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Spent the evening in Austin attending a corporate "holiday party". Of course company policy bans all weapons including firearms from any company facility or any company-sponsored event. So I elected to leave my carry gun in my truck.

But where to put it? I don't have any sort of safe fitted to the truck. And at a previous company function a couple of years ago I was victimized by a smash & grab thief who shattered my passenger side window and stole my camera bag that was sitting on the front seat. What he did not steal was my carry gun which was sitting in a gym bag on the floor.

Basically, these smash & grabs are quick affairs. The BG wants to get the heck out of there ASAP, so he doesn't have time to toss the whole truck.

Thinking about this gave me an idea. My truck is a 2 door "supercab" type with fold out jump seats in the back. The right side jump seat has the jack & tire changing stuff tucked under the folded up seat. The driver's side has nothing. I realized that I could just stash the gun in the jump seat well on the passenger side, using the door to aid in concealment while doing so. (I'm right handed and carry in a strong side IWB.)

I think this is a great improvised stash for a gun or other small valuables if you have to leave your truck in a questionable location. I think that most smash & grabs would miss it.

As it turned out, the truck was fine when I got back to it. I had parked it in a lot that kept a full crew on duty until past 1AM, and I was gone long before then. But it made me feel comfortable that the gun was not sitting in some obvious and quickly accessed spot.

So for those who have trucks with jump seats, you might consider using them as emergency stashes if the need arises.