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billh58

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7. But employers DO have

Wed May 29, 2013, 07:46 PM

May 2013

the right to determine whether you can park your car on their private property if it contains objectionable material, including books, papers, and guns. You can keep anything you want in your car, but you can't park your car on private property without the owner's consent.

As the poster you replied to stated, private property owners can determine who can, and can not enter their property, and set the rules for entry. And, as the AG in the story determined, the employer has the right to terminate anyone who violates the rules.

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When gunnuttery and anti-unionism collide: Howdy, Tennessee! [View all] Robb May 2013 OP

Is The Pop-Corn Franchise Available, Sir? The Magistrate May 2013 #1

The invisible hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Robb May 2013 #4

Sure, extra butter is $0.75. Initech May 2013 #42

It seems that the store owner's property rights trump the gun-owner's carrying rights. antigone382 May 2013 #2

No.. it's about car owner property rights v employers. X_Digger May 2013 #5

But employers DO have billh58 May 2013 #7

So you'd be cool with a 'no bibles' or 'no DU bumperstickers' rule? How about.. X_Digger May 2013 #8

I didn't say that billh58 May 2013 #9

You didn't say it.. then you proceed to say it. LOL! X_Digger May 2013 #10

Not in Tennessee. And other employment-at-will states. Robb May 2013 #11

You're basing this on an AG's opinion in an untested premise? Okaay. X_Digger May 2013 #19

You gunners are certainly billh58 May 2013 #12

LOL, if you say so. X_Digger May 2013 #16

If you say so billh58 May 2013 #26

Any reason? Think again. X_Digger May 2013 #29

In a right to work billh58 May 2013 #31

Ahh, but 'no reason' is not 'for any reason' as you said. X_Digger May 2013 #32

Not walking anything billh58 May 2013 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast May 2013 #40

You should walk it back, as he was correct and you were not friendly_iconoclast May 2013 #43

So there are no EEOC charges in those states? Fascinating. ;) n/t X_Digger May 2013 #44

"At will employment" means you can be fired for any unprotected reason. Brickbat May 2013 #36

You are misstating the law. former9thward May 2013 #34

Define objectionable. rrneck May 2013 #28

And again, we are billh58 May 2013 #33

I was born and raised in that state rrneck May 2013 #38

Growing up the sixties... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #46

The clear intent of billh58 May 2013 #3

Hah! Search Google News for: fired employee "returned with a gun"... friendly_iconoclast May 2013 #13

How many does it say billh58 May 2013 #18

That also means there's no way to gague the effectiveness of bans on guns in parking lots. friendly_iconoclast May 2013 #23

Let's see now billh58 May 2013 #30

Inconveniencing people "for the public good"-where else have we seen such a mindset? Oh yeah: friendly_iconoclast May 2013 #39

Right. What could possibly go wrong as a result of this bill? SharonAnn May 2013 #14

How many permit holders have been caught drinking? X_Digger May 2013 #21

The "If it only saves *one* life" meme is strong in this thread, isn't it? friendly_iconoclast May 2013 #25

That is disturbing, yep. X_Digger May 2013 #27

Carrying guns in bars is legal in quite a few states, actually. friendly_iconoclast May 2013 #24

Hmmm. Employees will be packing heat on their employer's property. madinmaryland May 2013 #6

Indeed, Sir The Magistrate May 2013 #15

Also, Sir madinmaryland May 2013 #17

If We Are To Have An Armed Populace, Sir The Magistrate May 2013 #20

This is the law in several right to work states. aikoaiko May 2013 #22

Um, you can have it both ways. You can't fire people due to race, even in states with at will laws The Straight Story May 2013 #37

What you have stated billh58 May 2013 #45

Wow, billh58 May 2013 #41