NRA Loses “Guns at Work” In Florida

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NRA Loses “Guns at Work” In Florida
By Art Hayhoe, Florida Gun Coalition

In one of their former strongholds, the NRA recently tried to pass a “Guns at Work” bill, that would have made it illegal for employers to ban guns in their workplaces. Even moreso than the rest of the NRA’s suggested legislation, this bill would have advanced their agenda at the cost of the public’s safety, and so it’s almost no surprise that, under heavy pressure from those against gun violence and business advocates, the bill didn’t even see the light of day. In fact, before the bill died, the NRA even suggested two even crazier ideas: a “gun parking lot,” and a “gun room” in every workplace. Art Hayhoe is with the Florida Gun Coalition, and reports on what went wrong for the NRA, and right for Florida’s citizens.


Marion Hammer is the NRA’s main representative in Florida, but Hayhoe says that even though she and the NRA walked into the room thinking they could easily walk away with this dangerous bill, things didn’t go so easily for them.

“These ideas got silly and stupid. But this was how bad the NRA wanted any type of bill to pass. One other amendment was to exempt organization supported by tax dollars leaving the requirement only for private firms. The committee asked Baxley how he could justify forcing half of Americans business to comply while letting the other half off the hook! Even the Republicans who normally voted for her bill tore it apart.
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A "gun parking lot" and a "gun room"? They should put Phil Hendrie in charge of the NRA.

[C_U_L8R]

1. I've never heard of anything so stupid,....

why don't they campaign for Guns in School while they're at it.

What a bunch of dopes.

[Blue_Tires]

3. i'm still waiting for that 'guns in church' bill!

lol

[Kolesar]

2. My coworker used to josh about "bring your gun to work day" .. eom

[wakeme2008]

4. This was a nightmare bill for the Repugs

:)

Big business and the Chamber of C were against it big time and the NRA was for it. It was a lose lose bill :rofl:

[demosincebirth]

5. I wish these guys would get a job .

[derby378]

6. The main problem with "Guns at Work" is it cuts both ways...

In the days before the National Firearms Act was signed into law in 1934, some factories and other businesses, ever fearful that a union would organize under their noses or a violent strike would cripple the lines, would actually have security guards patrolling the workplace with Thompson guns in hand. As in full-auto.

In the Great Depression, a CEO could afford to spend some money on a couple of submachine guns. And the average blue-collar worker? He was just too busy trying to make sure that he, his wife, and his three kids might enjoy at least one halfway-decent meal that day. Buying any gun, let alone a subgun, was out of the question. The NFA helped kill the arms race in the workplace.

[ThomWV]

7. Now this is interesting to me

I have a concealed carry permit that is good in my state and several others. I carry a gun most of the time. Like it or not, its my Constitutional right and I use it. It is legal for me to carry that gun most places in this state, but not everywhere. I can not carry it into any Government building or school. I can not carry it in a school bus or on any private property where the person who has custody of that land has made it clear in any reasonable way they do not allow firearms on the property. Fine with me.

So what that says, in effect, is that unless my employer has some stated policy against it I can carry a gun to work anytime I want to with the license I already have.

[imouttahere]

8. All that tells me is that moving to Canada is the right move for me....

I'm sorry, but you people are psychos. It's not in my realm of comprehension that someone would bring a gun to work. I don't want to sit in the cubicle next to an armed person.

[Kolesar]

9. How would HR people feel on a day when doing mass layoffs

if employees had won a right to keep a firearm at work.