Mrs. Thumbcocker and I are heading west in a few weeks and plan on some truck camping on public land and just generally bumming around. My favorite handgun has been my companion on many woods tromps and has killed a fair pile of deer, one hog, and two coyotes. It shoots exactly where it looks and we understand each other. I have always wanted to do some long range plinking under the open sky with this gun. I would hate to lose it but would love to take it along. so the question is would you take your favorite handgun with you on such an odesy?