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I believe that it is illegal at any time with any permit (except law enforcement) to carry a weapon on an interstate bus. Am I correct?

I had to arm myself one time with a large can of Glade air freshener (I purchased at a convenience store at one stop) between Winston-Salem and Louisvuille.

At Wytheville, VA, two robed, head-wrapped individuals boarded. The remainder of the passengers (except me) on the full Greyhound did not look like anyone on U.S. Currency (Someone in politics used that description of himself recently).

The odor — stench — on the bus was very certainly emitting from the robed ones in the front, and floating to the rear with the air conditioning.

So, every three to five minutes, I would reach down and press the release button on the aerosol can which I had sitting on the floor in the isle. The passengers around me were all grateful, without saying anything directly to me.

When I fell asleep, and the Glade didn't get sprayed, other passengers began to cry out, “Hey, where's that ‘Glade Man’?” “Let's hear a little more of that psssss,pssssss!”

I was quite popular with that $4.00 can of air freshener. The bus driver never said anything, but in Nashville, he looked at me, smiled real big, wagged his head and laughed out loud.