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Because we visit multiple States (we just came back from a trip through OK, KS, NE, SD,WY), I've adapted a very generic approach to deadly force. The laws in all of the different States are very different and I have no intention of spending my retirement funds defending a shooting if there is any other possible way to deal with the matter.

I assume that my stuff is vulnerable all the time to a smash and grab. I've pulled into gas stations on trips and had someone in my face before I could shut off the engine. Typically, I survey my surroundings before I ever get out of the vehicle but the last few seconds of my approach to the gas pumps are usually taken by making sure that I'm not going to run into something. My solution is to have my things covered and out of the way before I have to stop. I know that thieves are a lot more creative that I'll ever be so the idea is to make sure that they don't get a chance to exercise their creativity. The closest that I've every come to using DF was in a truck stop in MS where I'm sure that I was being "interviewed" while I was pumping fuel and had limited opportunity for retreat without abandoning my wife. I agree with Old Gringo that gas stations are a great place for nefarious activity. If more people felt that way, they won't be.