Fired Up Over A Gun Law

[Dali Llama]

Fired Up Over A Gun Law

David E. Thigpen
Homicides in U.S. workplaces have fallen nearly 40% in the past decade. Even so, Oklahoma passed a law forbidding employers to ban guns from company parking lots. State legislator Jerry Ellis says law-abiding hunters should be allowed to stow firearms in their cars at work. Employees with violent intent, Ellis says, "are not going to be stopped no matter how many laws you have." The Whirlpool appliance company, backed by other Oklahoma businesses, is suing to keep from complying with the law, which was supposed to take effect Nov. 1. Whirlpool, which employs 1,500 workers at its Tulsa, Okla., plant, says protecting them means banning guns completely from company premises, including the parking lot. U.S. Judge Sven Erik Holmes, who hears the case this week in Tulsa, faces a balancing act-- the citizen's Second Amendment right to bear arms against the right of a private business to operate as it sees fit.

[twodollarpistol]

I have a CCW permit that is honered in something like twenty states that says I CAN have my gun with me. At the very least in my personal vehicle. I have no intention asking my employer for permission. What is in my truck, like what is in my home, is none of there business. I realize we are talking about private property here but what they dont know wont hurt them.

[Shorty]

twodollarpistol, ditto.  :grin:

[Gun Runner]

I used to work for a bakery owned by a bezerkley yuppie couple. In the employment  aggrement it stated no firearms on the property. I drove  during the middle of the night making delvs. plus transporting a good amount of cash. I carried concealed on the road. Then one night I got to work  during the middle of a break-in. Bad guy took out a plate glass window getting away from me. No shots fired. Owners were contacted by local law enforcement and had to come down. Husban said do what I had to do to protect myself and property, wife very up set over his statement, he asked would she like to drive the route unprotected. End of conversation.

Gun Runner

[Cowpox]

That's a good one Gun Runner. I guess that tells us who set the policy. I liked hearing your boss finally took the pants back from the old bra burner. cowpox

[Dali Llama]

I have no intention asking my employer for permission. What is in my truck, like what is in my home, is none of there business.

Dali Llama say he concur wholeheartedly. :grin: