“When I was in high school, every kid who was fortunate enough to own a pick up, had a gun rack in it and the rack had one or more rifles or shot guns in it.”
Same here although not necessarily HS kids. You do that today and walk into the store and when you come back, it’ll be gone. Might be useful to do this in Texas for a TruTV series called “Bait Truck”
I have had similar ideas. It seems as though stings such as this would be used more widely. You would think enterprising police chiefs and Sheriffs would do so. Why don't we?
I recall a program done in San Francisco, where they had “bait” people flashing money and trolling for thieves. They caught quite a few.