Truck Driver Robbed, Beaten With Baseball Bat

[marful]

Happened in Dallas this morning... I'm just so grateful the driver wasn't carrying a concealed weapon. He could have shot and maybe killed that poor defensless robber... and everyone knows... we can't have that happening... I sure hope the robber gets a hero's welcome at the next DNC convention.

[StewNTexas]

Most companies consider their trucks as 'Gun Free Zones'. Most drivers do not.

If caught with a firearm, they will most likely be fired.

With the economy the way it is (in the toilet), the drivers do not want to be fired.

[RX8er]

They have a suspect.

They found the victim, who was not identified, lying next to his 18-wheeler, apparently beaten with a baseball bat. He was taken to a hospital.

Two hours later, police arrested Zachariah Williams a few blocks away on Lancaster Road.

He was booked into the Dallas County Jail on a charge of aggravated robbery.

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[MoJo]

Those assault bats need to be controlled. Ban baseball!

[philip964]

Are baseball bat already banned as clubs or are they like large flashlights? What about Chicago and New York. Can you own one there, or are they registered.

[JP171]

ok now we have to ban ALL high capacity assault bats, baseball, cricket and ALL of them. The public shouldn't be able to purchase, possess or transfer and High Capacity Assault Bats, they should be only available to professional sports teams, maintained in a locked cabinet and have smart tech to disallow use by anyone other than professional athletes in the performance of their duties

[ajwakeboarder]

Are baseball bat already banned as clubs or are they like large flashlights? What about Chicago and New York. Can you own one there, or are they registered.

Back in High school some student carried baseball bats in their cars for protection. One time it became an issue when someone went after another student with a bat. The campus cop then made an announcement to the school that it was illegal to carry a bat in your car unless you had either a baseball or a glove with it. If you didn't, it would be considered a club. IANAL so I have no idea if that's true or not. Just what I was told.

[RPBrown]

Are baseball bat already banned as clubs or are they like large flashlights? What about Chicago and New York. Can you own one there, or are they registered.

Back in High school some student carried baseball bats in their cars for protection. One time it became an issue when someone went after another student with a bat. The campus cop then made an announcement to the school that it was illegal to carry a bat in your car unless you had either a baseball or a glove with it. If you didn't, it would be considered a club. IANAL so I have no idea if that's true or not. Just what I was told.

We had the same issue back in the 60's
I had to laugh as I remember the announcment and I was thinking "ok, I cant have my baseball bat in the truck but nothing was said about my rifle in the gun rack.
Ah, the good old times.

[2farnorth]

Most companies consider their trucks as 'Gun Free Zones'. Most drivers do not.

If caught with a firearm, they will most likely be fired.

With the economy the way it is (in the toilet), the drivers do not want to be fired.

Yep, now the OTR drivers are required to be able to go into Canada, Mexico, New York City, Chicago, and various other "forbidden" places. This is one of the reasons I gave up over the road hauling. They'd rather have a dead or injured driver than have the rig tied up for a driver's violation of local gun laws. Then I went to work for company in McKinney, Tx that had the same idiotic no gun rules for local work. Wasn't bad til they opened a new plant in a very bad part of Dallas!

[SherwoodForest]

I was OTR for 22 years - mostly regional TX, OK, LA, NM - no Northeast, Commie-fornia, Canada, or Mexico.

I can honestly say that I always respected U.S. GUN LAW.......the 2nd Amendment.



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[Jumping Frog]

Yep, now the OTR drivers are required to be able to go into Canada, Mexico, New York City, Chicago, and various other "forbidden" places.

There are places that truck drivers cannot be armed right here in Texas. I had a driver arrested at the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana for a .22 pistol in his truck.

[punkndisorderly]

As a former OTR driver, carrying vs not is a tough call. In addition to the whole New York, Canada problems, you also are likely to (at least eventually) have your truck inspected by DOT. That means cops in your truck. As a company driver, I also had company mechanics in my truck frequently along with the occasional rider I was giving a lift to another terminal to pick up a truck.

Then there are the loads that can take you to off limits places (federal installations, plants, and the like).

I judged it to be too risky. I did have an 80 pound dog that rode with me most of the time, and he kept away most of the riff-raff.

Not sure if I would make the same decision were I driving now.