Carrying a gun on the Truck

[terrylamar]

The rules that some of you are talking about is the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution. The Federal, State and Local Government are the ones not following the rule. For those of you who advocate "carrying a bat," if you check out all of those laws you will find you are breaking a number of them unless you are on your way to or from a baseball game. In this day of post 9/11 carrying a firearm should be mandatory.

[shahan]

There were also laws that blacks and women couldnt vote. When times change sometimes the law changes. If carrying a gun was mandatory I would have killed at least 2 people today.

[terrylamar]

There were also laws that blacks and women couldnt vote. When times change sometimes the law changes. If carrying a gun was mandatory I would have killed at least 2 people today.

We are not talking about a law, we are talking about the Constitution. Those laws were in contridiction the the Consitution and were struck down. There is a diference. If you can't countrol yourself, don't carry a firearm. But why interfer with my ability to carry one? If you wanted to kill someone today why didn't you pick up a bat and bash their heads in. A bat is a tool, is an inanimate object, just like a gun.

[shahan]

didnt have a bat

[shahan]

I think law-abiding citizens should be able to carry a concealed weapon. Thats the law now and I think it is good the way it is. You make it sound like just anyone should be able to buy an uzi at 7-11 and wave it in the air.

[terrylamar]

I think law-abiding citizens should be able to carry a concealed weapon. Thats the law now and I think it is good the way it is. You make it sound like just anyone should be able to buy an uzi at 7-11 and wave it in the air.

No, I don't. The Constitution says: "the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." I can both read and understand it. Any deviation from what it plainly says is unconstitutional. You are the one who said you would have killed two people today if you had a gun. I believe in responsible ownership. If you have these irresistable urges to kill people due to a lack of self control I think you are wise not to carry a firearm. You also might consider not drive a vehicle of any type because they can, potentially, kill many more people than a firearm can.

[BigDaddyD]

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

I don't see where trucking is a well regulated militia.....

[terrylamar]

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

I don't see where trucking is a well regulated militia.....

Because you don't understand the meaning of the words used two hundred years ago. It means the people, truck drivers are people. You are part of the Militia. Everyone of us are. If you are not ready to step up and defend your country, well, I for one don't see you as a real citizen, just a feeloader. Just my opinion.

[BigDaddyD]

After spending 20 years in the Navy I can say I have stood and defended this country. And still I dont' want everyone walking around carrying firearms.

Another option is to buy a fake gun off the web. It's legal and there is no way for someone to tell if it's real or not. I have a Para Ordinance 45 and I bought a fake one off the web and it's identical.

[terrylamar]

Another option is to buy a fake gun off the web. It's legal and there is no way for someone to tell if it's real or not. I have a Para Ordinance 45 and I bought a fake one off the web and it's identical.

Now that is a good way to get yourself killed!

[shahan]

As opposed to having a real gun?

[terrylamar]

As opposed to having a real gun?

That is correct. Why are you so fearful of an inanimate object. It is no different having a gun, a bat, a rock or driving a truck. If a person wants to kill someone they will. More people can be killed driving a truck into a crowd than with a firearm. This unreasoning fear is what I don't understand.

[Windwalker]

I really don't think having a fake gun in a truck is a good idea at all. Think back a few years. How many kids got shot by cops because of a toy gun? In a back alley, in near darkness, a cop sees someone with a gun and shoots. Then finds out it was a kid with a water pistol. I remember that happening quite a few times before they started putting those blaze-orange tips on the barrels. And cops are not the only ones that will mistake it. Suppose the person you're looking at has a REAL one?

[LOAD IT]

If you are soooo afraid and need a gun in the truck. Maybe you shouldn't be on the road. Stay home and run UPS FEDEX DHL deliveries.

[yoopr]

Another option is to buy a fake gun off the web. It's legal and there is no way for someone to tell if it's real or not.

Might be legal but if You point it at someone by law it's considered a Actual Firearm.

Another option is to buy a fake gun off the web. It's legal and there is no way for someone to tell if it's real or not.

Might be legal but if You point it at someone by law it's considered a Actual Firearm.

As usual, more made up laws. NOT TRUE....Lets see you quote a law stating your claim? Little kids would be put in jail left and right for playing army with fake guns. It is not against the law to hold, carry or point a fake gun...period!

[terrylamar]

If you are soooo afraid and need a gun in the truck. Maybe you shouldn't be on the road. Stay home and run UPS FEDEX DHL deliveries.

You are giving up your responsibility as an American Citizen who you can't protect yourself and your fellow Americans. Especially, in this day and age of post 9/11 when there are know plots to use trucks in terrorist attacks to kill Americans. No one has explained your fear of a gun. If you choose not to carry, fine. Why interfer with my right to carry?

[shahan]

It is not against the law to hold, carry or point a fake gun...period!

If you point a fake gun at someone with a real gun, im pretty sure their within their right to shoot you.

[Windwalker]

Another option is to buy a fake gun off the web. It's legal and there is no way for someone to tell if it's real or not.

Might be legal but if You point it at someone by law it's considered a Actual Firearm.

As usual, more made up laws. NOT TRUE....Lets see you quote a law stating your claim? Little kids would be put in jail left and right for playing army with fake guns. It is not against the law to hold, carry or point a fake gun...period!

I believe you'll find that it's covered from the point of "preception". Just like "sexual harrassment", if the offended party feels it is harrassment, then, it's harrassment. If you point a gun at someone, and they feel threatened because they think it's real, you're in trouble.

A few years ago, my daughter was in a car with other kids. They stopped at a SHOPCO and bought a little BB gun. It looked real enough. But they took it out of the box while driving around town. The next thing they knew, there were more than 20 squad cars zeroed in on them. OUT OF THE CAR, FACE DOWN ON THE GROUND, AND SPREAD 'EM WIDE!!! My daughter says that with more than twenty guns pointed at them, she was praying that the breeze didn't even move her hair. One wrong move and the cops would have started shooting.

Now, would you like to die because of a fake gun that LOOKS real?????