Consealed carry

If you get put in a situation where a pocket knife doesn't help, a gun won't do too much good either most of the times. If someone is shooting at you while you're driving if the first bullet don't kill you, the semi is a weapon of mass destruction let those trailer tandems run that guy's car with with that 34k weight sitting on it he's going to be a flat pancake. Very rare times only a gun is the answer. Get a knife and call it a "tool" for cutting plastic seals. You're covered.

Besides you REALLY don't want to be in a duty to flee state with that and having to use it. Duty to flee = You MUST flee and ONLY allowed deadly force if you have no way to flee said situation AKA unless you have a video camera showing you in a corner of a wall you're F'ed from all 4 ways when you go to court!

 

Tell them you're Muslim gay and possibly transgender....I'm sure they'll reconsider

 

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You sir should not post about that which you know NOTHING about.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

 

I remember talking to another cr driver who said his team mate quit his first week in phase 2 (meaning after 1 month with trainer then next is with team). Told me they were driving around Memphis some idiot was shooting at oncoming trucks and it hit the upper driver door and went into the sleeper. I saw the bullet hole on the truck too. I would quit too if that was to happen during my first 3 months lol

 

Mate I'm from a duty to flee state. New Jersey doesn't matter what the hell happened if you don't have a convenient camera showing you were backed into a corner or surprised you're going to jail regardless if you actually defended yourself. Listen a gun is only good when you know the danger is coming. If someone is going to jack you he's not going to let you know what's coming.

In my state you can have a knife if you can claim it as a tool. And it has to be a tool for your profession; if you're a landscaper you can have a machete in your pick up.

 

Like somebody said, if the first shot, or even the second doesn't get you, you should be able to shag it away from the scene.
Once you chase the guy down, you're probably going down for man slaughter at a minimum. Way too much risk.

Now I will say truck stops are the ideal places for predatory behavior. You could kill someone very easily at a truck stop and get away.

 

Problem is you got people from all parts of the political spectrum here. I'm pro gun don't get me wrong but let's be honest 9/10 when you get put in a situation you need a gun it's already too late. Just carry 60 bucks, if you get mugged for that 60 bucks is better than your life or a possible manslaughter/murder charge. The big reason I'm pro gun is for mass shooters, if someone has a gun in that situation and don't happen to be the one shot first then it might lower the casualties we get with those lunatics. Conveniently enough mass shooters always go for places people are least likely to have a gun.

 

Don't ask, don't tell. Having one can get you INTO trouble and not having one can get you into trouble. There is no way to be legal everywhere other than to be unarmed or active/retired cop. EVERYTHING is a compromise and puts you at risk for something. The people that repeat like a parrot "better to be judged by 12 than carried by six" are conveniently forgetting having a gun can turn a 10 minute harmless encounter into a job loss and or criminal charge. They fail to say they would rather be fired and convicted than PASS some inspection or ride to the hospital that leaves the contents of their truck available to someone they never expected to be there.

What happens when a drunk hits your truck, puts it out of service, while you get transported to the hospital and your company sends another driver to box up your stuff and send it to a terminal or your home. Your gun is found, you're fired. Or you deliver to an unfamiliar address and discover it's inside a military base or something similarly sensitive and your gun is found and you are fired and or arrested. In those cases rather than having another regular day you are fired and in trouble.

Please understand, what happened to someone delivering on a military base back in 1972 does not guarantee anyone in post-Sept 11 America will hold your gun while you are on post.

Having said all of that, I have NEVER had my truck searched in over 20 years of driving. I don't remember any event I thought was leading to a possible search. Someone having no gun means not worrying about if you will be searched.

Being an adult means making decisions and accepting the consequences. You cannot correctly guess my ownership or position on guns from reading my posts.