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.

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.

didnt have a bat

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.

"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.

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.