Your sidearm and magazines/ammo are like American Express. Dont leave home without it. If you forget them, go back and get them because the one time you don’t have them may be the time you really need them.
A rifle in the trunk carried in a proper manner could come in handy too.
“A rifle in the trunk carried in a proper manner could come in handy too.”
Yes, that could come in handy; but it also may be too far away when one really needs it.
Still, it’s better to have it in the trunk of one’s car, in the parking lot or parked on the street, and at least be in the vicinity where one has a chance to get to, than to have it miles away at home.
I never leave home without it. I almost did on Saturday when my wife and I were going downtown in Houston. I went back to get it and she said, “You don’t have to bring it everywhere we go you know?”
I replied, “I know I don’t HAVE to. But I want to. Therefore I will!”