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With a proper permit, it's legal to leave a gun inside a car in Charlotte – but those guns can end up involved in violent crimes or the out-of-state weapons trade if they're not secured properly, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said Wednesday.

More than 1,700 guns have been stolen out of cars since 2014, with 360 stolen so far in 2017 alone, CMPD Capt. Brian Foley said. That doesn't include guns stolen out of houses and elsewhere.

To combat the issue, CMPD is giving away 100 vehicle gun safes – simple boxes that strap around an immovable part of a car and lock up a handgun.

Foley demonstrated the safe on Wednesday at police headquarters, saying that trying to defeat the device would take long enough that police expect a would-be thief to move on.

CMPD is giving away free gun safes to combat firearms thefts from cars
 

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