Carrying firearms in a truck

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No twic card. After paying $130 then you have to pay $50.00 for port pass as well at each port.. Do you see companies paying drivers to sit at a port for a day or half a day to get a twic card? I spent a week at the house with out pay due to truck breaking down. That's right they made me call home to get a ride back home to avoid paying me break down. A week later I was heading back to the shop for truck problems again. I told them I resigned because I couldn't make any money.Last 3 checks: $39.00, $270.00, and $11.00.

Let's say I unload at 2pm, # 4pm they would send me a dispatch for a dead head of 90 miles and the place closes at 5pm. Then the receiver is 400-500 miles away and only receives from 7-12.How can you make money like this?????? (3 days on 600 miles)

 

Picked up my XD(M) 9mm yesterday... have no intent of ever taking it with me on the road, even though I'm working on getting my CPL (Michigan's version of a CCW).

 

There are only 6 actual permits that you need to get inorder to carry in 46 out of the 48 continental states. don't need to apply for all of them.

And Two states that donot issue permits, I also know, that a permit is not required in the state of vermont

 

I guess you will have to do jobs that don't involve ports. I don't keep jobs--any job--that want's me to work for free. I was told slavery went out a long time ago. My boss paid for my TWIC card and my hazmat.
Hallibirton owns the port we pick up from and I run for Halliburton. That kind of makes it nice, My truck is registered and I only have to slow down enough so the guards can see me. If there is a problem at the port, the security level is raised, or a new guard, I may have to stop. That has been a total of 3 times in 16 weeks.
I will tell you something that makes sense only to the government. I had to have two forms of ID to get my TWIC card(Federal) but a birth certificate to add hazmat to my lic.(state) and they said the feds required it.
My only concern is that whenit is cheaper to buy oil then rigs start stacking up and work slows down.

 

I have a Georgia permit. Do you know which others I would need to carry in the 46 states?

 

This link was posted earlier but here it is again,

Good luck

http://www.handgunlaw.us/

 

This is for any that do not know. These are facts, to the best of my knowledge(except where the law is stated), and if anyone has questions, concerns, rebutals, or try to refute or confute any part, please copy and paste that part with the post.
There have been several(as in many) posts on weapons. Some concern carrying in a CMV, and the different state laws, and some, concerning concealed carry.
A CCW is a permit to carry a concealed weapon issued by a state of domicile. As posts show different states have different laws and requirements. There are also certain restrictions.
Some states honor permits issued by other states and some do not. There was a great site posted with an abundance of information on state reciprocity concerning CCW's and other facts.
Having a CCW permit from a state and the legal right to have a firearm in a CMV while traveling thru a state are two distinct and seperate discussions unless it is on the person.
The right to travel through a state with a firearm is allowed by federal law. The Firearm Owners' Protection Act (FOPA) revised a large portion of the Gun Control Act of 1968. Federal laws superceed state laws and no organization can make a law or ruling that is against, or that would restrict or otherwise void, a federal law.
1)- There may be state weapons laws but a citizen of the United States can travel from state to state, with a firearm. This does not mean that the proverbial Barney Fife will not try to enforce a law that does not exist. It means that a person has rights recognized by the federal government and states must honor.
2)-The federal law DOES NOT differentiate between a citizen in a "private" vehicle and a citizen in a CMV. Because of this there is no DOT regulations concerning firearms in a CMV.
3)- Some states have laws concerning how or where a firearm(weapon) can be carried. A person carrying any firearm should be familiar with the laws of any state traveled thru. Know if the firearm must be in a locked box, can be loaded or must be unloaded, or have a trigger guard, or other restrictions. If a driver is not on an interstate(a federal highway) or within the right of ingress or egress of the federal highway system, that person better know the firearm laws of that state.
A certain state law might say a firearm may be carried in that state in a locked box or in a trunk or seperate compartment. An individual may reside in a state where a firearm may be carried in the drivers compartment or the glovebox. A person traveling through a state may be in violation of that state's laws if a firearm is not carried according to the laws of that state.

 

actully, I have talked to a few officals. You can apply for the fedral permit, which is a dealers lic also, that exempts you from alot of laws. I have run ito a few that do have it that are truck drivers, and have had no issue once they show them the license(sp). But it is always good to check with the feds when it comes to things of this nature, never just take someones word for it.

 

get a bottle of the 12 ft wasp spray......... its way meaner than a 357 and doesnt make noise

just my noob 2 cents

 

My husband is a newbie, will be attending orientation next week.....is it common for truckers to get mugged? Is that a big worry?