I own and operate a retail car stereo store, and we work on a lot of vehicles, and see a fair number of guns. Sometimes people just mention there's one in the console, etc. Sometimes people take it with them. The reason I'm mentioning this now is that yesterday we put new speakers in a F-150, and the guy had a pistol in a holster mounted below the steering column. I just realized that he didn't mention it, my installer didn't mention it, and I didn't even look closely enough to see what it was. No big deal. Made me smile to realize it.

Just the way it should be, but all too often isn't.

I'm pretty good on these things, but I would consider it negligent to leave an unsecured gun in a vehicle in for service at a shop I did not have a long term relationship with. just me.

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Originally posted by hrcjon:
I'm pretty good on these things, but I would consider it negligent to leave an unsecured gun in a vehicle in for service at a shop I did not have a long term relationship with. just me.

Depends on where you live.

Live on the East coast they would call SWAT.
Live in Texas they want to know what kind of "load" you are using and what is recoil like?

Yeah, it all depends where you are. I stopped locking the underseat lock boxes closed when empty after one was pried (I assume, might have been cut) open and stolen out of the car while it was in the shop for a while. It was there long enough that it could have been any of several people and it went to the dealership in the middle for other service, so I can’t even be positive what shop it happened in.
Ever since the box is closed, but the latch in the open position, dials set to something that doesn’t allow manipulation of the latch. Anyone who cares can open and see it is empty without destroying anything and they do not learn the code. If there is a firearm in the box, nobody else has access to the car. Sigh, living amongst commies sucks.

Nice...
The Local Fire Dept just posted the below sign on their official public Facebook page. Right after the 13th annual chili cook-off announcement scheduled for next Sat.

And people ask if I like living here...

Yep that's good ole Louisiana

As liberal as Minnesota is, it’s pretty much anything goes, when it comes to guns.

The good ole days still exist in many parts of this great country.

Free states are the best states.

On a side note....anyone else see the resemblance in 12131's self portrait(avatar) and the meme he posted. Makes one think who he really is.

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:
As liberal as Minnesota is, it’s pretty much anything goes, when it comes to guns.

I know this is a little off topic but I still don't like the fact that I can go into a store, buy a handgun and walk out with it in just a few minutes and carry it just about anywhere but I can't have a knife that is an auto-opener.

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Originally posted by honestlou:
No big deal. Made me smile to realize it.

And that is good.

But I do recall some gun issues after Hurricane Katrina...

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Originally posted by honestlou:
I own and operate a retail car stereo store, and we work on a lot of vehicles, and see a fair number of guns. Sometimes people just mention there's one in the console, etc. Sometimes people take it with them. The reason I'm mentioning this now is that yesterday we put new speakers in a F-150, and the guy had a pistol in a holster mounted below the steering column. I just realized that he didn't mention it, my installer didn't mention it, and I didn't even look closely enough to see what it was. No big deal. Made me smile to realize it.

live free or die

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Originally posted by hrcjon:
I'm pretty good on these things, but I would consider it negligent to leave an unsecured gun in a vehicle in for service at a shop I did not have a long term relationship with. just me.

You'd probably also view it as irresponsible to leave your vehicle unlocked with the windows down when you went shopping at the local grocery store. Yet having spent some time on Montana this past summer, most people there would view it as completely normal. Heck, I even saw keys left in consoles in those unlocked cars.

Like noted above, it really depends on where you live.

It says something about you as an owner when the customer trusts you and your installers with his firearm. Pretty nice.

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Originally posted by WildSig:

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:
As liberal as Minnesota is, it’s pretty much anything goes, when it comes to guns.

I know this is a little off topic but I still don't like the fact that I can go into a store, buy a handgun and walk out with it in just a few minutes and carry it just about anywhere but I can't have a knife that is an auto-opener.

Truth

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Originally posted by bigdeal:

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Originally posted by hrcjon:
I'm pretty good on these things, but I would consider it negligent to leave an unsecured gun in a vehicle in for service at a shop I did not have a long term relationship with. just me.

You'd probably also view it as irresponsible to leave your vehicle unlocked with the windows down when you went shopping at the local grocery store. Yet having spent some time on Montana this past summer, most people there would view it as completely normal. Heck, I even saw keys left in consoles in those unlocked cars.

Like noted above, it really depends on where you live.

Yes, that would solidly blow my mind.

I still do the walkaround of my house every night before bed, because experience has taught me that people suck. A lot.

With the local PD chief sleeping within a long football pass (one of MY long football passes...and college pro I ain't) of my back door, this is probably unnecessary. But it's a simple, low-cost precaution to take.