PSA: Watch Out For Gun Jugging

[Zappa]

Gun jugging is on the rise in Houston

More people are getting their firearms stolen after they leave the gun range.

www.fox26houston.com

 

[bigben111435]

Haha that is brazen!! They had best hope the person they are stealing from doesn't have a concealed weapon on them.

 

[hv55maxx]

i have often thought when changing a target at 200 yards, i'd be pretty hard up to much about it if someone grabbed one off the bench. i think the gun community is pretty honest folk, but its always in the back of my head. which also leads me to make sure i have the CCW never empty.

 

[mcshooter]

i have often thought when changing a target at 200 yards, i'd be pretty hard up to much about it if someone grabbed one off the bench. i think the gun community is pretty honest folk, but its always in the back of my head. which also leads me to make sure i have the CCW never empty.

I always plan on the buddy system both having a hot gun the entire time, and also taking the roundabout way out of there

 

[Thinking]

Even if you had a ccw, you can’t just shoot somebody for stealing your other gun, especially if you know it to be empty.

 

[MaroonedinMA]

You'd think, particularly in TX, that this problem would just sort of "work itself out over time."

 

[enbloc]

PSA: Watch Out For Gun Jugging...



Thought this thread was going in a different direction...

 

[MAGA99]

Who came up with the term ‘jugging?’

 

[Uzi2]

Even if you had a ccw, you can’t just shoot somebody for stealing your other gun, especially if you know it to be empty.

If you were down range changing targets, how would you know they ( the thief ) didn't bring their own mag for a particular gun they were looking to steal?

Someone seen by me walking away with one of my guns will get shot.

The best thing to do is not shoot alone for a few reasons.

 

[Mountain]

If you were down range changing targets, how would you know they ( the thief ) didn't bring their own mag for a particular gun they were looking to steal?

Someone seen by me walking away with one of my guns will get shot.

The best thing to do is not shoot alone for a few reasons.

This.

 

[TinRobotBoy]

Not gonna lie, I first read that as gun juggling.

 

[Drix]

i have often thought when changing a target at 200 yards, i'd be pretty hard up to much about it if someone grabbed one off the bench. i think the gun community is pretty honest folk, but its always in the back of my head. which also leads me to make sure i have the CCW never empty.

This is why I like that my range is set up like 1984

 

[Wickedcoolname]

Who came up with the term ‘jugging?’

Some boob.

 

[xtry51]

If you load your firearm and carry it downrange with you, people can't steal it or the ones you leave on the table.

I always carried my rifle with me to change targets if I was at the range by myself.

 

[whatluck]

I never take the same route home, and always make sure I'm not being followed.

 

[Smokewagon]

Even if you had a ccw, you can’t just shoot somebody for stealing your other gun, especially if you know it to be empty.

Might be able to in Texas. They allow deadly force to protect property in certain instances.

 

[Thinking]

If you were down range changing targets, how would you know they ( the thief ) didn't bring their own mag for a particular gun they were looking to steal?

Someone seen by me walking away with one of my guns will get shot.

The best thing to do is not shoot alone for a few reasons.

Good luck in a Massachusetts court

 

[Reptile]

Good luck proving your life is in danger if he’s running away.

Gun jugging.

It’s a word now.

Can’t put the genie back into the jug.

In Massachusetts they call range thieves “gun lobsters”.

I just made that up.

It’s the regional word for gun jugging.

 

[Broc]

Even if you had a ccw, you can’t just shoot somebody for stealing your other gun, especially if you know it to be empty.

Of course you can shoot them.

 

[Broc]

If you load your firearm and carry it downrange with you, people can't steal it or the ones you leave on the table.

I always carried my rifle with me to change targets if I was at the range by myself.

I remember the day the fudd RO at a club told me to stop shooting my handgun more than 1 round per two seconds, I said fine, loaded a mag, racked the slide and holstered the gun because I was done shooting that handgun. The RO freaked out, told me I couldn't walk around with a loaded gun in my holster (IWB holster). I just laughed and told him to beat it and let the Preaident of the club know someone was walking around with his CCW under his shirt. Around 7 years later and I am still a member there. Although I haven't gone in 2 years and will probably cancel my membership this year.

 

[AFAR/PFAR]

You'd think, particularly in TX, that this problem would just sort of "work itself out over time."

Generally speaking and with some exceptions, texas is more "all hat and no cattle" than many folks would be led to believe. Houston is also a shithole of a city.

 

[enbloc]

This is why I like that my range is set up like 1984

So, Berlin Wall still up...?

 

[drgrant]

You'd think, particularly in TX, that this problem would just sort of "work itself out over time."

Yeah you would think that but lots of Texas is urban shithole territory. The high guns per capita and better SD laws just give you better options but don't necessarily reduce the "garbage grade crime".

 

[drgrant]

I remember the day the fudd RO at a club told me to stop shooting my handgun more than 1 round per two seconds, I said fine, loaded a mag, racked the slide and holstered the gun because I was done shooting that handgun. The RO freaked out, told me I couldn't walk around with a loaded gun in my holster (IWB holster). I just laughed and told him to beat it and let the Preaident of the club know someone was walking around with his CCW under his shirt. Around 7 years later and I am still a member there. Although I haven't gone in 2 years and will probably cancel my membership this year.

Loop Club?

 

[BigAl23]

What does this tell you? Irresponsible?

“They’re actually staking out your vehicle, waiting for you to leave your guns unattended inside your vehicle,”

“We’ve had a couple of people say they left the gun club and walked just into a corner store and when they came out their stuff was gone. These people are watching.”

"As the victim went inside, the suspects parked directly behind the victim’s SUV, smashing out the back window and taking two gun cases from the back seat."


In the cases of the first two, I wonder if their vehicles were locked?

I was at my club yesterday, shooting on the rifle side and left my pistols in the truck that was about 40 ft away. The truck is locked, even though it is members only and the only other people there were with me. Also, if I'm going to one of my clubs to shoot, I do not make any other stops unless absolutely necessary.

 

[swatgig]

Even if you had a ccw, you can’t just shoot somebody for stealing your other gun, especially if you know it to be empty.

Treat every gun as if it were loaded

 

[greencobra]

the obligatory "boycott shooting ranges."

sorry, i just felt compelled...

 

[SpaceCritter]

Not gonna lie, I first read that as gun juggling.

 

[Dennis in MA]

I saw a guy juggle a bowling pin, a running chain saw and an apple while he ate the apple. Shoulda handed out rain ponchos for the front row like Gallagher. As you can imagine, he forgot which was which and tried to bite the chain saw.

 

[Mesatchornug]

I saw a guy juggle a bowling pin, a running chain saw and an apple while he ate the apple. Shoulda handed out rain ponchos for the front row like Gallagher. As you can imagine, he forgot which was which and tried to bite the chain saw.

"forgot"