Self Defense on A Motorcycle

[DVC]

I ride also. What if it were legal to shoot when they are 2 feet off your a$$$.

I OC a 1911A1 when I ride. I don't get tailgated a lot, but when someone comes too close, I will adjust the holster on my belt. People generally decide not to crowd me, after their attention has been drawn to the pistol.

 

[marinepilot81]

Riding a Road King on I-70 outside of Denver I had one of those "should I or shouldn't I" moments like you're describing. A man tried to cut me off, I didn't budge, and he began swerving at me. He screamed, he shouted, and he drove partially in my lane.

Unyielding to his encroachment, I remember thinking "would he do this if he knew I was carrying 20+ rds of 10mm?" That was my "open carry" moment, FWIW. I had the cruise control on (right hand free) and began running through scenarios in my mind.

As others have said, maneuverability and power are to your advantage. If he had followed me to the gas station...different story. But, he was driving a minivan and that to me is a much worse fate than a 10mm rd to the face.

Any shots from a moving motorcycle would be extremely hard to justify.

 

[ccwinstructor]

Shots from a motorcycle could be justified

I can envision a scenario where you have armed assailants, perhaps gang members both in front and behind you, both firing at you and some distance away. You cannot exit the sides due to obstacles. Firing at the people shooting at you, in order to make them take cover/reduce their accuracy as you pass, would be justifiable.

 

[Super Trucker]

Am I to believe NO bikers in AZ carry spare parts for their bikes? I mean a responsible biker would always have a spark plug or two in their vest pocket, or an 1 1/2 in flat washer or 10.
Just remember to be safe, if these spare parts happened to fall out of your pocket after a pothole an hit the windshield of a dangerous person it would be a shame.

 

[OldCurlyWolf]

With that kind of mileage, you do a lot of "traveling". In Texas, traveling is exempt from PC 46.02, so there's no requirement to conceal while traveling.

Yes there is such a requirement. The law states that the firearm must not be readily observable.

Your advice will get him arrested in Texas.:banghead:

 

[KBCraig]

Yes there is such a requirement. The law states that the firearm must not be readily observable.

No, what the law states, is this:

Penal Code 46.15(b) Section 46.02 does not apply to a person who:

(2) is traveling;

Got it? If you're traveling, nothing in PC 46.02 applies. Not the requirement for a license, the requirement that it be concealed, nothing.

Your advice will get him arrested in Texas.:banghead:

We got Texas covered, so why don't you run along and worry about Oklahoma?