Where is your gun holster?

Get a concealed carry vest and put it on when you are in the car. Take it off when you get out. No exposure and you have the choice to keep it on when you get out if need be. You do have a CHL? If not put it in the passenger side seatback pocket.

Or a fannypack can be used the same as vest.

 

oops, double post

 

Hmmmm.
Interesting carry weapon.
You're going to have to find what works best for you as far as a holster is concerned.
The only things I don't like about the steering column holster is that there's not much real estate down there to draw a large frame automatic, and unless you detach it at every stop you're going to be saying "firearms owner" to anyone who happens to peek inside while your vehicle is parked.
It's even worse than an NRA sticker.
No.
Limo tint isn't the answer either, cause that means that you're either not that bright or you're a scofflaw...or both. This always translates into something inside the car that's interesting to steal (weed, head unit, i-thingy, etc...)
I have a Combat Commander that I use as a carry weapon (reluctantly) when I know I have to go into a place that frowns on weapons carry. I do this so I can pop the slide and mag out and just carry the receiver inside.

So.
If I had to lug that purty thing around in a car with me I'm thinking either a shoulder rig or what I used to do in the sandbox---which is use a quick action drop leg holster worn loose enough to rotate the weapon atop my thigh while driving. This worked VERY well....for me.
However (comma!) the white gear we rolled around in had much more interior room than a Prius.
YMMV.

MY Prius is a company vehicle, and we KNOW that my beloved company doesn't like me to roll armed.....(wink, wink!) and I would never, ever, EVER do so.

But....if I did, I would use a clip holster and just let it cruise around beneath the shifter, or leave it butt-out in a small netbook satchel in the co-pilot seat.

Good Luck!

 

Car theft is one of the most common crimes in Maryland-DC-Virginia; side-arms are highly prized theft items. Thieves are pretty bold around here and will even break into a police cruiser, too. In recent memory, a local swat team officer lost his automatic AR, several clips, several rounds of ammo, his bullet resistent vest, and his badge in a recent breakin and theft of his police cruiser. Having anything of known value visible in a car, e.g. a side arm, would be an invitation for a smash-n-grab car theft.

 

Smarter maybe. More that Prius owners tend to be higher education level per the stats, we were just looking at the Prius owner stats in the other guns, guts and Prius thread.

 

I feel like California doesn't let us have those.

 

When deadly force is necessary, it is required immediately. Which is why if you decide to carry, you carry on your body all the time. If you have time to acquire a weapon from an unatural and unused location in your vehicle, without the benefit of extensive training drawing from that location, you have time to hit the gas and get away. Situational awareness is the most important defense. Dont go where you think you will require deadly force. But if you must, you dont need a holster, be prepared and put the gun in your lap.

 

I put my Kimber Ultra TLE II in my center console. It fits perfectly in there and is fairly easy to get to. Mind you my guns is a compact and yours is a FS.

 

Barring covering your vehicle in something very unpleasant to smell or touch - the art of concealment (aka camoflague) is probably the most practical deterrent.

By the way, with respect to the local swat police officer who lost his automatic AR - the AR and his equipment were in the trunk and out of sight, but apparently the perpetrator knew this. So even if your stuff is not in plain sight -- if the criminal just even thinks there might be something valuable and your vehicle is unattended and not monitored - then your vehicle is at risk if those neferious entities are nearby.

When someone broke into my 1990 honda accord, it was smashed up pretty good - the perpetrators didn't get much though - just pocket change in the toll/change drawer on the left side of the steering wheel ( I had less than $3 in change in the car incase I needed to take the bus or pay for parking but beyond that there wasn't anything valuable in the car at the time ); however, repairing the damage from the break in cost me $250 in auto insurance deductible at the time. I was soo really PO'ed - the car thief in my case was not just greedy and petty - he/she was frickin stupid.
Stuff like that makes me think about becoming a hermit.

 

Which presents a dilemma for the 14% of Prius owners freaked out over being ID'd as greenies for driving a Prius. If they put the NRA sticker on the car, thief has a heads up good likelihood of valuable gun in the car vs. regular Prius which the thieves typically don't bother with.

But eliminating the NRA stick, eliminates the value of the NRA stick which is letting the driver's audience know he's a gun tot'in root'in toot'in lumberjack kind of guy...not no steeek'in greenie.

 

Being ID'd as a green car is a good foundation for an illusion that there isn't a valuable firearm inside.

However, for an illusion to work its magic - any outside suggestable and observable details must be a consistent with that illusion.

To reinforce that illusion - a magician might also add the gentle of art of concealment and misdirection is needed.

For example, in addition to hiding your firearm out of sight, the vehicle can have bumper stickers in the rear of your vehicle identifying the vehicle as a "Greenie" -- advocating "Gun Control" and "World Wildlife Foundation." If forced for an explanation the driver can disvow the "Greenie" stickers by saying the vehicle was bought used and the stickers were put on by the previous owner.

 

$20 wont get you much ammo. I probably wouldnt advertise that. Maybe $50!