From one "Oklahoma Shooter" to "Another" near Bennington, Oklahoma

[clintbailey]

I believe a lot of sites that have a drilling rig set up on them are "weapon free" zones, per company policy, either the exploration company (Devon, Apache, Chesapeake, etc) or the drilling company (H&P, Nomac, etc) or both. Even after the rigs are gone a lot of production companies or gas pipeline companies won't allow guns in company trucks.

 

[Driller]

Just about any pipeline I've drilled for forbids any weapons on their property. I think it's mostly a liability-limiting thing. I drilled for one bunch down near the border. The company man, after he got comfortable with me, asked me "you did bring a gun, didn't you?" I replied, "Sir, we're not permitted to have weapons on company property." He said "If you didn't bring one, knothead, I'll get one for you." Kind of rough country! I actually had two AR's, two 1911's and about a thousand rounds of ammo.

I think a lot of the folks that think up these policies have never been down in Puckerbrush, OK concerned with their captors' interpretation of "stump-broke".

 

[Driller]

"so somebody actually had .22lr? hoarders..."

Yep! Once I dug out the bullet, I commented to the Deputy "who can afford to waste .22?" Now they're just rubbing it in!

The armor plate idea is good too, but I usually have to gauge my likelihood of running into road bandits (DOT) with whether I fuel the rig before or after I get to the job site, so the weight issue is a problem.

 

[LightningCrash]

I believe a lot of sites that have a drilling rig set up on them are "weapon free" zones, per company policy, either the exploration company (Devon, Apache, Chesapeake, etc) or the drilling company (H&P, Nomac, etc) or both. Even after the rigs are gone a lot of production companies or gas pipeline companies won't allow guns in company trucks.

When I worked in New Orleans, our company belabored their no-weapons policy. To hell with them, a ton of people had firearms anyway.
Nobody's going to be working in the 9th Ward and not have a pistol.

 

[smcgee10]

Bennington, OK born and raised. There is a reason I now live in NOKC.

 

[druryj]

Buncha Uncle-Brothers doqn there, huh?

 

[kdh77]

Oklahoma SDA laws which allow you to keep your CCW in your locked vehicle while at work trump their location regulations. I believe their was some kind of legal dispute which has forced at least Cactus Drilling to change their signage in Oklahoma.

 

[Rumur]

My guess is that it isn't one of us because any of us would have brought more caliber with us. (and yes, I know you were not inferring that it was one of us)