Lyft or Uber users. Please be careful!
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Hey, there are times when there are no other options. But by all means, be careful and be smart about it. Sadly, some people are not - they just blindly trust that nothing is ever going to happen to them, until it does. I have a sister like that. She always called me a fear monger when I tried to give her some sound advice on protecting herself. Unfortunately, she has been victimized a couple of times and it could have been prevented if she had been more situationally aware. Some people insist on walking through life with blinders on.
I have to several times but I always am careful. One time walking dogs and car won't start.
It may be just me, but I never go any place where I can't carry. That's why I haven't been back to CA to visit my family there. CA gun laws are ridiculous.
I hate flying, so it limits where I go. The same gun issues apply there as well. It's a big hassle to transport firearms. So I usually stick to places that I can drive to and keep my weapon.
I have driven coast to coast, so driving doesn't bother me. I just take more time and enjoy the journey. Seen some pretty cool country and met some really neat people on those road trips. Couldn't do that further down in Mexico and Hawaii however. But those are the only two exceptions.
Used to take short day trips to Northern Mexico back in the day shopping or hanging out in some hole in the wall bar. But I haven't done that in over 25 years. When the cartels starting running rampant, that is when I stopped going there. I don't remember what they called them in Spanish, but it translates something like "meat wagon." In Juarez the meat wagon would drive around the city every day collecting the bodies. Seen a couple at a gas station in their Cadillac that got shot up. That was enough for me. The situation in those border towns has only gotten worse over the years.
I understand the car not starting however and having kids or dogs with you. That sucks. The only thing that could have made that situation worse is being stuck at night in the middle of a bad rain storm.
Have a great week brain.
Nice to know. U.S is a very beautiful place for road trip.
If driving on a road trip with a gun make sure you know where your route will take you. I drove from Missouri to Maryland for my Grandmother's funeral almost 10 years ago, and knew I would be going through Illinois and of course the Democratic Republic of MD. I didn't take my gun, and I hated it. But I knew if I got pulled over in IL or MD I would go to jail. I have my Texas license to carry, and I also have one from Florida, so I am good in a majority of states - especially southern states.
Well - after the funeral my Aunt gave me a 100yr old police revolver my Grandmother had been saving for me since her husband died when I was a baby. I was stuck driving back to MO with a weapon - and no gun safe. Ultimately I put it in the springs under my back seat just in case. I was ok though - no tickets or anything, but I was sweating it the whole way. The govt shouldn't allow us to be put in that position. Trump needs to push the national carry reciprocity. Carrying isn't a privilege - it is a right.
Yes it is indeed. Something I would have never experienced simply taking a plane somewhere. Some times the experience is in the journey, not the destination.
I carry always (of course I do - I'm a Texan) but today I found myself in a bad position that REALLY pissed me off. I had to take my wife to urgent care, and I took my car since it has a gun safe. I locked the gun in my gun safe and went into the clinic with her, and when we were done we got back in the car and I tried to rearm. The battery in the safe died - no warning or anything. So because I am law-abiding and disarmed to go into a hospital/clinic I couldn't rearm until I got home and grabbed the gun safe key (And replaced the battery).
Had we gone to church instead of urgent care I wouldn't have had any problems because I wouldn't have needed to use the safe. Our church has a sign out front (not the legal 30.05, 30.06, or 30.07 signs Texas requires) that says No Open Carry Allowed. They say nothing about concealed :) . Texans with guns know that usually means the property owners don't have a problem with concealed carriers but don't say that to appease anti-gun people. Same thing if they put up a picture of a firearm with the big red circle/slash around it. If however a property owner knows you are carrying they can ask you to leave and if you don't you can get a trespass citation. Also - in Texas a church is considered as any other property - guns are not prohibited unless all 3 required signs are posted exactly as required. Many states outlaw church carry unless you are their security team.
The next car I buy will be one of the small SUVs with a console that I can have a gun safe built in, and I'll hardwire the safe if it is electric. I don't like to put the key on my keyring in case someone gets my keys.
I hear you. Don't leave home without it. Hardwiring the safe is a good idea if its electric. Good to know.
Nevada is similar to Texas. A church is considered private property and the State has no specific law concerning places of worship and carry. It is up to the owners. My church is a small congregation and about 70% of us are packing. The other 30% know that we do. Just to keep a newbie from possibly getting upset when they walk in, since we live close to CA, we conceal carry. I work the sound booth so I have a good line of sight on the main doors and the rest of the congregation. My partner also carries. I don't feel sorry for the poor bastard that tries to walk in there and start some sh*t. But then again, since it is an open carry State, we don't have much of that kind of thing happen here beyond the typical outside bar fight that sometimes escalates. Drunks and guns don't mix.