Author Topic: Conoco, NRA, Oklahoma... oh... GUNS! (Read 610 times)

Lazerus · « **Reply #30 on:** August 19, 2005, 02:31:58 AM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
but I'll bet you $10 that there's nothing in it which grants an employee the constitutional right to a parking space on his employer's property. That parking space is a privilege, not a right. And as a privilege, the owners of the land have the right to stipulate the terms and conditions under which that privilege will be granted. Don't like it? Park somewhere else.

I don't like people of certain ethnic backgrounds that are employed by me parking in my company parking lot.

It's my property, I should be able to dictate which employees are able to park there.

beet1e · « **Reply #31 on:** August 19, 2005, 02:41:04 AM »

A friend of mine who lives in the US is anti-gun. He realises that it's the right of some of his friends to own guns, but he has the right to choose who he invites to his home, and is within his rights to say you can't come in with a gun.

Lazerus · « **Reply #32 on:** August 19, 2005, 02:47:11 AM »

The difference is that he is not a company employing people.

I agree with what you are saying when it relates to the private sector.

Can you answer my scenario in my previous post?

Lazerus · « **Reply #33 on:** August 19, 2005, 03:01:55 AM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
and is within his rights to say you can't come in with a gun.

As is the company's rights. Is your friend able to restrict friends from leaving guns in thier car when they park on his property to participate in the festivities?

beet1e · « **Reply #34 on:** August 19, 2005, 03:18:09 AM »

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Originally posted by Lazerus
I don't like people of certain ethnic backgrounds that are employed by me parking in my company parking lot.

It's my property, I should be able to dictate which employees are able to park there.

Interesting point. And I think you'd have the law on your side if only because your employees' parking privileges are just that - privileges, not rights. But it's a whole different scenario from the topic being discussed.

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Is your friend able to restrict friends from leaving guns in thier car when they park on his property to participate in the festivities?

Sure he is - or would be. It's his house, his property, and he can invite who he likes. He can even choose not to invite someone purely because of how they look or how they dress. Someone who is not invited has no right to park on his property, and neither do those invited - but they might be allowed to as a courtesy.

A few years ago, I was working for a company that didn't have as many parking spaces available as the number of people who brought cars to work. They reserved the garage parking for female employees because the route to the public car park was down a dark lane - fear of muggings/molestations. No-one complained.