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Back in college days while kicking around a junk yard on a friend's farm, we shot a '63 Impala (without engine) with a 12 gauge slug. It penetrated the radiator, the firewall, the dash, the front seat, the back seat, then the sheet metal near the bottom of the trunk before finally being stopped when it encountered the inside of the rear bumber. They just don't build 'em like they used to ... :)

Especially in regard to possible theft, trunks don't seem to be a prime target for burglars - unless given reason to know something is there of value.

Methinks some +++s for carrying an old fashioned shotgun, whether 12 or 20, with good sights. Option of buckshot OR slugs. That said, I still like Mini-14 with 4X scope on see-through mount so factory sights are still useable.

I understand that slugs in particular may not actually penetrate soft body armor, but can deface the material a loooooong way inward before stopping.