Gun Racks in Pickup Trucks?

[luvmystang67]

Why have these disappeared?  Are they actually illegal (with guns in them of course) or do people just not do it anymore out of fear of theft?  can anyone point me to the law that would discuss this or some widespread stupid law that would be applied to this?

I'm sure someone on here knows.  A little help?

[jackelope]

I will never advertise what sort of stuff I keep in my truck. Before dirtbags stole everything that wasn't bolted down I had a gun rack in my truck. After getting broke into once and my whole truck getting stolen never to be seen again, no more. I've got a Washington State Bowhunters sticker on the back window of my truck and I don't even feel good about that.
 

p.s. I don't think there's any law. I see people with guns in gun racks now and then. I just can't help but wonder what they do with them when they park to go into a store or something.

[Woodchuck]

I am about as redneck as they come and I wont put a rack in my window for the same reasons Jackelope stated. I however do have a Hunt Wa sticker in the back window and a "Ain't nothin in this truck worth dyin for" sticker as well.

[jackelope]

and a "Ain't nothin in this truck worth dyin for" sticker as well.

Maybe that's what I need.

I can understand a gun rack when you're hunting or doing something gun related like going shooting or something along those lines but, aside from "just because they can",  I could never understand why people drive around with a gun rack full of guns in their back window. There's a lot better places to store guns, even inside your truck.

[6x6in6]

Same here.
No law that I am aware of.
Prefer not to advertise with the rack in use or not, so it does not exist.  No stickers or other decorations either.  I'd just a soon do everything I can to fly under the radar.

[luvmystang67]

Thanks for the feedback all.  I might have to get one of those stickers.

[Woodchuck]

and a "Ain't nothin in this truck worth dyin for" sticker as well.

Maybe that's what I need.

I can understand a gun rack when you're hunting or doing something gun related like going shooting or something along those lines but, aside from "just because they can",  I could never understand why people drive around with a gun rack full of guns in their back window. There's a lot better places to store guns, even inside your truck.

I have the sleeves that hang off the back of the front seats for gun storage during the season.

[bobcat]

Some may not be old enough to remember this, but it used to be that most pickups were not extended cabs. If you had two or three people in your truck, there was very little room for guns. So a gun rack in the rear window was very handy.

Even in other vehicles with more interior space, such as Suburbans, I think a gun rack was just something you were expected to have if you were a hunter.

But nowadays, I agree, it's just not smart to advertise that you have guns. I also do not put any kind of sticker that would let someone know that I'm a hunter or a gun owner. So no NRA, RMEF, DU, MDF, or Hunt-Wa stickers for me.

[Skillet]

Just saw one with what looked like a mini-14 and a bolt action .22 on Sunday in Coulee City.  Uncommon enough nowadays to catch my attention, even  there. Thought to myself, "Well, you don't see that in Seattle at all"...

[6x6in6]

And in the school parking lot every truck had one with a gun in it.

I have fond memories of driving my 68 chev C-20 to school in the late 70's with a 30-06 and a 12 gauge in the rack.  Bailing out during lunch time to go duck or deer hunting. 
Nobody locked their car up either. 

[seth30]

I remember seeing them with axe handles in the racks

[snowpack]

Used to see them all the time, a rack with a saddle gun and a lariat.  I won't put one of the visible ones in the truck because it would just be too inviting for thieves. I could imagine being in the courtroom for shooting some tweekers and getting blamed because I put too attractive of a target out for them.  Somehow the lib lawyers would make it my fault.  Now a low profile overhead mount.......

[pianoman9701]

There is a law, at least with regards to leaving a concealed pistol, that it must be kept out of sight locked in the vehicle.

[CP]

I want the overhead model:

[pianoman9701]

And in the school parking lot every truck had one with a gun in it.

When I was in high school, I threw the .30-30 Model 94 in the back on the way to school so I could hunt after school. We'd be out in the lot showing each other our guns and talking about where we'd hunt. Imagine that today.