For example, after Sean Penn obtained a permit to carry a gun, his car was stolen with two guns in the trunk. The car was soon recovered, but the guns were gone (Donohue
2003).
In July 2015 in San Francisco, the theft of a gun from a car in San Francisco led to a killing of a tourist on a city pier that almost certainly would not have occurred if the lawful gun owner had not left it in the car (Ho
2015). Just a few months later, a gun stolen from an unlocked car was used in two separate killings in San Francisco and Marin in October 2015 (Ho & Williams
2015). According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, in 2013 there were over 660,000 auto thefts from households. More guns being carried in vehicles by permit holders means more criminals will be walking around with the guns stolen from permit holders.