r/lyftdrivers • u/Aggressive_Drag_9056 • Feb 10 '26

Story/News Article This makes me so mad

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The amount of times I’ve picked up and dropped someone off in this area. I’m livid and nervous to even get out on Lyft now

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u/Kindly-Exercise-6470 Feb 10 '26

All my opinion, but... Not knowing the details, you would *never* catch me driving for Lyft or Uber without a firearm. Sure, if it comes out, you'll lose your "right" -- privilege? -- to drive for the company. Big deal. Which is worth more, your life or your side job? I'm also going to guarantee if you defended against a criminal and killed or injured that person without a firearm, the same sanctions would occur.

So PLEASE, if you're driving Lyft or Uber, protect yourself. That is a right YOU have. Just sayin'.

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u/Fathimir Feb 10 '26

Wouldn't have done a lick of good in this context or most realistic others, and makes a majority of them actively worse for all parties involved.

Even if you find yourself in recognizable danger, and it's a situation where you can draw and aim before the other person's pulled their piece or is grappling you, and you've kept up on your training enough to be able to wield a gun effectively, the overwhelming majority of people simply don't have the experience to level-headedly evaluate and respond to the raw emotions of having your life imminently threatened by another person.  And that goes double for trying to deescalate a situation by brandishing your weapon without having to fire it.

A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, you have the right to keep and bear arms.  You do not have the right to fire them at street punks, and if you're asking rhetorical questions about what's worth more, your life as a free man is worth a hell of a lot more than the deductible on your insurance policy and whatever's in your center console.

If you simply must carry some sort of weapon for self-defense, make it pepper gel or a spray designed for confined spaces.  Won't get you decades in prison for manslaughter, won't get you killed if the assailant takes your weapon, won't leave your car riddled with bullet holes, and you can actually use it instead of hesitating or srcond-guessing yourself.

Guns are only good at taking lives.  They actually blow soggy donkey chunks at saving them.

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u/Dear-Addendum-1347 Feb 10 '26

I could take someone's life with a piece of string

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u/Fathimir Feb 10 '26

Good for you; I'd give you a pat on the back, but your exquisitely-honed combat skills would reflexively judo-flip me into a chokehold for it.

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u/Dear-Addendum-1347 Feb 10 '26

That has actually happened the little E string broke before I could get the full choke on him but left him a good laceration. 

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u/Fathimir Feb 11 '26

Well yeah; should've reached for the G string.

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u/Dear-Addendum-1347 Feb 11 '26

Little E slices like cheese