[TommyDale]

The bad news is that car burglaries will sharply increase at work locations.

[w1andsodidwe]

The bad news is that car burglaries will sharply increase at work locations.

Are you serious? Let's see, I am going to break into cars in a parking lot where I know anyone else out there might have a gun quickly accessible in his car. Guns deter crime, not encourage it.

[mountn man]

The bad news is that car burglaries will sharply increase at work locations.

I seriously doubt it.

1-Burglars are to lazy to work jobs and would rather take from productive society. Meaning they're LIBERALS.

2-Liberals are the ones who feel that guns randomly shoot anyone.

3-Guns only shoot victims.

4-Burglars are the real victims in society.

So with guns in cars, burglars will be afraid of robbing cars ;)

[papertyger]

The bad news is that car burglaries will sharply increase at work locations.

Nah. We've always kept weapons in our vehicles...the criminals still don't know which shell the pea is under.

[NYFriend]

I think the rate of break ins depends on the perception of would be thieves. I came across an invite to a law enforcement conference the other day that mentioned that weapons were to be locked in the hosts armory during the day, and that they were not to be left in the residence hall or in the officers’ cars. Criminals might be more likely to break into cars they thought belonged to police officers, because those cars might have guns, badges, uniform pieces, etc. Criminals might think that 25% or 50% of the cars in a North Florida parking lot have guns in them, I don't know.

But even putting aside the rate, what happens when someone does break in to a car. I've known people whose cars were broken into while they were at work. What happens then? I can't see leaving a handgun (or rifle for that matter) unattended in a car unless it was positively secured, and most cars aren't equipped for that. The only time I was ever with someone who was able to do so, was out hunting with a guy who had a locking toolbox inside his truck, bolted to the floor. I just don't think it's responsible to leave firearms unsecured, and I don't think they are secure in a locked car, or even in a locked house. You need a safe or a secure locker. A someone once told me that a colleague of ours had a handgun safe built into his trunk to secure a handgun. Maybe so, but I bet most people don't do that.

[Redbob]

"The bad news is that car burglaries will sharply increase at work locations."

The good news though, is that car-jackings will drop precipitously.