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Sorry about your ordeal i hate thieves
Just a thought or two.
Why your car over all the others?
A carpet colored towel or two will hide almost anything.
Under a seat hides better.
The car alarm worked! Good job.
Consider a "truck gun". IE a cheap serviceable gun you would not mind having stolen.
A $1000.00 kimber would break my heart. A $150.00 mosberg 12 gauge, not so much.
fucking brilliant dude, please PLEASE leave a loaded firearm in your car unsecured at all times as an offering to car thieves so it will be easier for them to access a firearm and shoot me square in the face on my next traffic stop.
but please do make it a cheap 12 guage shotgun and not a $1000 dollar kimber, your financial investment is more important than my safety
also, how useful do you think an SKS, 12 guage shotgun, or cheap AK will be to you in a car jacking scenario? You're more likely to get ambushed and carjacked by a crackhead with a brick or chunk of curb concrete before you access that large firearm while buckled into the drivers seat.
but hey, while you're at it, you should also hide cheap loaded pistols in every room of the house, that way you can dive for a gun under the couch cushion when you get lucky enough to be the victim of an armed home invasion.
Seriously though, grown up talk now.
You should only carry as many guns with you on your daily travels as you can reliably secure and reasonably expect to use. For 99% of the public thats one pistol on your body and a car safe, car alarm, and kill switch. If you work on a ranch in kingsville or nuevo laredo or something then i could see carrying a long arm. At any rate, any firearm you own should either be kept in sight at all times or locked by a secure means.
case in point, the new burglary motor vehicle trend in houston for theives right now is waiting at a gas station for people to get out on the drivers side to pump gas, while you're distracted and the doors are unlocked, the thief opens your passengers side door and grabs a handful of whatever he can and then runs away quick.
These people are stealing stuff from out of cars while the owners basically watch.