Best protection against theft.

MyTWAccount · May 13, 2020

Trunk Monkey.

manesfesto · May 13, 2020

EDC helps but of course not when you live or park somewhere you're away from your vehicle for long periods of time. Im surprised no one has said this yet, but my favorite is

TINT

I keep lots of tools and recovery gear in the rear seat sections and with 5% on it you literally cannot see into ever. I keep everything out of site in the front. Cameras help if you park in your driveway, but my 4runner got broken into at work, on camera and the police still pretty much did nothing at all.

batacoma · May 13, 2020

Quick release steering wheel, got a remember to disconnect and take it with you. For it to work.

STrooper · May 13, 2020

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^^What movie is this guy from? I’ve seen him so many times now, comedy movie?

Inferno! · May 13, 2020

STrooper said: ↑

^^What movie is this guy from? I’ve seen him so many times now, comedy movie?
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Trailer Park Boys

Grindstone · May 13, 2020

Taco_mike73 · May 13, 2020

1. keep valuables,money, ladies purses, credit cards and electronics like iPods, phones and navigation out of sight when parked, better yet not in the vehicle.
2 park in a garage if you have one. if not like me make sure the doors are locked. have a motion light covering the area, thieves don't like the lights put on them, a camera too is even better.
3 Don't front that you have big A$$ amps and speakers that draws attention, lower the volume as you arrive home or your destination. my car audio got stolen several times when I was younger I don't put in systems as big and crank it up around home any more 20 years later, no theft issue.
4 locking fuel cap is a good idea to prevent random fuel theft or someone doing something like putting sugar in the tank, that used to be a thing jealous or angry people did, not sure if its still a thing. Someone did it to my dads '77 F250 when I was a kid.

hiPSI · May 13, 2020

I keep a black towel in my truck. Anything of value goes under the towel in the back seat floorboard. When people look in, they see nothing.
As far as protecting my truck? I rarely am around densely populated areas. I CC. I live way out. If someone comes on my property they are usually invited. We don't have a tweaker or crime problem where I live. Hell, even my friends have a hard time finding me.
Everyone always has a choice on where they live. Every choice has tradeoffs. I could live in the city and enjoy art galleries... and tweakers. I chose to live in the country and enjoy no crime... and no fancy restaurants. Tradeoffs. I have a bait shop a few miles away that sells milk, bread and beer.

Ronzio · May 13, 2020

DAS Taco · May 13, 2020

A while back somebody posted this one...

DAS Taco · May 13, 2020

Maybe this one

Amanhowzit taco · May 13, 2020

Fantastic reply’s all lol. Tacoma’s hardly ever get stolen or broken into where I live. It’s mostly old cars like Honda accords and civics. Plenty of tweakers though. Where I Live is the Wild West of Hawaii.
Never know how brazen of a tweaker is going to come around. I can’t legally carry a gun so I keep a good knife and a can of pepper spray with me. Ive used pepper spray a few times on random tweakers trying to fuck with me. It’s keeps them away so I don’t have to beat them and risk touching there fluids. Some of the stories I have of dealing with tweakers doing tweak shit is mind bending.

johnnyroid · May 13, 2020

DAS Taco said: ↑

A while back somebody posted this one...

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@Taco_Craig ?

s.e.charles · May 13, 2020

DAS Taco said: ↑

Maybe this one

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my great invention for the convid 19 crisis mask is somewhat similar

JEEPNIK · May 13, 2020

s.e.charles said: ↑

if you are within glock distance, why need one? when our things own us, we need to rethink.

standard argument: would you go to jail for your "things"?

well .. . would you?
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Drop gun.

Dirk Diggler · May 13, 2020

JEEPNIK said: ↑

Drop gun.
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Oh shit some serious knowledge right here

Surgeon · May 14, 2020

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Wrong. We work hard for our paychecks that allows us to purchase toys for our children, cars, houses, guns, Smart TVs, laptops, etc. The fact that another lazy idiot can/will steal YOUR belongings without repercussion is what needs to be "re-thought."

Yes. If you are NOT willing to protect your belongings, WHY own them? WHY have locks on your cars and houses? WHY build fences around properties? The list goes on. WHY would I have to go to jail merely by protecting MY hard-earned assets? For putting a Glock in some Tweakers face? They respect that Glock. Last Christmas I put a Glock 26 in a Meth-heads face and he instantly became a law-abiding citizen, even apologizing. Not going to get into it, but it involved my Tacoma. If your thought process is that the Police exist to protect YOU and your things, then you are wrong. The Supreme Court of this great land has ruled on many occasions that it is NOT the responsibility of any Police Department to protect YOU or your stuff. Many courts have backed up this thinking:

-In Warren v. District of Columbia (1981), the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled, official police personnel and the government employing them are not generally liable to victims of criminal acts for failure to provide adequate police protection... a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any particular citizen.

-In Bowers v. DeVito (1982), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled,[T]here is no constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen.

-Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the court ruled, 7-2, that a town and its police department could not be sued under 42 U.S.C.§1983 for failing to enforce a restraining order, which had led to the murder of a woman's three children by her estranged husband.

-In its landmark decision of DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services (1988), the US Supreme Court declared that the Constitution does not impose a duty on the state and local governments to protect the citizens from criminal harm.

-Hartzler v. City of San Jose. In that case I discovered the secret truth: the government owes no duty to protect individual citizens from criminal attack. Not only did the California courts hold to that rule, the California legislature had enacted a statute to make sure the courts couldn’t change the rule.

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A-FUCKING-MEN

C-Rok275 · May 14, 2020

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That’s just advertising that you might have a gun to steal in your truck.

MemphisTaco · May 14, 2020

Big ass dog in the back seat would do the trick

44-16 Taco · May 14, 2020

SigSense said: ↑

Wrong. We work hard for our paychecks that allows us to purchase toys for our children, cars, houses, guns, Smart TVs, laptops, etc. The fact that another lazy idiot can/will steal YOUR belongings without repercussion is what needs to be "re-thought."

Yes. If you are NOT willing to protect your belongings, WHY own them? WHY have locks on your cars and houses? WHY build fences around properties? The list goes on. WHY would I have to go to jail merely by protecting MY hard-earned assets? For putting a Glock in some Tweakers face? They respect that Glock. Last Christmas I put a Glock 26 in a Meth-heads face and he instantly became a law-abiding citizen, even apologizing. Not going to get into it, but it involved my Tacoma. If your thought process is that the Police exist to protect YOU and your things, then you are wrong. The Supreme Court of this great land has ruled on many occasions that it is NOT the responsibility of any Police Department to protect YOU or your stuff. Many courts have backed up this thinking:

-In Warren v. District of Columbia (1981), the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled, official police personnel and the government employing them are not generally liable to victims of criminal acts for failure to provide adequate police protection... a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any particular citizen.

-In Bowers v. DeVito (1982), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled,[T]here is no constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen.

-Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the court ruled, 7-2, that a town and its police department could not be sued under 42 U.S.C.§1983 for failing to enforce a restraining order, which had led to the murder of a woman's three children by her estranged husband.

-In its landmark decision of DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services (1988), the US Supreme Court declared that the Constitution does not impose a duty on the state and local governments to protect the citizens from criminal harm.

-Hartzler v. City of San Jose. In that case I discovered the secret truth: the government owes no duty to protect individual citizens from criminal attack. Not only did the California courts hold to that rule, the California legislature had enacted a statute to make sure the courts couldn’t change the rule.

See above.
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