Tobatola

Thank you for all the suggestions. After 22 years together I realize how realistic (or unrealistic) it is for me to change her behavior. Maybe I asked the wrong question.. :)

I would tell anyone that asked me that the best way to store a handgun in your car would be in a holster on your person. That said, my wife is habitually "forgetting" to wear hers for various reasons, and I want her to have self defense options. I'm looking for suggestions on how I can help make a handgun available for her but not rely on her carrying it on her person in a holster. To complicate matters, she drives a minivan that often has kids in it so any solution would need to be secure. I'm not a big fan of the glovebox for obvious reasons, although it may come to that. Any suggestions or advice? P.S. I'm posting this here instead of the women and guns forum because properly storing a gun in your auto applies to men and women equally..

I don't see the current HCP process as anything more or less than a formality. It's to create a bit of inconvenience, and limit those who carry to those people actually willing to put forth some time, cash and effort to obtain an HCP. With it, you have fundamentally untrained people able to carry loaded firearms. But without it, you'd have that and a MUCH higher rate of emotionally impulsive morons who shouldn't be making deadly force decisions carrying as well. Better to have a process that dissuades those who haven't thought through (or can't) the responsibility that comes with carrying.