Gun safe for the truck

[slonezp]

Any recommendations? If I can't carry where I'm going, I'd like to keep the pistol secure in the truck if it were to get broken into.

[NHBull]

I use this.  It slides under the seat or in the armrest.

[riverbasser]

Unless it will be bolted to the floor there is no reason for a thief not to take the whole safe. My advice would just be to hide it, as well as not leaving anything else valuable in sight to make it less desirable for someone looking to steal.

[slonezp]

3 minutes ago, riverbasser said:

Unless it will be bolted to the floor there is no reason for a thief not to take the whole safe. My advice would just be to hide it, as well as not leaving anything else valuable in sight to make it less desirable for someone looking to steal.

I've been keeping it in the console if I have to. Comes in the house every night. I just don't want to be "that guy" that left an unsecured firearm in the vehicle that got broken into.

In IL, there are a ton of places I cannot legally carry. Whether I choose to carry in these places is another story. I cannot carry at work and I'm not willing to risk my employment. While I'm not worried about vehicle tampering at my place of employment, there is always a chance that someone might break into the truck, I've had vehicles broken into in the past. It's a crappy feeling. 

[riverbasser]

Oh I agree. Definately dont want mine stolen either. I've had several stupid things stolen that were much less valuable. Someone actually stole my trailer ball while at Walmart one time. Funny thing is it was attached to a removable reese hitch. Instead of pulling a pin and leaving they fought to unscrew the d**n thing lol.

 

Anyway you may already do this but always keep a list of all firearm serial numbers somewhere so in the event its stolen you can report it. Would hate for a murder to somehow get linked back to you from a stolen gun.

[TimberTodd]

Im considering one of the safes that mount into the lower console of my Ram. Someone would have to tear the whole seat out to get into it.

[looking45]

Get one of these. 

 

https://www.consolevault.com

[Way2slow]

There are number of things that will slow them down, but not much of anything is going to stop them if they want it.  For instance, that console safe, being visible like that just advertises there might be a pistol in it.  They would just rip the whole thing out of the console.  

A friend had a Mercedes they stole the radio out of.  Had to been kids because a pro would have had the special tool and gone if a few seconds but these busted and ripped most of frigging dash out of the vehicle.  $10K in damage to steal a $200 radio.

 

You have to wonder about the mentality of these businesses that ban the carry of firearms in them.  That just advertises to the robber it's a much safer place to rob.  Just the other night a store clerk was killed by a robber and two customers robbed.  The sad part was, one of the customers left his carry pistol in his vehicle in order to obey the law when he went in.

I would have a sign, "ALL PROFF OF CARRY CUSTOMERS GET A DISCOUNT"

 

I've actually gotten to where I have quit taking mine most of the time because so many of the NO WEAPONS/FIREARMS ALLOWED.  Going on base and a couple other places I go, it can't even be in the vehicle.  Going into a doctors office or medical facility, you can't even have your pocket knife on you.