Regardless if you have a weapon or not, if you're going to resist someone that is armed, you had better have better response time than your imagination. Something I learned many, many years ago. It takes 4 seconds to disarm a man. It only takes 1 second to kill him. That's with your bare hands. But, it takes at least 2 seconds for you to realize what the situation is. In that time, he can put 3 shots into you.
Generally, anyone that has a weapon to use against an armed intruder will hesitate before acting to make sure they aren't making a mistake. They "second-guess" themselves. That hesitation is usually their undoing. Somewhere, I read that any kind of club, tire thumper, or anything like that is considered a lethal weapon if it has a leather or nylon strap that you can put your wrist through. If it has not strap, it is not considered a weapon. Don't know if I really want to test that. But, if someone comes into my truck, my 3 pound hammer over the head is likely to knock him into the middle of next year. |
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Don't get me wrong, I am a gun person. I own plenty and am all about the right to own and even carry. I have never felt the need to have one with me while out on the road. if you do feel the need maybe you need to reconsider where it is you are parking for the night. one of the problems with caring a gun is now every where you go there is a gun present. have you practiced close quarter combat with a firearm. weapons retention techniques (after all if the "bad guy" didn't have a gun before, he does now if you don't know how to keep it.) are you absolutly sure that you could pull the trigger and take another mans life if and when the time came? (most people can't) if you can't answer yes to all those questions then you really shouldn't be carrying a firearm. I have a lot of self defense training and I can honestly say that in a situation like a CMV a gun wouldn't be my first choice of protection. its really not worth the legal hassles either. |
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As far as carring in your truck all 48 states have different laws along with some cities and towns get cought by the wrong person and at best you'll lose your gun at worse jail time. |
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I'd say that is a poor response. If you have to shoot any good instructor will tell you to shoot for the "center of mass." And shoot twice. It may work on TV to just wing the bad guy but that is not what you should do in real life. If a firearm is required then use deadly force. kc0iv |
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That is the only situation that I know of where you would be carrying a weapon in the truck and it would be "perfectly legal". I also doubt very much that you would ever get pulled around back and your truck searched. One of the locations would AMERICAN REFINERS in southern Ohio, and there are also trucks carrying nuclear materials in Kansas that I know of. Beyond that, most companies will not keep you on if they find out that you are carrying a weapon in your truck. Get pulled around back and show them all the required documents, and they'll very likely let the company know and you get canned. You want to risk that? |
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