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In reply to the discussion: Guns-to-Work Laws Spread in U.S. as Business Fights NRA [View all]Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)30. Whats the problem with a gun in your car at work?
I had a gun in my car this week. The reason is simple. The shooting range is 5 minutes from work, or 30 minutes from home. If I want to go shooting after work, its a lot easier to drive 5 minutes, then go home, pick up a gun, then drive back, which would take 1 hour.
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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