FLORIDA SENATE PASSES LAW TO ALLOW GUNS AT WORK. WELL, AT LEAST AS CLOSE AS THE PARKING LOT
on 04/10/2008 at 05:03 PM
Okay, I gotta admit I find a *little* bit of validity in the opposing argument as well. If the property OWNER doesn’t want guns on his personal property, I can see him having the right to refuse them. Of course, he should be required to put up signs saying so.
But then, there are a LOT of worms in that can. Like the property owner should be allowed to hire and fire who he damn well pleases. If he’s a racist fuck who “ain’t gonna hire no G____mn n____rs”, or for that matter “f___ that, I ain’t hirin no damn cracker”, I’m good with that. Owners of gay bars are allowed to hire an all gay workforce with not a peep from anyone, fair’s fair. Likewise if the guy sold stock, I don’t consider it *private* property, it is at least partially owned by the stockholders. I don’t think land/buildings owned in common by a committee should have that right.
But just as I believe the straight (or a gay one, for that matter) photographer in NM should be able to refuse to shoot pictures of a gay marriage, I think the owner of a sole proprietor business should have utter dictatorial control over his business.This is a good piece of legislation. Indeed, it should apply on all government property too. If you are licensed to carry, then I trust you… at least as much as I trust any law-enforcement officer…
Much the same thing is going on here in Ohio. I can’t tell you how many businesses have the ubiquitous ‘No Firearms Allowed’ signs up. Just telling criminals where they will be safe, I guess. Even if I were anti-gun, I sure wouldn’t advertise it. Didn’t anyone learn from Virginia Tech?
Trampling on private property rights? Interesting that the libs pull that out of their @ss. They were quite willing to trample on private property rights when they banned smoking here in Ohio. I’m no fan of smoking. I tended to not patronize places with a lot of smokers, like bars, for example. Frankly, I don’t care if anyone smokes anywhere, except on my property. (okay, even there, they just can’t smoke in the house. Mother-in-law steps outside to smoke...) But I do care if they want to deny me my right to self-defense just because I work for them.
Well, I might grant the property rights argument for denying employees (and/or customers) the right to self-defense. Might… as long as the owners take full legal responsibility for the safety of both employees and customers, and get their asses handed to them in court after the bad guys show up with guns…
There was a day, years ago, when I was working as a copier tech in a major city.... the irony of it had me literally rolling on the floor for over 10 minutes and gasping for breath. Only in Dallas....
Yes, I had seen the notices prohibiting firearms, of course I had. They are posted at every door and every elevator in every office building in the DFW metroplex. And like everyone else, I looked right through them without seeing what I was seeing. Until one day while waiting for the elevator, the ACTUAL WORDS crept into my consciousness:“In accordance with City Ordinance 30.06...”
Yes my friends, that is the actual number of the city ordinance prohibiting firearms in office blocks in Dallas TX. Needless to say, I missed my elevator. I had one guy ask if I was okay.
