http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/...kers-from/
I found this article amusing because now that the lawmaker DISAGREES with the law, he is appalled at the lack of freedom the business now has on their own property. WOW REALLY???? hahahaha. So Democrats can force Christian businesses to serve people they don't want to serve, but they don't want to force anti-gun businesses to allow guns in their parking lots. Because the latter is a terrible loss of freedom for the busineses...but the former isn't, I guess.
Anyway.....I actually think this law is dumb. I think it should be "don't ask, don't tell" (really...I don't think it's that hard to keep your gun a secret in your car unless the business does regular car searches, and I wouldn't want to work at a place that did that) and I think if you work for an anti-gun business then you should be aware of that, and decide whether or not you want to continue working for them based on that belief.
I'm not for any law that forces businesses to accept certain things on their own private property. I think the employee should choose where they want to work and make sure the guidelines of that workplace line up with what they are comfortable with. Same thing with customers....you should frequent businesses where you are comfortable working with the owners and employees...you should not be giving your money to a business with whom you greatly disagree. No need for all these bazillion laws telling businesses what they can and cannot do. Can't we all just handle these things like adults?
Anyway I just think it's sooooo funny how worried the Democrats are about "freedom" when it's something THEY care about! "Where does it stop", INDEED......
Quote:The Second Amendment spat began in 2013, when Gov. Bill Haslam signed into law the controversial “Guns in Parking Lots" bill. But the original law, which stated citizens with permits to carry guns can keep them in their cars on company property even if the employer bars them, only protected citizens against prosecution, not firing. The Tennessee Firearms Association dubbed the law the “Lose Your Job if You Commute Act.”
Now, pro-gun politicians say they have fixed the law.
“No employer shall discharge or take any adverse employment action against an employee solely for transporting or storing a firearm or firearms ammunition in an employer parking area,” reads an amended version of the bill, signed into law earlier this month by Haslam, a Republican.
An estimated 500,000 residents of Tennessee have permits to carry guns, and in a state where hunting is popular, having guns secured inside a car is not uncommon. While employers usually would not know if cars in their parking lots contained firearms, there are ways it could be brought to their attention, according to University of Tennessee Law Professor Dwight Aarons.
“Maybe there’s a broken window in the car, or a drug sweep or somebody being careless where someone is talking too much, saying they have a gun in their car -- there are a thousand other different ways,” Aarons told FoxNews.com.
The amended bill had overwhelming support in Nashville’s GOP-dominated Statehouse, but was opposed by a coalition of groups that included Democrats, gun control advocates and the state Chamber of Commerce.
“It’s outrageous,” said House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Stewart, who told FoxNews.com businesses are now forced to allow people with weapons on their private property. “What’s next? Are we going to have a law that forces a family to let an armed person into their living room? Where does it stop?”
I found this article amusing because now that the lawmaker DISAGREES with the law, he is appalled at the lack of freedom the business now has on their own property. WOW REALLY???? hahahaha. So Democrats can force Christian businesses to serve people they don't want to serve, but they don't want to force anti-gun businesses to allow guns in their parking lots. Because the latter is a terrible loss of freedom for the busineses...but the former isn't, I guess.
Anyway.....I actually think this law is dumb. I think it should be "don't ask, don't tell" (really...I don't think it's that hard to keep your gun a secret in your car unless the business does regular car searches, and I wouldn't want to work at a place that did that) and I think if you work for an anti-gun business then you should be aware of that, and decide whether or not you want to continue working for them based on that belief.
I'm not for any law that forces businesses to accept certain things on their own private property. I think the employee should choose where they want to work and make sure the guidelines of that workplace line up with what they are comfortable with. Same thing with customers....you should frequent businesses where you are comfortable working with the owners and employees...you should not be giving your money to a business with whom you greatly disagree. No need for all these bazillion laws telling businesses what they can and cannot do. Can't we all just handle these things like adults?
Anyway I just think it's sooooo funny how worried the Democrats are about "freedom" when it's something THEY care about! "Where does it stop", INDEED......
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