Who's Now Keeping A Truck Rifle/Carbine?

[jason812]

If you leave a lever action on your shoulder and work the action, you can get rounds off fairly quickly. Takes some practice. The lever action was the 19th century's assault rifle.

[VMI77]

I have factory-tinted rear windows and a retractable cover to hide the contents of the rear cargo area, but to my mind, when that is deployed, it shouts to anyone looking in the back window that there is something valuable hidden there that I don't want stolen.......in other words, it invites a break in.

Maybe a LEO can chime in but from what I've heard, supposedly, the potential of valuables being present isn't enough to invite a break in...that valuables have to be visible or the risk/reward ratio gets the typical thief moving on to something more obviously lucrative. My wife's car has a cover like that and I keep it deployed all the time. 99% of the time it isn't covering anything. I share your concern though so I'd be interested in hearing from someone who actually has some data or experience in the matter.

[74novaman]

Those considering a truck gun as something you'd only use after escaping an active shooter to grab and go back in are missing lots of reasons to keep one.

1) protestors over the last year have made a habit out of trying to block interstate traffic. While the cops have done a good job of moving them out so far, who hasn't seen Reginald Denny being dragged out of his truck by protestors and beaten? While leaving in the vehicle is always the best option, if you have to defend yourself or are forced to evade on foot, a bigger gun is a good beat down deterrent for an angry mob.

2) there are several examples of people driving up on crimes/attacks in progress. Long gun gives you better options.

3) biggest for me is away from home travel in this day and age. Jihadists have attacked enough hotels overseas that I'm happier being able to carry something a little bigger than just my pistol when I stay somewhere other than my bed. It's also why I prefer compact options...easy to carry in and out with no issues.

In the end the best option is always the gas pedal, but I like having other options too. YMMV

[VMI77]

I am opposed to the idea of a truck gun. Especially in the role of a terrorist attack.

If you are in an attack its already to late for your truck gun.
If you can make it to your truck gun, assuming your car operates, and your vehicle is not blocked in, you should flee. You owe it to your family to do so
Of course if you made it out of the killzone and your family did not by all means go back for them. Risk of being misidentified by police is too high as time goes on. I like that MP5 pistol though. Immediate access, effective rounds depending on ammo load, controllable recoil.

I saw this and thought it was cool, but then I realized attackers always have the initiative. They get to decide the place and the time and they don't usually give you time to prepare

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kWYh4rwEK_0

Fighting terrorists isn't the only reason for having a "truck gun." I've carried them in the past without any thought whatsoever about battling terrorists. Considerations may be different in the urban environment, but I wouldn't want to find myself alone out in the boondocks, even on my own property, with just a handgun.

[carlson1]

Handgun to get me back to my vehicle. The AR pistol gets me out of immediate danger and I go home.

[Bitter Clinger]

Here's your truck gun:

https://youtu.be/Mj4MwzGNbAM

[Distinguished Rick]

Here's your truck gun:

https://youtu.be/Mj4MwzGNbAM

I think that would work nicely.

[Bitter Clinger]

I am opposed to the idea of a truck gun. Especially in the role of a terrorist attack.

If you are in an attack its already to late for your truck gun.
If you can make it to your truck gun, assuming your car operates, and your vehicle is not blocked in, you should flee. You owe it to your family to do so
Of course if you made it out of the killzone and your family did not by all means go back for them. Risk of being misidentified by police is too high as time goes on. I like that MP5 pistol though. Immediate access, effective rounds depending on ammo load, controllable recoil.

I saw this and thought it was cool, but then I realized attackers always have the initiative. They get to decide the place and the time and they don't usually give you time to prepare

The reason we carry truck rifles/shotguns is the same reason why we carry. Better to have it and never need it than need it and not have it. To each his own.

From Foxnews today:

"The friend of the terrorist couple behind the Dec. 2 attack that left 14 dead in San Bernardino was arrested Thursday and charged on multiple counts.

The documents describing charges said he admitted plotting the attacks with Farook on Riverside Community College and State Route 91 in or around late 2011. At the college, where both men had previously been students, the men planned to throw pipe bombs into crowds of students at the library or cafeteria.

Investigators say Marquez discussed specific plans to throw the bombs on gathered students at the cafeteria from the upper floors. The documents said the men also identified a long stretch of the 91 freeway with no exits, where Farook would throw pipe bombs that would stop rush-hour traffic, allowing him then to walk along the freeway and gun down motorists in their stranded cars."

[The Annoyed Man]

Lucky for him he didn't try that in Texas.

Yep. And that is one good reason to have a long gun in your vehicle.

[Sidro]

Have carried a bolt action rifle(various calibers) and short bbl 12 gauge in my truck for years. Four months ago added .300 blackout AR pistol so I should be good to go. Shotgun for snakes and the other two for hogs and coyotes depending on proximity and application of which one used.

[Bitter Clinger]

Lucky for him he didn't try that in Texas.

Yep. And that is one good reason to have a long gun in your vehicle.

From an article by Mac Slavo of http://www.shtfplan.com :

" A highway attack has been described in terrifying detail in William Forstchen’s Day of Wrath (http://www.amazon.com/Day-Wrath-William ... B00MU1NNRO), a thriller depicting simultaneous and coordinated Jihad operations across the United States. One can only imagine the devastation should hundreds of cars stuck on a highway bridge during rush hour come under attack by even a pair of Jihadis dead-set on killing indiscriminately.

Such an attack in California could have proven to be the deadliest mass shooting in American history, as drivers would have had nowhere to go and State law requires all firearms to be locked in an independent container (such as the trunk of the car or a safe) when being transported in a vehicle. Moreover, ammunition must be stored separately from the weapon. It is no doubt a perfect terrorist target because the 15 to 30 seconds it takes to go through the process of unlocking a firearm and then obtaining the ammunition to load it is plenty of time for a committed shooter with a semi-automatic rifle and high capacity magazines to kill a dozen or more people."

[wiz1997]

I do not but have been strongly considering. My question is how do you store yours? Drive an F150, plenty of space under back seat I guess. Been considering a pistol grip 12 gauge or a Kel-Tec Sub 2000 ( not always an easy find ).

Many moons ago I had a gun rack in the rear window of my truck, but that changed sometime ago.

I took the two gun rack down and cut it into a one gun rack and bolted it to the back wall of the cab just below the window.

Cut a piece of canvas long enough to cover the firearm and fastened it to the back wall to prevent "prying eyes" from seeing it,
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That one sold with the truck.

Next truck I ty-wrapped a modified (cut off) gun case to the back of the seat.

Bit of a problem with a split front seat back but it worked.

If I did in again I would look for something like the modified window rack and mount it on the back wall of the cab.

[maverick2076]

I'll carry a Sub 2000 in a laptop bag with me if I'm going out of town or if I feel a need, but it doesn't happen all that often. I really should at least keep a couple of extra spare mags in the truck though.

[srothstein]

If you are keeping a long gun in your vehicle, might I suggest you look at police supplies? As an example, pro-gard makes a very good roof mount that will hold one or two weapons against the roof of the truck. One example is http://www.pro-gard.com/product/ford-f1 ... -gun-rack/ and if they make one to fit your vehicle, these work well. They can be electric locks with key backup and keep the weapon out of sight of most people but very handy when needed. And, they are fairly secure also, though i do recommend taking the weapon in at night, just in case.