May 2017, Page 26 Popular Mechanics & Brett Aquila & Guns!

WOW ! Brett will be famous soon! :D I am at the public library using free wifi and Reading the May issue of Popular Mechanics and I came across "Great Unknowns" Do long-haul truckers carry guns for protection on the road? Brett gave his answer! Awesome!

I haven't even seen it yet myself. Yeah, they asked me about guns in trucks, of all things. I don't think it's available online without a subscription and I don't even have the print copy yet so I can't even quote it or point anyone to it just yet.

Page 26 of the May 2017 Popular Mechanics, Great Unknowns, " Do long-haul truckers carry guns for protection on the road?"

Who wants to know? Are you a cop? Or maybe your just a crook. Either way the answer is yes, some drivers carry firearms, but they're sure as shootin' not going to tell you about it. They will tell us, though--so long as we don't publish their last names, I've carried a handgun since 1982," says Chris, a driver from Lancaster, Ohio. "I haven't had an issue with it because I don't let anyone know I have it."

That's wise for a few reasons. For one, some employers forbid drivers, from carrying, as a matter of policy. Moreover; anybody driving around the country with a loaded, accessible handgun would find it nearly impossible to avoid violating the law. "Any situation you can think of has 30 different variables that would all influence whether or not a firearm is legal," says Brett Aquila, founder of the industry-info website TruckingTruth.com. Indeed, each state--and even some cities--has its own rules. Advocates have been pushing for legislation known as "Mike's Law" (named for a trucker murdered in Detroit in 2014), which would override local regulations to allow truckers to carry guns anywhere. So far, no dice.

Given that truckers who choose to carry may be violating company policy, the law, or both, there are few reliable estimates as to precisely how much heat there is out there on the highway. In a recent reader survey by the trucking publication Overdrive, 27 percent of the drivers said they traveled with a firearm. We suppose the question to ask yourself is the question to ask yourself if you've got a mind to jack a driver is "Do I feel lucky?" Well do ya, punk?"

I hope I typed/copied it correctly, enjoy reading everyone, at home I have a big spray can of Bear Mace, not legal for use on humans, but I would like to carry it with me if I drive in a truck soon, might be against policy, will have to ask :D

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I haven't even seen it yet myself. Yeah, they asked me about guns in trucks, of all things. I don't think it's available online without a subscription and I don't even have the print copy yet so I can't even quote it or point anyone to it just yet.