In a nutshell, Baxley's bill precludes property owners, employers and businesses from enacting rules prohibiting people who lawfully carry guns -- for example, holders of concealed-weapons permits -- from keeping their gun in their car on company property, specifically the parking lot.
Anybody who violates that faces a third-degree felony.
We've had this discussion before here at WarOnGuns.
I know that people take issue with telling others what to do with private property, and I can respect a business saying no guns inside the building (well, I may respect their decision, and feel it is flawed), but I believe that your car is your car, and even if you are on the company parking lot, they should not be able to tell you what you can and cannot have inside your car. If they have problems with this, then they should make their employees park in a local parking garage or find public parking (and see how long they can keep employees for), and just not have a parking garage, so I think that a bill that prevents business from saying what can and can't be in someone's car when parked is a good thing. Oh well...
ReplyDeleteA felony for denying civil rights to a citizen? A citizen that exercises his rights within his own property (car), thereby still observing the property rights of the employer, store, etc.
ReplyDeleteSounds fair to me.