The complexity involved in engineering and fabricating some of these compartments supports the theory that certain shops are complicit in the concealment of handguns and other forms of contraband. Servomotors, electric relays, switches, and hydraulics are often used in creating compartments that open remotely after a sequence of buttons is pushed, placing a Glock, Barreta or similarly powerful pistol within quick access. And if on-board hidden armaments aren't sufficient protection for the modern gangster, bulletproofing the vehicle is another basic step in the kill-or-be-killed world of violent crime.
Unfortunately have-gun-will-travel is a sure bet that bullets will eventually fly. Another modern symptom of the rolling crime platform is the dramatic increase in drive-by shootings that many large cities and surrounding areas are experiencing. Gang warfare is not akin to a civil dispute. Real bullets settle scores and protect turf when competitors come calling. The drive-by strafings may target residences or businesses, often with deadly results. But gangs and guns are only a fraction of the criminality involving vehicles in our inflamed society. It's no secret to anyone remotely attuned to the news that car theft is way up, with the days of joyriding in someone else's vehicle taking a back seat to cars stolen for the express purpose of committing crime, and getting away with it.
We've all seen the heavy metal and cement posts often planted around the entrances to businesses dealing in electronics, sporting goods and high-end clothing. They're not there to keep out shopping carts. Their singular purpose is to defeat forceful intrusions facilitated with stolen SUVs. Crooks purposely steal 4-wheel-drive Grand Cherokees and the like to crash through store entrances, quickly load stolen merchandise and depart. Should the police attempt to box or pin the suspect vehicle, a full-size SUV is often capable of ramming its way to freedom or resorting to off-road excursions to place increased real estate between their taillights and the pursuing lights.
Stolen pickups are a favourite among desperados hoping to make ATM withdrawals- and I mean withdrawal of the entire machine along with the cash residing within. Ramming the box of a pickup hard into an ATM is sure to break it from its moorings, allowing it to be tossed into the truck's box and hauled away like a piece of unwanted furniture.
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Unfortunately have-gun-will-travel is a sure bet that bullets will eventually fly. Another modern symptom of the rolling crime platform is the dramatic increase in drive-by shootings that many large cities and surrounding areas are experiencing. Gang warfare is not akin to a civil dispute. Real bullets settle scores and protect turf when competitors come calling. The drive-by strafings may target residences or businesses, often with deadly results. But gangs and guns are only a fraction of the criminality involving vehicles in our inflamed society. It's no secret to anyone remotely attuned to the news that car theft is way up, with the days of joyriding in someone else's vehicle taking a back seat to cars stolen for the express purpose of committing crime, and getting away with it.
We've all seen the heavy metal and cement posts often planted around the entrances to businesses dealing in electronics, sporting goods and high-end clothing. They're not there to keep out shopping carts. Their singular purpose is to defeat forceful intrusions facilitated with stolen SUVs. Crooks purposely steal 4-wheel-drive Grand Cherokees and the like to crash through store entrances, quickly load stolen merchandise and depart. Should the police attempt to box or pin the suspect vehicle, a full-size SUV is often capable of ramming its way to freedom or resorting to off-road excursions to place increased real estate between their taillights and the pursuing lights.
Stolen pickups are a favourite among desperados hoping to make ATM withdrawals- and I mean withdrawal of the entire machine along with the cash residing within. Ramming the box of a pickup hard into an ATM is sure to break it from its moorings, allowing it to be tossed into the truck's box and hauled away like a piece of unwanted furniture.
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