Is it legal? (to carry a weapon)

[TRUCK3R M1KE]

My .02

Do what you need to do. Sometimes I sit in good areas (try to), sometimes I can't. I'll do what I need to do as well. Judged by 12>Carried by 6.

You have many options for self-defense that are plenty legal to carry on the truck. Although a gun is the only weapon to defend yourself with against an attacker with a gun, an Airsoft pistol (a good one high high FPS) will do plenty against aggressors that are not armed with a gun. Tazers are available for civilian use, too.

But your biggest self-defense comes from being aware of your surroundings and behaving accordingly. I don't park in the Hood and not expect a situation to arise.

 

[Racer X 69]

If any of this were true, you wouldnt have called threats non existant.

Every last word is true.

The statement I made about the perception of risk and danger is also valid. Many people buy into the Hollywood versions of trucking and come away with the misconception that every mile driven and every truck stop, shipper and receiver are places fraught with danger and risk.

That cannot be even close to the truth.

In the few years since retiring from an 8 to 5 job and taking up trucking I have been to all of the lower 48 states and 5 Canadian provinces. Nearly a half million miles, and not once have I come across even one situation where a gun would have been useful.

Not one.

 

[Racer X 69]

But your biggest self-defense comes from being aware of your surroundings and behaving accordingly. I don't park in the Hood and not expect a situation to arise.

There ya go!

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[Hondo Lane]

Every last word is true.

The statement I made about the perception of risk and danger is also valid. Many people buy into the Hollywood versions of trucking and come away with the misconception that every mile driven and every truck stop, shipper and receiver are places fraught with danger and risk.

That cannot be even close to the truth.

In the few years since retiring from an 8 to 5 job and taking up trucking I have been to all of the lower 48 states and 5 Canadian provinces. Nearly a half million miles, and not once have I come across even one situation where a gun would have been useful.

Not one.

I have driven millions of miles and not once have I come across a situation where a seatbelt would have been useful.

Not one.

Guess Ill quit wearing it.

 

[Injun]

I use a seatbelt because I don't want to give a cop an excuse to pull me over, nor do I want to pay the fine and acquire the points on my record.

Please quote me a law that states I must carry a firearm. Otherwise, stop comparing apples to oranges.

 

[blackw900]

If any of this were true, you wouldnt have called threats non existant.

I've run in and out of lots of "Bad" areas and spent the night in quite a few as well and have never been bothered by anyone and I would tend to agree with racer on the point he made about the threats that most drivers talk about are percieved threats rather than actual threats and are therefore "nonexistant".

I don't park in the Hood and not expect a situation to arise.

Being aware of your surroundings is very important as is carrying yourself with confidence and not acting like a scared fool when you encounter people in these areas...Thieves thrive on weakness.
I have "parked in the hood" many times and have usually had pretty good interactions with the locals that I've encountered.

I have driven millions of miles and not once have I come across a situation where a seatbelt would have been useful.

Not one.

Guess Ill quit wearing it.

Hey me too.....Never needed a seat belt to keep me from falling out of the seat.
I wear a seat belt to keep from being ticketed for not wearing one.

I use a seatbelt because I don't want to give a cop an excuse to pull me over, nor do I want to pay the fine and acquire the points on my record.

Please quote me a law that states I must carry a firearm. Otherwise, stop comparing apples to oranges.

Well put redskin!

 

[Darksyde]

I wouldn't say no risk exists. Look at Reginald Denny. However I've gotta say, for what it's worth, that in 12 years I've never been in a position where I felt threatened and I've been all over. From Compton to NYC and everywhere in between. That's not to say I haven't been nervous before but nothing ever come of it.

 

[blackw900]

I wouldn't say no risk exists. Look at Reginald Denny. However I've gotta say, for what it's worth, that in 12 years I've never been in a position where I felt threatened and I've been all over. From Compton to NYC and everywhere in between. That's not to say I haven't been nervous before but nothing ever come of it.

Reginald Denny was a f'kin' moron! He saw a threatining situation in an area where it was well known at the time that there were riots going on and decided to stop his truck and lean out the window a talk (Probably talking shlt) to one of the morons that were rioting'
I was in Gardena, CA when the riots were going on and I left the area and did not stop for anything and got on the freeway and left the L.A. basin .

Reginald Denny isn't a good example to use in this context....He did everything wrong and got f'cked up because of his own stupid judgement.

 

[Mike]

When I go into a bad area, I kick the crap out of the first person I see. Then I ask, "who wants to be next?"

 

[Racer X 69]

I have driven millions of miles and not once have I come across a situation where a seatbelt would have been useful.

Not one.

Guess Ill quit wearing it.

You should.

 

[Racer X 69]

When I go into a bad area, I kick the crap out of the first person I see. Then I ask, "who wants to be next?"

What a stud.

 

[Racer X 69]

I wouldn't say no risk exists. Look at Reginald Denny.

Reginald Denny should have had his doors locked and his windows rolled up and had enough sense to get outta da hood. He is lucky those homies didn't kill him the way they were beating him on the head with those bricks.

And I seriously doubt a gun would have helped him. One of the homies with a Mac 10 would have cut him in half.

 

[Duck]

One time a few years ago I had to leave home at 3AM, make a drop in a ghetto part of Chicago's south side at 4AM, then go back home.

I brought my .45. I had to park on a curb & walk about 2 blocks to the shipping/receiving office to check in & there were "hoods" walking around & congregating on the sidewalks & I had to walk past them. I had the .45 in my inside coat pocket, chambered w/safety on, & my coat halfway un-zipped. When I got to the office I zipped my coat up all the way. Same thing when I was walking back to the truck. One of them was standing in the middle of the street, looked interested in the truck cab, but when he saw me walking back to the truck, he turned & walked away. I didn't need the gun, didn't even feel the need to walk with my hand in my coat pocket ready to draw or anything. But I sure as hell was glad I had it.

 

[8978]

there were "hoods" walking around & congregating on the sidewalks

Gross, queer hoods. I would think that's illegal. I would never walk on the sidewalk again.

 

[skb1960]

No, it is NOT legal. But don't worry so much about it, I'm a woman and have run solo 12 years, 48 and Canada and my truck only got robbed once and that wouldn't have happened if the A/C hadn't quit on that piece of crap truck I was driving at the time. Be smart, don't advertise over the cb that your an inexperienced solo driver, when you stop for awhile and are leaving the truck unattended, pull the sleeper curtain closed so nobody knows whether there is someone in the truck or not. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, tell anyone over the radio what your hauling, (if your pulling a box or refer) you don't know whether your talking to another driver or someone looking for a load to jack, and regardless, they're out there listening. And, it's nobody else business what's in the wagon, most driver won't ask anyway, we know the risks. Always lock it up, truck AND trailer, even if there is a seal on the load, lock it or loose it, get a GOOD lock not something a $20 pair of bolt cutters will take off. And driver, for yours and everyone's safety, don't try to run with the big dogs just because the truck may run that fast, keep it within YOUR driving ability, if your good that will improve. And in the winter remember these few things, if your uncomfortable with the road conditions, park it, don't be a wuss but if your reallly getting scared about the road conditions, park the truck! Appointments can and do get changed all the time, there's not a load so hot that it can't cool off in a ditch. Be safe driver, and enjoy the ride!!!

 

[Racer X 69]

No, it is NOT legal. . . . . . . . . . Be safe driver, and enjoy the ride!!!

Good stuff there skb1960. But I have to disagree about it being illegal to carry a firearm in a truck. It is not, and that has been shown here numerous times already.

 

[terrylamar]

No, it is NOT legal. But don't worry so much about it, I'm a woman and have run solo 12 years, 48 and Canada and my truck only got robbed once and that wouldn't have happened if (I had a gun with me and I was willing to use it) at the time. Be smart, don't advertise over the cb that your an inexperienced solo driver, when you stop for awhile and are leaving the truck unattended, pull the sleeper curtain closed so nobody knows whether there is someone in the truck or not. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, tell anyone over the radio what your hauling, (if your pulling a box or refer) you don't know whether your talking to another driver or someone looking for a load to jack, and regardless, they're out there listening. And, it's nobody else business what's in the wagon, most driver won't ask anyway, we know the risks. Always lock it up, truck AND trailer, even if there is a seal on the load, lock it or loose it, get a GOOD lock not something a $20 pair of bolt cutters will take off. And driver, for yours and everyone's safety, don't try to run with the big dogs just because the truck may run that fast, keep it within YOUR driving ability, if your good that will improve. And in the winter remember these few things, if your uncomfortable with the road conditions, park it, don't be a wuss but if your reallly getting scared about the road conditions, park the truck! Appointments can and do get changed all the time, there's not a load so hot that it can't cool off in a ditch. Be safe driver, and enjoy the ride!!!

Fixed!

 

[Injun]

[MENTION=9902]skb1960[/MENTION], do you or have you run for Prime?

There is NO LAW prohibiting a firearm specifically in a commercial vehicle. Laws and statutes regarding firearms is a state and local issue. If you are going to carry, you must know the laws in the states and localities you will be going to or through...and follow those laws.

 

[Duck]

@skb1960, do you or have you run for Prime?

There is NO LAW prohibiting a firearm specifically in a commercial vehicle. Laws and statutes regarding firearms is a state and local issue. If you are going to carry, you must know the laws in the states and localities you will be going to or through...and follow those laws.

If you want to be "compliant" with laws passed in direct violation of the 2nd amendment.

Being forced to obey "gun laws" is no different than when AlexGramm has to pay a bribe to corrupt government officials in Ukraine.

It is NO DIFFERENT.

 

[TRUCK3R M1KE]

Pretty sure that a firearm that is disassembled is just "pieces of a firearm", and not a "firearm" since it couldn't be fired in disassembled status. I wonder if that argument would pass if one were to field strip their weapon while driving and then reassemble when parked and off-duty for the evening? You will rarely get pulled over when you are already parked. LoL