I agree with the nay sayers. Have a check list as has been suggested. Or when you take off your handgun, put your car keys under the holster.

Found a g19 gen4 like new for 349.00,swapped a couple parts out but that is my "vehicle" gun thou I take it in every night. Been a lot of quickie vehicle break ins in the area lately.

I'm too forgetful to remember my firearm each day, so would it be ok to just leave one in my vehicle?

How are you going to remember you left a firearm in your vehicle when someone else drives it, when you drop it off for service, when you drive into Mexico, etc.?

Negative ghost rider, the memory pattern is full.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
I'm too forgetful to remember my firearm each day, so would it be ok to just leave one in my vehicle?

How are you going to remember you left a firearm in your vehicle?

What if you leave it in someone else's vehicle...?

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
Keys, Wallet, Phone, flashlight, gun, knife.

Mental checklist where I tap each thing before leaving.

Yes, I do that and no, I don't 'forget' things often. I can't recall the last time I 'forgot' one of those.

Yup. And after dropping the phone off for battery replacement this morning, tapped the empty pocket about three times in the hour while running errands before picking it up because “something doesn’t feel right.” The older I get, the more pattern and habit becomes important.

My truck gun is also my nightstand gun. It goes with me when I leave the house in the morning, rides in the console all day, then comes into the house with me at night.

I too am agin it. That said, if you must store one in your ride, make the investment and get a high quality vehicle safe.

for short periods of time (a day or less), I'll keep a pistol under my seat in a car safe. It is strapped to the seat supports. Is it the best solution? No, but it is for me at the time!

Don't do it. Any loaded gun I'm carrying is on my person, period (with the exception of the shotgun and rifle that are locked in the rack in my squad car). I live and work in a small town, which is mostly populated by affluent neighborhoods. Crime is VERY low...but you'd be amazed how many guns get stolen because people leave them unsecured in their unlocked cars in their driveway. Often they turn up later when some meth head gets busted. One, that was stolen from a storage unit in town, was actually used by a local reprobate to shoot at me and several of my co-workers a few years back.

If you must leave a gun in your car, make sure you have a way to secure it (car safe, strong locked compartment, really good hiding spot, etc.) and make 100% sure your doors are locked every time you leave the car. Even then, I'd only leave a gun in a car if I had no other options, and definitely wouldn't make a habit of it.

Not just no but hell no. The value of the gun has nothing to do with it. Cars are easy to break in and having a gun stolen which will be used later in a crime doesn't help the cause of the 2nd Amendment with us being responsible gun owners.

We park our cars in our garage at night and I still won't leave it in there.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
My Glock 17 rides in a zipper case under the drivers seat in my truck and has for many years.

Whats your address???

<sarcasm>

...and my truck resides within my locked garage at night and when working from home. Trust me, you won't want to try and penetrate my garage.

As a deception, you could leave some job applications and a pair of work boots in plain view. Nobody ever messes with those.

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Originally posted by MNSIG:
If you are prone to forgetting to take it, you are also prone to forgetting to secure it in the vehicle. I wouldn't do it

I’m with this.
The law don’t forgive easy, Or forget often.

I'm not a fan of a truck gun but if you must I'd find something used or low cost new around $200.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
No. Hell no.

We're currently getting slammed with an epidemic of stolen guns around here, many of which were stolen from vehicles, with an accompanying uptick in gun-related violent crimes from these stolen firearms that have flooded our streets.

Please, folks... Don't leave guns in your cars.

And especially not in unlocked cars.

If you have to, for whatever reason (can't carry inside work, etc.), lock your doors and get an in-car safe. It's not perfect, but it's better than relying on door locks or pure luck alone.

I don't care if you "live in a good area", or you're "X number of years old and never had anything stolen", or whatever. We hear that all the time from victims. News flash: Bad guys travel and/or your area isn't as good as you think. And you ain't a victim until you are.

THIS!!!!

I personally am opposed to the practice of leaving guns in an unattended vehicle. It's ripe for trouble, which in the end, hurts everyone.

-- Just my viewpoint. I'm sure others will disagree.

I currently keep two pistols and a rifle in my truck (.22 for small game, .45 for two-legged game, and a .44 lever action for bigger game). For as long as I can remember there has been a gun in my vehicle and there always will be, regardless of where I live.

Granted, I live in a town where you can still leave your vehicle unlocked with the keys in the ignition, but even when I travel to other places...they remain where they live.

If they happen to get stolen...oh well. That's why I have insurance.

Generally, leaving guns in cars makes me nervous. But many times it is necessary.

I usually carry everywhere but the only time I ever had to lock a gun in the car were the times I had jury duty. I made sure it was my least valuable pistola, a Hungarian PA-63 9mm Makarov.

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Originally posted by crash:
I have a permit to carry a concealed handgun. The lasts I checked I didn't see a permit to leave a handgun in my car.

Recently, Texas specifically made changes in the law to allow Texans to have a gun in their vehicles without need of any permits. The only real rule is they have to be out of sight. They also stopped virtually all employers from prohibiting their people from keeping weapons in their cars on employer lots in this state. That was keeping many licensed carriers from actually doing so.

I was able to carry at my last job so the only thing I kept in the car was 3-4 extra mags for the PPS.

Yes, I keep a gun in my vehicle but I live in rural Alaska, I also keep one or two in my boat.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
If you must store one in your ride, make the investment and get a high quality vehicle safe.

This. One stays in the car and one stays on my person.