Perhaps it's a "Minnesota Nice" thing. I attended a classifier match there 2 weeks ago and there was always a number of guns sitting on the safe-area table...unattended.
Head up to the saloon parking-lots of northern MN and most vehicles have a firearm inside...doors unlocked...in plain sight. I did it for 30+ years myself. I've noticed it's the same with rural North Dakota and areas of states as far away as Georgia.
Location seems to have a great influence on the way firearms are secured. I've been all over this country and Canada, and the views of necessary securement seem to differ everywhere.
