Like if someone says "I'm not old enough to drive so I'm shot gun" like what's that mean I just wondering?? Does it mean passanger's seat or something??
2007-07-19 14:24:59 · 11 answers · asked by Animal-luva4242 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
"Riding shotgun" is sitting in the front passenger seat. It comes from waaay back in the frontier days when stagecoaches and carriages had to people up front- one to drive the horses and one to hold a gun to protect the carriage against attack.
So when someone yells "shotgun" as you are approaching a car, they're claiming the front seat, and you're going to have to sit in the back.
2007-07-19 14:30:13 · answer #1 · answered by dscougar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the day of Bonnie and Clyde (gansters from the early 1900's), the person in the passenger seat would use his gun to shoot at the police or feds while being chased. So, yes, riding shot gun means to ride in the front passenger seat of a car.
2007-07-19 14:35:46 · answer #2 · answered by Alison 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
back when we used stagecoaches to get around, and to haul money and other valuables, the seat next to the stage driver was the lookout and usually carried a shotgun for protection, since the shotgun needs less careful aiming when shooting, just point in the general direction of the bad guy, and pull the trigger, if he is in range, chances are he will get hit by at least a few pellets. any how the term shotgun for the person sitting next to the driver has stuck long enough to become part of the lingo.
2007-07-19 14:30:50 · answer #3 · answered by richard b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means they want to sit up front in the passangers seat :)
2007-07-19 14:34:12 · answer #4 · answered by OnyX S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means setting next to the door in the passengers seat up front.
2007-07-19 14:28:23 · answer #5 · answered by Introuble 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the term started in the old west when a lookout was needed to ride beside the driver of the stage coaches with a shotgun in case of bandits, so yes nowadays its slang for the person in the front passenger seat!
2007-07-19 14:34:41 · answer #6 · answered by mark_hayes2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's passenger seat. Back in the day when we all drove horse-drawn carts around, the driver had the reigns and the passenger held the shotgun in case they were attacked.
2007-07-19 14:28:14 · answer #7 · answered by Rich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it means passenger seat
2007-07-19 14:30:24 · answer #8 · answered by ja man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The window seat
2007-07-19 15:54:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Front passenger seat
2007-07-19 14:28:51 · answer #10 · answered by bigfred1954 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋