Can the guy whose handgun was stolen be charged with criminal stupidity? You can bet that the gun will now be used for robberies or worse.

The stolen handgun is about the scariest thing here. People are getting really crazy and desperate these days. www.firebrandcentral.com

The stolen handgun story is another example of why CCW permits are a bad idea. Here is a guy who is not even smart enough to lock his car or keep his weapon secure. And he thinks he could figure out when it would be appropriate to pull this weapon out and use it and be some kind of hero? What nonsense.

About the hand gun people don't get their CCW to be heros they get it cause there scaried. You can get a pizza to your house or anywhere before the cops get their. If the state trusts them to carry it then they should be able to carry it everywhere not to put it in his car so he can go into a bank or some other place this kind of stuff wouldn't happen except a bar I don't agree that guns and drinking is a good idea ! And who said his car was unlocked ? I have a lock box in my truck.

I do not believe it is legal to keep a handgun in the center console of your car unless you have a CCW permit. I don't think a lock box would fit in the center console. Also, if someone "slipped into" the parked car, that would indicate that the car was not locked. If people are scared of criminals they should support some actions to keep guns out the hands of criminals. Getting a CCW permit and trying to be Clint Eastwood is not the answer.

Ed, I only want to make it tougher for criminals to get guns. If we had a smarter background check system which included private gun sales this would help. We also need to identify psychotic people like the guy in Aurora, Colorado, the Tucson shooter, and the Virginia Tech shooter.... and get them on the list to fail a background check. We can't keep going with all these mass shootings and all the other gun violence. It will take decades to solve this problem and we need to start now.

If I had a car the lock box would be in the trunk ! And no one wants to kill anyone being a hero or clint eastwood if they do they shouldn't have a gun but when seconds count police are only minutes away ! You can make it harder for criminals to get guns by locking them up in safes not center consoles ! Making it harder for honest people to obtain guns to protect themselves doesn't make it harder for criminals all we can do is make these trouble makers think twice about robbing someone because they may be carring a gun !

Once again, but without the strange added commentary from yet another anonymous Internet Troll.

Agree the guy was careless and should be somehow sanctioned. He's making it more difficult for all the "responsible" gun owners in America.

But since when is protecting oneself from a life-threatening criminal "heroic" and not just basic common sense?

I hear liberal L.A. has many open spots for like-minded thinkers. Only 14% unemployment, air you can't breathe, English is a second language, 4 out of 10 school children drop out before finishing high school, the PD response time to a serious, life-threatening crime is a little over 7 minutes, and carrying a concealed weapon-- ridiculous! Why, a criminal might get hurt. Can't even buy ammo here! Unfortunately, "gun control" hasn't stopped the 187's yet. To date, only 468 this year. Not sure about aggravated assaults, robberies, car-jackings, rapes, hot prowls, and attempted murders? Ah, big city life...

My insider tip-- Pacoima, Sun Valley, Sylmar and San Fernando are nice this time of year-- tamales are hot, and it's X-mas festive in between the Homies capping off rounds into the night sky-- and at each other come Friday and Saturday night after the hooch is downed, the meth is street-distributed, and the machismo is up.

The CCW permit program in Ohio is a failure in my opinion. I am aware of 2 murders committed by CCW permit holders in NE Ohio. The murderers were convicted and are now in prison. When a person keeps a gun on their person basically everywhere they go, they are asking for trouble. These permit holders lack adequate training to handle a volatile situation. They are not law enforcement officers. Some of these permit holders may be paranoid about their security or have anger management issues. Some may choose not to back away from confrontations when they should, because they know they have that gun to fall back on. What if the gun discharges and an innocent bystander is injured or killed? Why should police officers making a traffic stop have to worry about whether the person in the car has a CCW permit or not? How many drug dealers have a CCW permit because they don't have a felony conviction yet? Why did George Zimmerman have a CCW permit after he had a history of assaulting a police officer in Florida? Lets go back to a sane society where only trained law enforcement officers are carrying guns in public. We should be hiring more police officers, not laying them off. There are also ways for people to defend themselves without relying on handguns. By the way, I was born and raised in this area and I will not be moving to California or anywhere else. Have a nice day.