What Georgia's 'Extreme' New Gun Law Allows

[JAB]

The entire issue of the alleged infringement of property rights of property used for business purposes (i.e a parking lot for customers, employees, etc.) when a state forbids the owner/controller of a parking lot from forbidding the presence of arms in a vehicle parked there really rests on just one issue; is there demonstrable harm to the owner of the parking lot!

 

To the best of my knowledge, and I've followed this issue for some time now, NO parking lot owner has ever been able to actually show any harm meaning no infringement on their rights to the property. In fact, the excuses I've heard make about as much sense as those gun-grabbers/haters when they start claiming that there will be "wild west shootouts" and "blood in the streets" whenever some expansion of firearm rights are proposed (such as the so-called "guns in bars" bill).

 

Until someone can show actual harm all these arguments are pointless aside from the intellectual stimulation they provide; not that I don't enjoy them.  ;)

 

Yep.  Most of the arguments revolve around fear of workplace violence.  That makes little sense.  Kind of like some anti-gun arguments seem to hinge on the idea that a would-be criminal would say, "Well, I'd really like to rob that bank, shoot up the place and maybe murder a few people but I don't want to violate that gunbuster sign they have on the front door so I guess I won't be doing that."  Similarly, these employers seem to think that disgruntled employees would think, "I'd really like to shoot my supervisor and maybe a couple of my obnoxious coworkers but my employer doesn't allow guns on the property and since I don't want to get fired I guess I won't do that."  I mean, how stupid do you have to be to really believe such rules prevent a person who is bent on violence from committing said violence?  Even the, "Yeah but if he has a gun in his/her car that makes it more likely that he/she will act in anger and haste."  It is as if they think the would be shooter couldn't make a short drive to his/her house, get a gun and come back if that was his or her intent - as if many or even most such folks don't plan their attack in advance, anyhow.  Heck, for that matter it is like these folks think he or she couldn't wait in his or her car for the supervisor or offending coworkers to leave and simply run them down.

 

Of course, as the only thing a true, real 'parking lot' law would protect is the interior of an employee's vehicle, employers could still leave rules in place to prohibit firearms inside facilities/buildings and even in the parking lot outside of the confines of the employee's vehicle.  Such rules would still make it impossible for a disgruntled employee to walk into their place of employment with a firearm, right?  Well, just as impossible as doing so would be with a rule in place to prohibit firearms in employee vehicles.

Edited May 1, 2014 by JAB