Carrying A Handgun In Vehicle

[crewe]

Isn't that enough reason?!?

Not if in a protected lot and you work in a building that prohibits firearms.

 

[Shady]

Having a gun in your console is not illegal so you will not have any problems in that regard.

I would advise against keeping a firearm in the same location as vehicle paperwork (tag registration, insurance card etc.).

About 40 years ago I knew a guy that kept a bag of pot in the glove box and when he got pulled over the paperwork was in there too. He took the papers out and the pot was visible to the officer. HE WENT TO JAIL!!!!!

Keep the firearm and paperwork separate.

bob

 

[Dallas Hicks]

Having a gun in your console is not illegal so you will not have any problems in that regard.

I think his point may have been the bad optics of reaching for your paperwork but a cop seeing you reaching for your gun. Shouldn't be an issue if you make the cop aware of its location. Then again, that may not of been the point of his statement.


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[motorcarman]

There is no point in making someone nervous or having a misunderstanding about reaching for the papers when a firearm is in the same place!!!!!!!!!!

Too many news stories about 'he was reaching for the gun'.

bob

 

[Dallas Hicks]

There is no point in making someone nervous or having a misunderstanding about reaching for the papers when a firearm is in the same place!!!!!!!!!!

Too many news stories about 'he was reaching for the gun'.

bob

Would you agree that if you notify the officer about the gun, then that should resolve any issues of the officer being nervous and or reading the situation incorrectly?


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[Shady]

I have not seen many cases of it all over the news 1 or 2 and both times the cop is yelling STOP DONT REACH FOR IT. If you are stupid enough to reach for it anyways well then you play stupid games and win stupid prizes

There is no point in making someone nervous or having a misunderstanding about reaching for the papers when a firearm is in the same place!!!!!!!!!!

Too many news stories about 'he was reaching for the gun'.

bob

 

[Dallas Hicks]

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[easy rider]

There are times I have to leave my gun in my car, not that I want to, more that I want to follow the law. I live in an area where it gets very hot at times, I wouldn't leave an animal long in the car, but I have never had any issues with a gun.

 

[motorcarman]

I'm not tempting fate. I don't like the odds. I'll keep the papers in the glove cubby and the firearm in the console (LID CLOSED)

Y'all do what you think is best. Not arguing, just my opinion.

bob

 

[easy rider]

I'm not tempting fate. I don't like the odds. I'll keep the papers in the glove cubby and the firearm in the console (LID CLOSED)

Y'all do what you think is best. Not arguing, just my opinion.

bob

Not saying where I put the gun when I do leave it in my car, but I will say it's nowhere near any papers. Besides, once I get back to the car, the gun goes back on my belt.

 

[Kar98]

Usually the gun is holstered. If it's not, it's in the door pocket. Insurance card is in the center console, DL and LTC in the wallet which is in my right front pocket.

 

[Dallas Hicks]

Usually the gun is holstered. If it's not, it's in the door pocket. Insurance card is in the center console, DL and LTC in the wallet which is in my right front pocket.

This seems to be the best setup.


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[seeker_two]

Other than some powders behave a little differently when they get hot, not that I can think of.
If the heat inside my car melts my gun and not the interior of my car, me and the manufacturer are going to have a problem.

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This is why I prefer my steel-frame revolvers. Throughout history, revolvers have handled hot climates from the cattle trails of West Texas to the sands of the Sahara without a hitch. Did Lawrence and Montgomery take Glocks into combat in the Middle East? NO!....they chose revolvers. Did the Earp's pack HKs in Arizona when the lead started flying? NO!.....they chose revolvers. And did Inspector Callahan make the punk's day in the sweltering streets of San Francisco wielding a PX4? NO!.....he chose a revolver.

And, when faced with the hot Texas summers, I'll pick a revolver every time. If there was anything better, they'd have invented it by now.....

 

[Kar98]

If there was anything better, they'd have invented it by now.....

Uhm... not sure if serious.

 

[BRD@66]

Proly no more serious than a 1911-ite or a Glock-ist.

 

[easy rider]

Proly no more serious than a 1911-ite or a Glock-ist.

Age old argument on which is better. Truth is, both sides are right. A person should use the type of gun they are most comfortable with in a given situation.

 

[Shady]

yep I see it posted daily about simi-auto's failing in the Tx heat. Happens as often as Democrats support Trump

 

[oldag]

This is why I prefer my steel-frame revolvers. Throughout history, revolvers have handled hot climates from the cattle trails of West Texas to the sands of the Sahara without a hitch. Did Lawrence and Montgomery take Glocks into combat in the Middle East? NO!....they chose revolvers. Did the Earp's pack HKs in Arizona when the lead started flying? NO!.....they chose revolvers. And did Inspector Callahan make the punk's day in the sweltering streets of San Francisco wielding a PX4? NO!.....he chose a revolver.

And, when faced with the hot Texas summers, I'll pick a revolver every time. If there was anything better, they'd have invented it by now.....

And 1911's have been through wars in the desert, tropical swamps, extreme heat, bitter cold, etc.

Glocks? Place them in the nearest trash bin.

 

[Armybrat]

In my new Honda Accord there is a little closed compartment directly below the radio touchscreen. It has the outlets for mobile devices and just enough room to hold my LCP or CT380 in their pocket holsters while driving.
Exiting the car I just pop it open & put the gun back in my front pocket.

 

[crewe]

I have a smaller sedan, but the problem for me is that my gun is too big to find a good spot. But I also haven't spent a lot of time trying to figure out solutions either, im sure there's one