What do yall keep in your truck at all times?

Why do you make a correlation between carrying firearms and having fear of something?

A firearm is a tool. Like the Pocket knife in my pocket, the multi tool in my console or the socket set in the back.

I find it weird that people make the connection of fear and firearms.

Also you never know when you’re going to have a random range session. Might as well carry a few extra boxes of ammo.

 

I felt the same way at your age. As you get older, your perspective changes, and you become a target.

 

You all know there is going to be one nut case in here that writes down every different item from all posts and stuff it in their truck .

 

The first guy, is why I make a connection between Firearms and fear. He's scared of something so he carries a gun because he thinks he's a target. I roll my eyes at that nonsense, because unless you make yourself a target, you're not going to be anyone's target. Hence, the fear totem.

I don't carry a gun, so I don't have random range sessions. If I did, I would just buy my ammo at the range. The price of ammo alone is enough that it keeps that impulse in check. I got better things to spend money on, like a new deck or gravel for my driveway, or coming up with a permanent fix for the vapor lock on my ford 500's fuel line.

 

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I’m just going to rack this up to completely different life experiences. I’ve carried a gun in some sort of capacity for a living since I was 18. I’ve seen all types of people targeted and seen people subjected to great amounts of violence. I’m not in fear of anything. I just won’t be subject to someone with a weapon because I don’t have one.

 

I keep a tool box with jumper cables, tie downs, and cleaning supplies always in my truck. Oh and dog hair lol can't get that shit out of the carpet so it has become a permanent embellishment on the floor.

 

LOL, sounds like you watch a few too many of those shoot em up movies young man! I'm not carrying cases of ammo here, just a few small boxes for my PPK.

 

I’ve always got

jumper cables
Blanket
Bottled water
bungee tie downs
Ratchet straps
Road flares
Toilet paper
9mm
Backup battery for the phone
Leatherman tool
Pocket knife
Skinning knife
Collapsible fishing rod
Small assortment of lures and tackle for said rod
Oh, and I have a tent and tarp that I forgot and left back there at the end of last deer season.

 

Just because you haven’t had an experience where you needed a firearm to defend yourself doesn’t mean it isn’t a justified carry item. I’ve had a pistol in every truck I’ve owned since I was 18. I’ve used it on more snakes than I can count, several feral hogs, a couple rabid animals, an injured horse, an injured cow, and even had to pull it on an attempted armed carjacker. I don’t carry it because I am afraid of anything, but because it is a tool, and it fulfills a purpose like any other tool. I would much rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

 

Has anyone seen those massage chairs at Costco? I wonder if it's possible to retrofit one of those as the drivers seat in the Tacoma. I guess I'd keep that in my truck at all times. Seriously though, sanitizing wipes for the occasional fast food trips and wiping down shopping carts, sunglasses, sun visor, bungie cords, pens and paper, and a drink to stay hydrated during the brutal AZ summers. If it's a longer trip usually food, clothes, ect.

I'm impressed by the "survival kits" that many of you have. Maybe I should step up my game and do the same.

 

Same

 

No flexing, just common sense. You seem insecure.

 

I've shot an injured cow. When I'm out on the family farm to check on cattle, I'll take a rifle in case I happen across a rabid animal or need to shoot a coyote that's getting at my aunt's chickens. I've never felt the need to shoot a snake, and here in MO we get a fucking lot of them. We don't have feral hogs, so I'll grant you that. A firearm is a tool, but it's not a tool I've ever felt the need to keep in a vehicle at all times. Different strokes, etc.

NGL, though. The idea of carrying boxes (his words, not mine) of ammo around as well as backup mags just makes me think that guy is hoping to be in a shootout. Spare mag, maybe. Multiple spare mags, questionable. Whole extra boxes, frankly absurd. If you're in a situation where you need to fire more than 20 rounds, I dunno man, just drive away? You're in a vehicle already.

 

Not sure I should wade into this debate, but as a CHL holder and someone who advocates for the responsible use of firearms, I think I’d tend to agree with you. I carry and keep an extra mag on my person but wouldn’t leave them in my vehicle in an area where my car might be broken in to.

Honestly, I wouldn’t want to be in the position of having to explain to a police officer why I left my AR pistol and 6 full mags in my vehicle along with several boxes of ammo when reporting the break in. I just keep my shit on me.

Granted, odds of it happening in the country are probably slim, but I’ve had tweakers steal shit out of my car out when I’m out fishing in the boonies, so I responsibly eliminate the hazard by keeping my shit on me to be on the safe side, no matter where I am.

 

See my picture in post #55. I agree with Xero on this one. I ALWAYS keep three or four hundred rounds in the cargo hold. I stop off at the target range every chance I get just to stay "proficient". And at places like Ft Bliss, Ft Leonardwood, and Ft Carson, it's absolutely free to Active Duty, Guard/Reserve, and us Retirees to plink on their Ranges......

 

You leave a bag of M&M’s in your truck, in Texas?

 

You asked for it:

Full tool kit with the basics. Tool box with rear tow point, tree savers, soft shackles, steel shackles, tow strap, winch line damper, zip ties, tape, paracord, knife, headlamp, gloves, spare batteries for my winch remote/etc. Gear bag with winch remote, a tow strap, hard and soft shackles, gloves and a tree saver that goes inside the cab when wheeling. Gear bag containing ratchet straps, wheel chalks and a tow hitch. Gear bag with my air compressor, deflators, digital psi guage and gloves. Hi Lift, axe, shovel, trash bags, 5 gallons of water, kinetic snatch rope and inflatable jack. TP, castle soap, medical gloves and a camp towel in a stuff sack. Jumper cables and a tiny jump box. Dog water in a portable pet bowl, dog leashes, dog vests, dog seatbelts and drag lines, dog flashers, folding dog bowls, dog treats and several carabiners. Can and bottle coozies, USB chargers and cords, loaner handheld radios and local FS maps. During winter I also carry a large tub with seasonal clothing, heat and cooking items, a weeks worth of dehydrated food and two -20⁰ sleeping bags. My weapon and spare mag are always on my hip or leg, never left behind in the vehicle.

But that's all.

 

Fuel. And my bong!

 

Hand sanitizer, RX sunglasses, flashlight, standard and Phillips screwdriver, waterless car wash, microfiber towels, shop rag, jumper cables.