If you're not a convicted felon, can obtain a concealed weapons permit (Florida is best, reciprocity with the most states) - there is no FEDERAL LAW that prohibits carrying a firearm where & when you can normally LEGALLY CARRY in a CMV. From my limited research, there aren't any states (that I've enquired from so far), whose laws preclude LEGAL CARRY in a CMV.
Loaded RIFLES/SHOTGUNS etc., are NOT LEGAL to have in ANY VEHICLE in most states anyway. Pistols ARE. With FEW EXCEPTIONS (NY, NJ, DC, MA, CA, CT) Federal Interstate Compact would apply when "just passing through". NY, NJ, CT & MA usually ignore these provisions of federal law.
The topic of "Firearms In Trucks" usually comes up a couple of times a year. If you can carry a REAL GUN, why carry a FLARE GUN? Bad guys ain't using BB guns. Truckers have as much right to defend themselves from harm or death as any other citizen (at least till the current administration figures out a way to take that right away).
I'm getting ready to send inquiries to as many state DOT's, as have email contact addresses to enquire whether or not there are restrictions on firearms in CMV's in their particular states DOT Rules or State Statutes. For most of the Southeastern US, there ARE NOT.
Rick
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