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Hi Larry,
I
know it is risky to break rules but if the facility doesn't routinely
search
vehicles, I would be tempted to find an easily accessible
spot to leave the piece.
I used to have aftermarket saddle blanket seat covers on a
Toyota pickup that had a row of vertical pockets along the front of the
bottom cushion and a sling in the back from the seat to the rear cab
wall for two shoulder weapons. A padded or lined pistol pouch
could be fastened under the seat, in a door pocket, etc. A waistband pouch
system with integral holster could be left on the vehicle floor. For over
18 years a portion of my time was devoted to searching vehicles and
contraband can be hard to find. Assuming you don't anticipate needing the
piece on the facility property, under the hood or in the trunk are other
possibilities. A small ice chest or insulated bottle with a wide
mouth might allow for "hiding in plain sight". If someone is
searched, don't look at the hidden item. Experienced "mules" if stopped at
the border will sit on the inspection table and look 180 degrees from the
vehicle being inspected. The highest rates of seizures are made by
inspectors in my experience who key on the subjects actions more than they
look at the search area. Ex prison guards are often very good at
reading body language to detect contraband too.
If you need the piece
off facility, its better to say "Sorry." and still be
alive.
An example of
bureaucratic thinking along this line was another Del Rio incident, Two
DEA agents were going to make a narcotic buy at a hotel. Their backup was
an old timer ex-Customs Agent/ Customs Patrol agent named Jesse
Torres who had a drinking problem and was counting the days till
retirement. Things went off scenario as the dopers just planned to kill
the buyer and run with the money. The dopers had disarmed the undercover
agents and were debating whether to have some fun with them prior to
execution. Jesse burst in and ended the party with a magazine full from
his unofficial semiautomatic pistol. The right two died at the party.
Jesse was nominated for a Presidential award and got a long suspension for
carrying an unauthorized firearm. Everyone thought the Agency decision was
kind of "c.s." because he did have the issue weapon, he just used
something much more situation appropriate. While the lower powered
revolver might have worked, he would have run thru his on board ammo much
sooner using a less effective cartridge. In Washington it must have looked
different? In prespective during WW II , a SAS soldier did kill 5 German
officers in a meeting room with two 455 caliber Webley revolvers but he
was prepared well before the action, caught the persons seated and their
response was slowed by flap top holsters. An older friend of mine named
Martin Kelso winessed the man's after action report. He said the hardest
thing to concentrate on was putting two rounds in each person before
traversing to the next target. So a revolver might have worked for
Jesse?
Just some thoughts,
Dale
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