A POTUS, with just a pen and a phone, can make interstate possession/carry a non-issue.
The law is probably too narrow in scope. What about all the other people who work in a vehicle and are prohibited from carrying a gun by their employer who is sitting in a office: taxi drivers, delivery drivers, utility workers, craftsmen, etc?
“as long as they adhere to local and state laws.”
Got my CCW a few years ago, at that time I realized the laws vary state to state quite a bit. Since the very nature of over the road trucking is to move between states, one would probably need a lawyer riding shotgun to make sure you were always in compliance.
If only Reginald Denny was carrying. There would be several fewer gangbangers sucking up precious oxygen.
I drove for Trailways for two years. A large number of bus passengers are crazy, druggies, or both. I couldn’t carry a gun but I did carry a telescoping baton. We had one driver stabbed. The boss had a CCW and carried when he drove.
North Carolina state law, however, prohibits weapons from being carried in commercial vehicles... or it used to, anyway. I knew a DMV cop who busted truckers all the time for this.
As an OTR driver in the 1990’s, I can tell you we were forbidden to carry in the cab, concealed or otherwise.
That didn’t stop a lot of drivers, especially the owner-operators...
Perhaps Ryan could put it in the next budget bill so he can strip it back out for the Democrats.
If all else fails, go on You Tube and make your own experiments.
My dad always carried a .38 revolver when he drove a truck. He said the cops could kiss his rear end, he was going to protect himself regardless of what the law said.
I drove a Freightliner for a few years in the 90s. (Overseas containers, interstate) Had an FFL at the same time. Sold quite a few handguns, and a few shotguns to other drivers. Many asked to purchase “off the books”. Told them all the same thing. “Legal sales only, I will not risk my license, or go to jail for you.”
Anyone considering challenging the “no guns” rules for truckers must overcome at least three obstacles.
First is they must know the state regulation for firearms in vehicles for each state they run through.
Second is company policy against having firearms in their vehicles. It’s an immediate firing offense if caught. And it will go on the trucker’s DAC report to forever haunt him.
Third, and this is the one not usually mentioned in talk about truckers keeping firearms, is that many, if not most, shippers and receivers have very strict “no guns” rules for their properties.
And, what most non-drivers don’t realize is that truckers do get inspected. I have had to submit to in-cab inspections many times during my driving career. The guys at the Army supply depot I delivered to were very serious about their inspections right down to having me lift the hood so they could peer inside the engine compartment.
Personally, although my sympathies absolutely lie with those wishing to protect themselves with a firearm, I sincerely doubt it’s ever going to happen.