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JALLEN wrote:How about a Winchester 94, in .357 magnum? Those are short, light, decent firepower and pretty easy to carry. Leverguns, probably in .30-.30, used to be on the back window of every pickup truck you saw when I was growing up in the hill country, a long, long time ago.

You're not the "J Allen" of J Allen Enterprises in Yorba Linda, are you? If so, I would like one of your M14 stocks for Christmas please.

I think there is definitely a place for an abbreviated long gun in a vehicle, whether it is carried on a gun-rack or in a duffle bag. In an all out gunfight, a handgun is what you use to fight your way back to the long gun you should have never put down. BUT........

......a long gun does not replace a handgun for vehicle use. Access to a handgun is likely to be far easier. It will be far easier to maneuver a handgun inside the confined space of a vehicle. Both are features which make it the preferable first line of defense when driving......if guns become necessary. Hopefully, the gas pedal and a few judicious steering moves would come before guns become necessary.

A friend of mine saw an ad today from Cheaper than Dirt for 9mm and .40 Cal Springfield XDs in 3" and 4" sizes for $399.00

And then I went to the CTD website and searched for 9mm handguns, sorted by price, low to high. Here is the link: http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ItemList ... catid=1732. The cheapest gun on the first page of the search is a S&W Sigma 4" for $296.96, and the most expensive gun on the first page is a Taurus 809 for $367.34.

None of them are what I would call "great" guns, but all of them are serviceable enough for vehicle duty, and several of them have stainless or titanium slides.