I’m not going to touch this comment with an answer because I might get into trouble!

The question here has less to do with the car being unlocked and more why would anyone leave anything in their car that they didn't want to be stolen.

I was working in midtown in New York in the middle of the day when a junkie broke the driver's side window of a stuntman's car. One of the cops caught the guy and alerted the stuntman who asked the cop to walk away.

Now was right the way the stuntman handled it; I'm not going to be the judge?
But he was wrong to leave anything in his car in plain view that he didn't want stolen.

So the car owners deserved it?

and hates when someone whom is writing a narrative that person don't want to hear or believe in

Nothing self righteous about it.
If the victim is making it easier to commit a crime, who is the dumbo?
Aiding and abetting crime in my book.
Twenty two years ago wife and I left our clubs on cart without a thought of losing them. Not now. Wouldn't leave anything unattended anywhere in TV.
Different times, different rules.

Dumb? Yes
 

Of course it's taking a huge chance leaving expensive sport equipment open for the taking.

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Looks like an all-american city to me. Very diverse and therefore vibrant.

"It's who we are"

Never heard of cutting for gas, but cutting out the cat converter from a vehicle has been going on for years in various states. $900 to replace and install protection bars. Takes 5 minutes to steal. When starting up the vehicle and the motor sounds like a lawnmower (but isn't one) then that's likely what happened.

Ha! Good one. It appears that the ways of the city are spreading to the “country”. Allways lock your house and car up. It’s imperative now more then ever.

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San Francisco police recommend NOT LOCKING cars in order to avoid broken windows and locks. Leave cars unlocked and without valuables and open the console & glove box to show the "disadvantaged" there is nothing for them to take.

And in some gang areas people place items such as crowns in their cars to reduce vandalism.

WHO is stupid enough to leave a gun in a car?

Unlocked Vehicles? Unlocked Vehicles?

Who the hell leaves their vehicles unlocked parked ANYWHERE?
I even lock my Toyota parked in the garage.

Leaving your golf clubs on your cart in a strip mall shopping area while you grab a sandwich or something at Publix is quite different than leaving them with other carts at C.C. near the golf shop while you grab something to eat with fellow golfers. The former is a bit “risky” and the latter not so much. That said, leaving valuables in plain sight makes no sense. However, leaving your clubs on your cart could be convenient. My clubs are 10 years old and are not that valuable but perhaps yours are. BTW, most newer cars lock automatically when you get 25 feet away. To each his own…

I had MMA fighter living on my street at another location. He never had problem with sticky fingers, he jogged 1/3 of day/nights, kind like having bull terrier guarding the neighborhood, and everybody was as friendly as could be. Bottom line didn’t want to pLss him off.