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Just be careful to remember they are there

You’re in Alabama so it’s not as relevant, but I live near DC, so a spare magazine could send me to jail

Just remember if you’re headed behind enemy lines that they are there

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Originally posted by stoic-one:
Not everyone will agree about leaving an actual pistol in the car, but I'm trying to figure out what the possible harm is in carrying extra magazines. I have so many as I always have at least 5 magazines for every weapon I own, and in most cases, a whole lot more than that.

We all know SIG magazines aren't quite as interchangeable as Glock magazines, but as an example:
I have several G19's, 17's, 17L's, and 34's. The mags for everything except the G19 magazines interchange with everything else, and I am not even sure how many 17 round 9mm Glock magazines I own(at least North of 50+), so why not chuck a couple of them in a nook somewhere in the car. I mean, it can't hurt. This is of course in addition to what I'm carrying on person.


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I carry a P228 or a P938 so yes, I do keep a spare mag for each in my truck. I don't see any harm in it.


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Originally posted by Kevbo:
Just be careful to remember they are there

You’re in Alabama so it’s not as relevant, but I live near DC, so a spare magazine could send me to jail

Just remember if you’re headed behind enemy lines that they are there
That's a fair and valid point, sir.


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Posts: 6192 | Location: Headland, AL | Registered: April 19, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I always have at least two spare mags with me for my carry, could have more mags/ammo depending what I am doing. I do not store extra mags - as in leave them in my vehicles overnight.




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Yeah, I keep a couple of spares in the vehicle. Of course, I also keep a get home bag with another fifty rounds in the way back and there may or may not be an old police trade-in beat to hell 870 back there but I couldn’t possible comment on that.


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I share vics quite often so no but I have some in a backpack which often accompanies me places and in vehicles with 3 x mags.
 
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I always carry a spare mag or two in my truck.




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I carry one spare mag on my person....but it's inserted into a pistol that is secondary carry on my ankle Cool

Two mags are usually nearby in my pov.
 
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Ever since I watched this on live TV, I've been committed to having plenty of firepower in my vehicle.




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I don't. I carry two spare 12 rounders with me, plus the 12+1 in the gun.

I live in Central Florida and own a black on black truck. Leaving a mag in the truck during this part of the year wouldn't be a problem. I imagine that it gets to be 130-150 degrees inside the truck during the summer, though. I don't really want to expose my carry ammo to that kind of temperature for long periods of time. Probably wouldn't affect it, but I don't know and don't want to find out the hard way.

Sometimes when civil disruption is predicted on the news (for example, the Ferguson verdict) I carry extra guns and extra ammo for a day or two, but I don't, as a practice, leave spare mags of ammo in the car. On the day the Ferguson verdict was expected, I had two handguns with about 50 rounds in magazines for them, plus a Ruger Mini-14 with 100 rounds for that. Once Tampa and Orlando didn't explode in violence, they went back in the safe.



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I work on an army depot, so...no.
 
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something like this might come in handy

http://www.sneakypeteholsters....-magazine-protector/





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I keep a spare mag in the door pocket of my car. I have one spare mag on my person. The one in the car is there if I run out while trying to get back to the car.
 
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I keep a small backpack in my vehicle that's as hidden as it can be. Inside are 2 spare mags for my EDC.
 
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Personal vehicle - I keep a spare G17 mag or two in the truck in case I forget the spare I normally keep on my person. I use 17s as spares since they will fit 19/26 as well.

Work vehicle - chest rig with spare rifle and pistol mags is always in the vehicle. I also keep a spare pistol mag or two in Blackhawk clip on mag carriers.

I have co-workers who keep boxes of ammo in their work vehicles - this never made sense to me vs simply keeping more loaded mags.
 
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My wife and I share the vehicle as our granddaughter takes her (wifes) car to school, but even so I only carry one spare magazine, I took and read too many vehicle burglary reports.


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