaded in the vehicle. It sits on or behind the passenger seat. It gets dinged up and scratched.
I wouldn't keep a gun in my car, especially if I lived in town.
Here is my Grendel AR Pistol "Truck gun".
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Don't load it. One nice thing about an AR Pistol "truck gun" is that it is mag fed. Many bolt guns are not mag fed and most lever guns are not. Mag fed means that you can have a loaded mag in the glove box and the gun in the trunk or behind the seat. In WA you can have a loaded pistol in the vehicle if you have a concealed pistol permit, but you can never have a loaded rifle in a vehicle. Personally, I don't keep any AR style weapon (or any long gun) loaded. It's just not worth it and ARs are fast enough to load.
For people around here, it's not so much about self defense. We live in the middle of the national forest so its about pack rats, skunks, raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, cougars and bears.
I have a few "truck" guns for my Jeep that I rotate through. It comes in the house with me when I leave the vehicle. It isn't loaded in the vehicle. It sits on or behind the passenger seat. It gets dinged up and scratched.
I wouldn't keep a gun in my car, especially if I lived in town.
Here is my Grendel AR Pistol "Truck gun".
[IMG] http://i65.tinypic.com/15k2o1.jpg[/IMG]
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