Originally Posted by HIFLYER2:
When has that happened between legal CCW holders?
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LOL! I'm not gonna turn this thread into another gun debate, but..
Buy a scanner.. It happens *every/single/day* Even just around here.
TV sucks, so..
I sit here in the evenings typing on this thing and rollin' smokes and listening to the entire Quad-Cities and a goodly chunk of southern middle Tennessee on the radio.
I hear it constantly.
Having a CCW permit doesn't automatically turn ya into Dudley DoRight anymore than having a driver's license does and you know it.
That incident with all those kids in the back of that pickup was a pure case of just plain asshattery.
Where I used to live-I never wore a helmet when I rode my motorcycle. I wasn't required to. But I *rode like I didn't wear a helmet*.
Just like that guy in the pickup should've been driving *like he had real live kids in the back*.
It makes sense to me that if the driver and passenger (who are securely seated inside a steel cage inside the truck) are required by law to wear restraints-So then should *loose* passengers in the bed of the truck.* Especially* those loose passengers.
Some states-including the one I came from have banned riding in the back of a pickup unless it is equipped with seats and proper restraints (a la the Subaru Brat that had the two hard seats behind the cab).
I rode in pickups when I was a kid. I remember bouncing and rolling around like cargo sometimes even at fairly low speeds. I've seen people bounced out of pickups and hit by following vehicles.
Most state laws make ya secure yer load for a reason.
Can you think of a better one not to?