Bill to allow state workers to bring guns to workplace passes through committee

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94. No, that's a false analogy.

There is no equivalency between driving drunk and legally carrying a concealed weapon.

As Imak said upthread, for over 10 years people in Kentucky have had a law similar to the one being proposed in Maine and they have had no associated problems. That is a proper analogy.

Law-abiding people in Maine don't have a gun available in the workplace today, and wouldn't have one there if the proposed legislation passes - unless they work in their car in the parking lot. So folks in Maine who *do* care about a $500 fine don't have a gun available in the workplace today. And neither would they have one if this legislation passes, as it should.

If a coworker decides to go postal, they wouldn't care about a law against bringing a gun into the parking lot of their workplace, as I said in my reply to qb. They wouldn't care about DUI laws either.