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In reply to the discussion: Guns-to-Work Laws Spread in U.S. as Business Fights NRA [View all]DonP
(6,185 posts)12. My grandfather was a machinist at Ford before WWII in the 20's and 30's
He used to tell a lot of "Old Henry" stories. At the time I thought he was BSing me.
But I heard the same stories from others too.
Fired if you drove anything but a Ford into a Ford factory parking lot. Fired if he thought you voted for the wrong man. Fired if he saw you going in or coming out of a bar he considered "bad".
Once he said he actually saw Henry kick a stool out from under a guy sitting eating an apple next to the assembly line, cuss him out and fire him for loafing. Turned out it was a fire safety inspector who worked for the city of Dearborn who was on his lunch break. That cost Henry a lot of money.
But yeah, we should go back to those good old days, as long as they invade your privacy to control guns it's worth it.
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Property rights of employers need to be balanced against the property and privacy
petronius
Dec 2012
#2
That doesn't prevent one of being fired if firearms are prohibited and discovered in a 'at-will
Purveyor
Dec 2012
#3
I suppose that's true, absent a law like that described in the OP. If I had my
petronius
Dec 2012
#7
Reminds me of that poster on DU2 (tombstoned there) who had this long back-n'-forth
apocalypsehow
Dec 2012
#4
Regardless of all that, can we at least agree that trying to rig up ways to take a machine gun
apocalypsehow
Dec 2012
#10
since he won't provide the link - I am going w/ satire on the heavy side with a healthy dose
Tuesday Afternoon
Dec 2012
#16
Find the link. I recall some of it. Hilarious! Thinking of ways right now.nt
Eleanors38
Dec 2012
#21
It's none of my employer's business what I keep out of sight in the sanctity of my locked vehicle
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#6
I guess we could go back to the "Good Old Days" when corporations could fire you ...
DonP
Dec 2012
#9
They can now unless your under a union/employment contract in Michigan. 'At-will' work state
Purveyor
Dec 2012
#13
The NRA should change its name to the Human Massacre Promotion Corporation
MotherPetrie
Dec 2012
#26
It's a slippery slope. If you start letting people keep guns in their cars on company property...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#31