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<blockquote data-quote="Shoot Summ" data-source="post: 3967926" data-attributes="member: 1055">Quite a number of reasons, obviously the lack of punishment is a huge component.The real question is, do we just try to ignore it isn&#039;t there, and expect that the government to change it, or do we do our best to protect ourselves from it.&nbsp; The irony here is we all believe we have to protect ourselves and do so by arming ourselves but then argue that we shouldn&#039;t have to secure the same firearm when it isn&#039;t on our person.&nbsp; Change it from a gun to an item of value, it&#039;s the same issue, folks leave items of value in their vehicles over night, and they get stolen.&nbsp; Seems like common sense would say, don&#039;t leave items of value in your vehicle overnight if you don&#039;t want to lose them.&nbsp; Sad, but the way it is these days with rampant crime.This argument goes the same way every time it is brought up, regardless there are still firearms being stolen from vehicles and press surrounding it happening.&nbsp; If we don&#039;t want the government to introduce regulations then we might want to do our part to keep it from happening.&nbsp; Unfortunately the government isn&#039;t able to distinguish and adequately address the real problem, so they legislate what gets the attention.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shoot Summ, post: 3967926, member: 1055"] Quite a number of reasons, obviously the lack of punishment is a huge component. The real question is, do we just try to ignore it isn't there, and expect that the government to change it, or do we do our best to protect ourselves from it. The irony here is we all believe we have to protect ourselves and do so by arming ourselves but then argue that we shouldn't have to secure the same firearm when it isn't on our person. Change it from a gun to an item of value, it's the same issue, folks leave items of value in their vehicles over night, and they get stolen. Seems like common sense would say, don't leave items of value in your vehicle overnight if you don't want to lose them. Sad, but the way it is these days with rampant crime. This argument goes the same way every time it is brought up, regardless there are still firearms being stolen from vehicles and press surrounding it happening. If we don't want the government to introduce regulations then we might want to do our part to keep it from happening. Unfortunately the government isn't able to distinguish and adequately address the real problem, so they legislate what gets the attention. [/QUOTE]

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