Carrying my handgun

Well, like you said your company will most likely not allow you to carry a firearm in their truck due to liability issues.
You could go the O/O route...but then many shippers/receivers forbid you to carry a firearm on their property even if you have a valid concealed-carry permit (rights of private property owners trump all).
Not sure about state/federal laws...but the above issues are enough to not carry a firearm with you in a CMV.

 

This subject has been hammered to death.
Short answer? There are no Federal laws making it illegal to carry a firearm in a CMV. State laws, however, differ as to what you can have and how you can transport it.

Feel free to read through this: http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...r-legal-advice/16006-firearms-n-the-road.html

 

Me? I carry mine. I just make sure I know the laws of the states I'm running through.

 

It'll only be an issue if you get caught ; )

 

That's kind of what I am thinking...I am not at all in favor of breaking laws for the heck of it, but if it is locked in a case, unloaded, and stuffed under the bed, will it really be discovered?

In the kind of work I do, I rarely cross DOT scales and since every plant I load at usually has a scale, I am never over weight. Never been inspected by CHP (yet) so I'm not sure how thorough the different levels of inspections are?

As said above, me thinks if you are responsible with it, there should be no issue.

 

I was out of OTR for 7 or 8 years. When I started back to it my first trip to KC I had a crackhead trying to get in my truck while I was sleeping. I've been caarrying since my second trip back.

as the old saying goes. it's better to be judged by 12 then carried by 6

 

its legal to carry a firearm in every state in the US if you follow there transport guidelines. Personally my ccw allows me concealed in most states that i run.

As far as company policy or shippers not allowing firearms on there property i could careless. Most they can do is tell you to leave or fire you. You not committing a criminal act by not following there policy.

 

Our permits may soon be good in every state.

National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill Introduced in US House of Reps

Last week House Representative Cliff Stearns (R-FL) introduced HR 822, a bill to provide for national reciprocity of concealed handgun licenses. The bill has bi-partisan support from co-sponsor Heath Shuler (D-NC).
The bill reads as follows:

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. STEARNS (for himself and Mr. SHULER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on (blank)

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011’’.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds the following:

(1) The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States protects the fundamental right of an individual to keep and bear arms, including for purposes of individual self-defense.

(2) The Supreme Court of the United States has recognized this right in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, and in the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago, has recognized that the right is protected against State infringement by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

(3) The Congress has the power to pass legislation to protect against infringement of all rights protected under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

(4) The right to bear arms includes the right to carry arms for self-defense and the defense of others.

(5) The Congress has enacted legislation of national scope authorizing the carrying of concealed firearms by qualified active and retired law enforcement officers.

(6) Forty-eight States provide by statute for the issuance to individuals of permits to carry concealed firearms, or allow the carrying of concealed

firearms for lawful purposes without the need for a permit.
(7) The overwhelming majority of individuals who exercise the right to carry firearms in their own States and other States have proven to be law-abiding, and such carrying has been demonstrated to provide crime prevention or crime resistance benefits for the licensees and for others.

(8) The Congress finds that preventing the lawful carrying of firearms by individuals who are traveling outside their home State interferes with the constitutional right of interstate travel, and harms interstate commerce.

(9) Among the purposes of this Act is the protection of the rights, privileges, and immunities guaranteed to a citizen of the United States by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

(10) The Congress, therefore, should provide for national recognition, in States that issue to their own citizens licenses or permits to carry concealed handguns, of other State permits or licenses to carry concealed handguns.
SEC. 3. RECIPROCITY FOR THE CARRYING OF CERTAIN CONCEALED FIREARMS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 926C the following:
‘‘§ 926D. Reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms‘‘

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the law of any State or political subdivision thereof, related to the carrying or transportation of firearms, a person who is not prohibited by Federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm, and who is carrying a government-issued photographic identification document and a valid license or permit which is issued pursuant to the law of a State and which permits the person to carry a concealed firearm, may carry a concealed handgun (other than a machinegun or destructive device) that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, in any State, other than the State of residence of the person, that—

‘‘(1) has a statute that allows residents of the State to obtain licenses or permits to carry concealed firearms; or

‘‘(2) does not prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms by residents of the State for lawful purposes.

‘‘(b) A person carrying a concealed handgun under this section shall be permitted to carry a handgun subject to the same conditions or limitations that apply to residents of the State who have permits issued by the State or are otherwise lawfully allowed to do so by the State.

‘‘(c) In a State that allows the issuing authority for licenses or permits to carry concealed firearms to impose restrictions on the carrying of firearms by individual holders of such licenses or permits, a firearm shall be carried according to the same terms authorized by an unrestricted

license or permit issued to a resident of the State.
‘‘(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt any provision of State law with respect to the issuance of licenses or permits to carry concealed firearms.’’.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 926C the following:

‘‘926D. Reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.’’.

(c) SEVERABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if any provision of this section, or any amendment made by this section, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, this section and amendments made by this section and the application of such provision or amendment to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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