Your armed and in a vehicle collison

[1006TSW]

This might be a good time for those who carry off-body while in a car to think about what will happen to your firearm if you are hit. Stuff in a car tends to fly around and come out of glove compartments, center consoles, etc. If you caused the accident, the victim might be coming for you. If you are the victim, ramming you might be the first part of an attack.
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I remember when the new victorinox rescue tool came out (it's a tool to help cut you out of a seatbelt, break the side window, etc) one poster was proud that he clipped it to his visor. Hmmm, is it still going to be there after even a minor hit? Nope.

I always think about the 1986 FBI Miami shootout with Platt and Matix. Without rehashing the whole incident here, unsecured weapons went flying in the crash as the agents forced the suspects vehicle to stop.

Don't forget, a loose weapon can become a projectile and cause injury to you or someone else in the vehicle. I sure don't want to get hit in the head with a 4006 that's still doing 45mph when I've just come to an abrupt and violent dead stop!

Food for thought...

 

[Seaforth]

Originally posted by Richard Simmons:
What happens to your firearm?



On Monday my wife and daughter were hit from behind will traveling through downtown on their way out of state on a business trip.

As usual my wife had her Keltec P32 in her purse. They were at a stop when a Grand Cherokee hit them at approx. 30 miles an hour. Woman was on the phone and didn't even realize my wife and the two cars in front of her were stopped for a pedestrian.

My daughter called me at home and told me what had happened and I headed downtown. When I arrived my wife had already been transported to the hospital by ammbulance.

My daughter was still on the scene with police who had my wifes gun. Due to the trunk being unsecured (business equipment and luggage)my daughter refused transport until I got there.

When I arrived an officer asked me for my permit and then handed me my wifes fully loaded firearm. Thought I'd add that the officer was very courteous and according to my family quite compassionate as well from the moment he arrived at the scene.

During the drive down I contacted family who arrived and took over the task of getting the car secured and back to the house while I tranported my daughter to the ER.

Both were released some hours later and I brought them home. They are pretty sore but appear to me mending nicely. The car, (Acura RL) will be getting $5,000 in TLC courtesy of the other driver.

Though my wife and I carry daily and have for about 18 months neither of us had given any thought to what we would/could/should do in such a situation as this.

I presume that if both my wife and daughter had been transported and or I was unreachable (my daughter is over the age of 21 but she does not have a permit) they would have taken the firearm into custody, so to speak for safekeeping.

What I would have had to do to retrieve it I don't know?


I'm just glad that they both look to be doing well and that it was not much, much worse but now that things have settled down it just got me to wondering.

Opinons, thoughts?

You did not say if your wife has a ccw. I am not sure, but in Michigan, husbands CCW does not entitle wife to transport a concealed weapon.