Property Rights And Second Amendment
July 28, 2008
Most of us have heard and followed to some degree the states that are wrangling over whether or not a person has a right to keep a weapon in their car while on someone else’s property – more specifically in the workplace. The debate is mostly about whether the owner of a business has a right to restrict what another person carries in their car while parking that car on his/her property.
CBS News ran a story yesterday about the battle in two states – Georgia and Florida. In that article, Larry Levine, an executive with Brandsmart that has stores in both Florida and Georgia, said he was worried about an angry employee being able to run to his car and get a gun and then go kill someone.
“Our company has the right to make the rules,” Levine said. “Same as in your house. You may tell people that come to visit you they are not allowed to bring a firearm in the house.”
There’s one huge problem with Levine’s assessment of who has what right and his comparison of apples and oranges. There is a marked difference between a homeowner allowing certain things INSIDE their house than what is left behind in the car. For me this is the real difference in this debate.
Do I no longer own my car and the personal property inside my car when I drive onto someone else’s property? If that is the case, what is to prevent the city or state or any other entity from stripping Americans of their right to keep a gun in their car while driving down the street?
But this debate overshadows the fact that we have a right to self-protection. If states want to limit that right, not allowing guns INSIDE the workplace, I just don’t see how they can limit one’s constitutional right to keep and bear arms while traveling in your car to and from work, which is exactly what such a law would do.
Tom Remington
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Larry’s no friend to you and me,
He has angry employees.
Ready to run and get the gun,
Working for you is not much fun.
Don’t be shy, make up a rule,
capture the rights of any fool.
Trust your people and let them know,
they are the defenders of any foe.
Get down off your throne, takers of rights,
Owning a gun removes your frights.
Before too long, you will see,
taking guns will not keep us free.
Pick up the gun and do your part,
just stay away from Brandsmart.
Ar, you’ve got to be that poet that don’t know it!
Seriously, there has got to be a very warped and frightened type of thinking going on with these people!
One, if anyone wants to bring a gun to work and shoot someone, just what is going to stop him? (this guys rules?)
Two, if people who have already been checked and had clean records, with a concealed carry permit, and been instructed in law and use of the weapon…(which they have had) are going to be in the area…..isn’t that going to be a deterrent to somebody shooting up the place? If that’s NOT a deterrent, then that fellow just wants to die as well, and nothing else would stop him either, except maybe a weapon check point with metal detectors and enough armed guards that he couldn’t get the first drop on one, and go thru anyway!
(This point about having a concealed weapon license, was carefully ommitted in the article) Anyone know why?
Anyone need a third point?
Oh, yeah, they aren’t trying to bring their guns in your home in the first place! Or even their workplace….unless it’s a public place! Thank God, we have some damn fine legislators in Florida, and Georgia as well, and quite a few other states that see reason and know rational thinking! (now if we can only find a few good judges, as well….)