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rrneck

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28. Define objectionable.
Wed May 29, 2013, 11:11 PM
May 2013

It's a pretty flexible standard. Your employer doesn't have the right to tell you what to have stored in your own property no matter where you park it.

Every square inch of this country belongs to somebody. The difference between your driveway and your employer's parking lot is that employees are required to be on that lot. If somebody would prefer have a gun in the car to the pleasure of your company, they can simply leave. But the logistics of having a gun out of a car but not on the employer's lot would require the employee to go and get it on their own time, for which the employer would not pay. Not to mention the fact that they may have to drive through some pretty horrible neighborhoods at some pretty horrible times of the night to do so, or have you never had to work third shift in a factory on the wrong side of town? It's standard corporate risk dispersion at the expense of the 99%. Funny how slavish devotion to ideology can jump up and bite you on the ass, ain't it?

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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
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