I am as strong a second ammendment gun rights advocate as there is. I own several firearms including semi automatic rifles and pistols.

The Georgia Senate bill SB 43 proposes to allow employees to keep a weapon in a locked glove compartment on their employer’s property. An employer would have no right to ban the gun on their property in the employee’s car.

Now, I do not necessarily agree that banning the gun on the company property is a good idea; but the private property rights of the employer give them clear authority to regulate the use of that property, including the banning of any weapons as they see fit. The employee has the right to abide, park outside of the company property, or seek employment elsewhere.

The NRA is pouring big bucks into seeing the bill pass. I see this not as support for second ammendment rights but as an assault on private property rights. The Georgia Chamber is fighting the NRA on this issue and I am supporting the Chamber.
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