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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:20:49 PM EDT
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Small safe to carry along with you might be a good idea if this is a common problem for you.
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:23:54 PM EDT
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eta pic of said piece
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:23:55 PM EDT
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double tap
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:25:28 PM EDT
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It's safe to assume that
(1)Housekeeping doesn't habla Ingles. (2)Do not disturb signs mean you have something worth stealing in the room. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:25:32 PM EDT
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if the safe is portable, so is the gun in it. most hotels have small safes in the room nowadays. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:26:07 PM EDT
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IBTYNABGP (In Before The You Need A Bigger Gun People)
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:30:15 PM EDT
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Do NOT EVER put a Gun under the Matress!!! My Father taught me that 30 years ago when he walked in my room and went directly under my matress to retrieve his 38 snubby that I always borrowed. I said "Dad, how did you know it was there" He said "That's where EVERYONE puts them!!" lol  Put the piece in a side of your luggage!
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:33:49 PM EDT
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I had that crap happen to me when I was a contractor on the road in FL (Iwas a FL resident and had a CCW).
I had even called the front desk and asked for NO room service. Got back to the hotel and had a message on the vmail saying the Cops wanted to talk to me..... Maid entered against my wishes and made the bed, found the gun. Maid freaked out, the LEOs came and "confiscated" the gun, and everyone I spoke with at the hotel was convinced it was illegal to have a gun with you, period. Went to the station,picked up my gun, and found another hotel. My mistake. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:34:46 PM EDT
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Sometimes, some people I know would put something that small into a padded envelope, taped shut (not sealed, just taped) with a rubber-stamp of a ficticious biological laboratory in the upper left corner, and maybe even some tiny biohazard stickers on it...
This package could be left out in plain view and was never touched. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:37:14 PM EDT
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Roll of duct tape. Piece of cardboard for a holster. Under side of desk, table, bed rail, etc.
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:38:51 PM EDT
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It has taken some hotel staffs weeks to find dead hookers under the mattresses
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:39:31 PM EDT
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Picked this up recently, since I have a CHL. Figured it might come in handy in just the sort of situation you are describing. The gun compartment has a zipper that locks with a key and appears pretty sturdy. Looks like any normal, average planner from the outside. Wouldn't attract too much attention if you had to leave it in your hotel room unattended.
  
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:41:21 PM EDT
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i'll take three |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:46:57 PM EDT
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CCW Planner |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:49:28 PM EDT
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That sounds like it's just asking for a SARS scare |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:51:35 PM EDT
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Yeah, that would get you Homeland Security in your hotel room looking for bioterrorism. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:51:55 PM EDT
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Rink no worky. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:54:20 PM EDT
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Sorry. Try this one... Hopefully This Works |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:56:27 PM EDT
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www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0045006228564a.shtml
Gun in lock-box; steel cable around closet bar (or some other "permanent" fixture); lock-box on closet shelf. Yes, they can still steal it -- but not without some effort and not without making it obvious they have done so. I've used this method in numerous hotels (ones without in-room safes) over the last several years, without incident. They can be had a bit cheaper elsewhere, this is just the first link/pic that came up. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 6:58:15 PM EDT
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probably not if it was addressed to say, "National Center for Employee Drug Testing" or some such. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 7:00:50 PM EDT
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If you are really motivated, most lower-end hotel/motel chains have the a/c-heater unit below the window. Pop the front cover off and tape the weapon inside there. While you are doing that, take the filter thingy off and wash it in the bathtub with the shampoo they give you. Some nasty stuff comes out of there and it generally helps with the smell of the room (if it's really musty)
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Posted: 10/16/2008 7:07:56 PM EDT
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If it's not possible to carry it, I prefer to hide it in the car and would never leave a gun in a hotel room, even in a lock box. It may be possible to put the gun in a small nondescript lock box and then in the hotel safe at the desk. Mags/ammo in car or pocket.
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Posted: 10/16/2008 7:17:25 PM EDT
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I've done so regularly for more than two decades without any problems (never even used the lock-box until just a few years back); OTOH, my cousin had a firearm stolen from his truck in a hotel parking lot earlier this year.  YMMV. To each his own. ETA: FWIW, I am typing this on my laptop, from a hotel room in NOLA.
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Posted: 10/16/2008 7:22:03 PM EDT
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I have two and am sending in for CHL soon Mine do not have all the stuff they just serve to make it not seen..... |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 7:28:17 PM EDT
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That is a nice little carry pouch. However if I was going to be looking through peoples shit while they were gone I would DEFENATLY find that and look through it. I like the duct tape idea. In a hotel the maids know every little nook and cranny hiding spot that is in their rooms. |
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Posted: 10/16/2008 8:16:23 PM EDT
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The zipper on the gun compartment locks with a key. I tried fiddling with mine while it was locked and the lock appears very strong on it. It's not an ideal solution, you're right, but it would be better than nothing. I like the air conditioning idea too. EDIT: P.S. From now on, if I am checking into a hotel, I am going to demand to know if "ak4784" works there first! Ha ha. |
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