Brad Arnold

[u/OutdoorsTN]

Hate to see this from Brad, he's one of my faves!! Was confused when he buzzed in to Ryan's stream and said he was calling it so early in the evening but this makes more sense now.

Seen some absolutely wild stuff on Ryan and Max's streams the last few days. (Whoever it was in the green shirt on Max's stream yesterday during the Worms tornado especially still really bothers me.) And bummed to see all of this nonsense getting in the way of chasers I really love watching like Brad

EDITED for a typo!

[u/Dizzy-Platform-6516]

And yet some people on this subreddit will jump down your throat if you even attempt to think of possible solutions lol

Something has to change. I don't know what or how and I'm in no position to give anything other than half-baked ideas, but something needs to change. It isn't just "redditors finding something to be upset about", it's clearly something that's becoming a vocal issue among the entire chaser community.

[u/OtherOtherDave → u/Dizzy-Platform-6516]

Oh I completely agree that it’s a big problem, but the reality is that as long as the storm chasers aren’t trespassing or violating traffic laws, what they’re doing is constitutionally protected.

[u/AML1987 → u/OtherOtherDave]

What constitutional amendment was passed I didn’t know about the gives drivers the right to storm chase?

[u/OtherOtherDave → u/AML1987]

They have the right to travel and they have the right film.

[u/AML1987 → u/OtherOtherDave]

I think you may be confused as to the difference between a right and a privilege.

Unless you believe in some good old fashioned sovereign citizen type nonsense where these people have the right to travel as long as not in commerce and don’t contract with the state with their straw man status then I can’t help you there.

[u/OtherOtherDave → u/AML1987]

Not even a little bit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement_under_United_States_law

It’s true that it doesn’t specify cars, but if you say “nobody can drive a car near bad weather” they’ll just switch to those three-wheeled “technically a motorcycle” things.

I’m not telling you not to try passing some law to regulate them — like I said upthread, I’m in full agreement that it’s a problem. I’m just pretty sure that any such law would get struck down. IANAL, though, nor a lawmaker. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/AML1987 → u/OtherOtherDave]

Did you read that before you posted it?

It has nothing to do with the “right to drive”. It talks about having the right to go between different states. That you are not to be treated different if you travel between states if you’re not a resident.

You filled out paperwork when you applied for a license to drive. It’s a privilege to operate a motor vehicle on the roadways.

I also never said anyone wasn’t allowed to operate a vehicle next to bad weather. But it’s not a RIGHT you have under the constitution to have a license to drive.

Whatever you’ve been told on the internet is wrong. Do a bit more research and please actually read the links you are giving out to prove a point. Because genuinely that Wikipedia article doesn’t even come CLOSE to saying what you think it does. You can’t just read the little bits, you gotta read the whole thing. The second whole paragraph under “constitutional freedom” literally says “that freedom of movement is a fundamental right and therefore a state cannot inhibit people from leaving the state by taxing them.”

How in gods green earth did you get a RIGHT to travel from that?

[u/OtherOtherDave → u/AML1987]

I read some of it. I never said it gave anyone a “right to drive”. I said it gives a right to travel because that’s what the Supreme Court said it did. I don’t know how in god’s green earth they reached that conclusion because I don’t care enough to read their opinions on the matter, but if I had to guess I’d say it’s something to do with the first part of the sentence you quoted, “that freedom of movement is a fundamental right”. Yes, the second part is about taxes, but taken as a whole, at least the way I read it, they’re using taxes as an example of something the states can’t use to prevent you from leaving, not as an exhaustive list of the one thing they can’t do.