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What do you do when you can't take your gun inside for errand, appointment, etc.

  • put in console/ glovebox

    Votes: 47 27.6%
  • put in trunk

    Votes: 26 15.3%
  • lock in console/ glovebox

    Votes: 25 14.7%
  • lock in portable car safe

    Votes: 40 23.5%
  • leave sidearm at home and return

    Votes: 27 15.9%
  • Don't go (don't use as an easy way out, what you really do)

    Votes: 5 2.9%

Storing your sidearm when you can't carry

2K views 22 replies 22 participants last post by  goawayfarm 
#1 ·
I was wondering what others that carry do with their sidearm when they can't carry because it's posted or doing business in a federal building (post office, etc.)
 
#3 ·
I usually put mine on the seat of my truck and cover with a jacket or something. About the only place I don't carry is a doctor appointment, just because it's awkward.

I keep a shotgun behind the seat, so I figure if they steal the truck they are getting a gun anyway.
 
#4 ·
Honestly, I don't go in places that don't allow me to carry too often. I don't go to the post office, I use Mailboxes Etc. instead. Blah blah.

When I have to go to the state capitol which is about the only place I have to disarm I have a safe secured to the vehicle to lock it in.
 
#5 · (Edited)
I have Lifejacket gun safety cases. I bolted them to the floorboard of my cars under the driver's seat when the seat is all the way forward. I don't like the idea of getting out of the vehicle and stowing it in the trunk. I think that is too visible.
 
#6 ·
Center of Mass lockbox.
 
#8 ·
I usually opt to carry anyway unless its against the law. Company policy bans weapons of any kind, even pocketknives (I always carry a knife anyway), but there are times I carry while working or have a gun in the car.
 
#9 ·
I use a small tackle/tool box with small combo lock, which can be secured to a cable attached to a tie down ring in the back of the SUV. (I carry several tool boxes for work, so it blends right in.) Tackle box also holds flashlight, speedloaders, tactical knife, first aid trama pack, etc. Handy to go to the range, or to bring everything inside the house at the end of the day.
 
#10 ·
My Center of Mass safe holds my sidearm if there is a weapon that must be secured while I enter a place illegal to carry...:yup:...works for me...
 
#11 ·
I voted; however, since I'm in NC and abide by the law I do the following according to the terrain and situation:
Put it in the trunk
use a car safe
leave it at home
just lock the car.
Those that checked carry anyway need to re-evaluate that this a public forum and
such responses provide fuel for the antis.
 
#12 ·
it kinda depends.
i often carry anyways.
if i really cant then its usual in cc or glove box.
the car i was using the summer those didnt lock,
my fiances car then i stick in glove box and lock.
all depends on the situation. since i dont have a car im usually with someone else. thankfully up here at school the only place i cant carry is on campus. then my gun gets left at home so i very very rarely find my self it this situation
 
#13 ·
This comes in handy...

I have one of these portable steel locking boxes with foam padding, that will hold one gun. It has a steel cable attached that can be looped around the frame of a car seat. I have used this to secure a gun in my car, hidden under the seat. It costs $39.
 
#14 ·
Just ordered one from www.Duhastorage.com for $36.99. Shipping was free because I also got a truck under seat long gun case/ storage unit. Guess I got to grow up and do it right. :embarassed:
 
#17 ·
I have placed it in the glove box and then locked the car. I have also locked it in the trunk. The trunk is if I go from where I shot to my son's daycare -- although now in Kansas it is legal to cc into a daycare/daycare home as long as the daycare is not posted with the official signage, I choose not to cc in that it is a person's home; though not posted. I have also placed it under the seat. In any of the above except the trunk the mag is with me.
 
#19 ·
I have literally found it possible to carry everywhere. I don't disarm or leave it behind and locked up. Nicely, the state's preemption clause means that towns, counties and municipal organizations cannot float laws in contravention to state law, and it's a shall-issue state with fairly open carry laws and no legal ramifications for carrying in a posted zone so long as I leave if asked. So, if I find such a place and end up being asked to leave (which has not yet happened), I would simply go elsewhere. My doctors and hospital don't disallow. The places I go for errands don't disallow. For places where it might be a problem, I work with them via phone and mail. Otherwise, I don't go there. So far, I have yet to find anything I can't do, though it may take a bit of initial planning to work out that way.
 
#22 ·
Since I am LE, there is no place in MA that I can't carry legally (or check it with security in a courthouse), so it is extremely rare for me to face this issue. [Per MGLs, only schools (including colleges) are legally off-limits for LTC holders (LE is exempt). Some places put security in and won't let you carry, but that is "policy" not MGL.]

When I travel to CT (Indian casino), I leave it locked up at home.
 
#23 ·
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