Texans, Never Leave This Item In Your Car or Truck Overnight

Drive around just about any city in Texas at night and you will see a lot of cars, trucks, and SUV's sitting outside the garage either parked in the driveway or on the street. Let's face it, many of us have a lot of stuff and not a lot of places to put it. So where does it go? The garage. And after storing more and more things in the garage, suddenly there is no more room for your vehicles.

Of course in some cases, trucks these days are just too long to fit in the garage. Either way, it means more and more vehicles are sitting outside overnight. It also means more thieves have easier access to your vehicles.

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KAMC reported that in Lubbock, as students return to school and more items are left in vehicles, theft numbers are on the increase.  Police and other officials always tell people not to leave any valuables in their vehicle overnight. But there is one valuable that law enforcement and other stress you never leave in your vehicle overnight. Guns.

Never Leave Guns In You Car or Truck Overnight

According to the Associated Press, guns are being stolen from cars at triple the rate they were just ten years ago. And whether it's here in Texas or beyond, guns that are being stolen from cars and trucks that are left outside overnight, those weapons are being used against us. They are being used in crimes.

According to the AP, half of stolen guns are stolen from vehicles.

Nearly 112,000 guns were reported stolen in 2022, and just over half of those were from cars — most often when they were parked in driveways or outside people’s homes, the Everytown report found. That’s up from about one-quarter of all thefts in 2013, when homes were the leading spot for firearm thefts, the report says.

So be a good and responsible gun owner. Don't leave your gun in the vehicle overnight.