I'm not sure why a thread about a stolen car has to turn into a gun, ammo and dick waving contest. We have a lot of self-proclaimed tough guys.
I grew up shooting all kinds of long guns at an early age. By 8 years old my parents had trained me in basic firearm safety and I was authorized to roam our somewhat rural neighborhood with my .22 and plink away. Of course it was all just good clean fun as in "whoa, look, I just knocked that can off from what must be over 100 yards!" But we were trained never to point a gun at another human, loaded or unloaded. It never even occurred to our family that a gun was a way to protect you from "bad people".
Now it seems there is a whole new contingent of firearm owners who feel vunerable (scared even) if they don't have a gun locked and loaded at all times. Funny thing is, more people are shot accidentally than all the lives save by a hero with a gun.