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When gunnuttery and anti-unionism collide: Howdy, Tennessee! [View all]
Right-to-work (e.g. "I can fire you for anything"
meets Right-to-store-guns-in-company-parking-lot. Hilarity ensues! 
AG: Gun measure doesn't affect employment law
NASHVILLE, TENN. — A Tennessee employer could fire a worker who violates company policy by storing firearms and ammunition in vehicles parked on employers’ property despite a new state law, according to a state attorney general’s opinion.
Gov. Bill Haslam in March signed the measure that would allow people with handgun carry permits to store firearms in their vehicles no matter where they are parked.
(snip)
While the letter stated the bill does not seek to alter the state’s “employment-at-will doctrine,” it noted that businesses could run into trouble if they seek to enforce a gun ban on their property.
“Employers who terminate employees just for exercising this right may violate the state’s clear public policy that handgun carry permit holders are allowed to transport and store firearms or ammunition,” the sponsors wrote....
Read More: http://www.theleafchronicle.com/viewart/20130529/NEWS01/305290019/AG-Gun-measure-doesn-t-affect-employment-law
NASHVILLE, TENN. — A Tennessee employer could fire a worker who violates company policy by storing firearms and ammunition in vehicles parked on employers’ property despite a new state law, according to a state attorney general’s opinion.
Gov. Bill Haslam in March signed the measure that would allow people with handgun carry permits to store firearms in their vehicles no matter where they are parked.
(snip)
While the letter stated the bill does not seek to alter the state’s “employment-at-will doctrine,” it noted that businesses could run into trouble if they seek to enforce a gun ban on their property.
“Employers who terminate employees just for exercising this right may violate the state’s clear public policy that handgun carry permit holders are allowed to transport and store firearms or ammunition,” the sponsors wrote....
Read More: http://www.theleafchronicle.com/viewart/20130529/NEWS01/305290019/AG-Gun-measure-doesn-t-affect-employment-law
You can't have it both ways, people!
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