[08LTZ]

That's not why there is a lock on the gloveboxes though.

That seems like a petty thing to make a thread about or be upset over.

What is the lock on the glovebox for?

 

[08LTZ]

When I was four years old, my parents told me not to go through the glovebox because they were scared that I'd mess up the paperwork inside.
I never did.
Discipline is key, especially with firearms. My dad taught me about his guns when I was little and told me not to mess around with them because I could get seriously hurt. When I turned 13 and he bought me a BB gun, I still did everything he told me from when I was little, safety on at all times, trigger lock installed, magazine emptied, all that stuff.
And if I were to keep a handgun in my car for self-defense, I wouldn't want a glovebox lock. I'd have to fiddle around to unlock it first before I could pull out the firearm. Those couple seconds could cost you your life.

I grew up around guns so it was never a big deal for me. Dad thought me how to use and respect them. At age 12 he bought me a .22 (semi auto 10-22 with a 50 round banana clip) and me and my older brother would spend hours (and countless bricks of amo) in the woods behind our house shooting at targets, bottles, cans ect.

 

[08LTZ]

We actually had a firearms safety class taught to us by the local game warden back when I was in fifth grade school. Of course, I graduated from High School in 89, so.. (times have changed < sigh > )

I graduated in 93 and we weren’t thought gun safety in school. However, I had several teachers that were hunters and one had deer antlers displayed in the classroom and another, a history teacher, actually brought his hunting bow to class during hunting season.

Another interesting thing was when my older brother, who graduated in 88, was in high school it was common to see rifles and shotguns in rear windows of students and teachers trucks in the parking lot. By the time I got to high school in 90 they had put a stop to having guns on school propriety.

 

[08LTZ]

I've always thought that it had something to do with global platform sharing. My 05 GTO had the fuel filler on the passenger side and down under it would be on the driverside. Not sure but maybe there are some reglations in the right drive countries that we don't have and it's just easier to put the fuel cap on that side.