Florida lawmakers pass "take your guns to work" law

[MiloMorai]

Less time to go get the gun as you don't have to go home when someone pisses you off at work.

[Tango]

Well yipee! I can finally take the ole sniper rifle out of the closet and take it to work and no one will look twice. Of course when the gangbangers smash my window and use it to commit a crime i will be heartbroken. Seems to me this is a good idea gone bad. If they can take them then they should also be required to make sure they are secure while out of there sight, I.E. trigger lock, small gun safe, ect. I'd be looking into how this law is worded a little more before i gave it a thumbs up vote.

I doubt anyone will be taking a rifle, unless they were planning on doing some hunting after work. Most will be keeping handguns and more than likely they will be in the glove box or under the seat out of sight.

[Vulcan]

Most will be keeping handguns and more than likely they will be in the glove box or under the seat out of sight.

good idea, no one would think to look there

[WWhiskey]

Gun rack in the back window of my pickup most of my life! not sure i see a problem here

[Tango]

good idea, no one would think to look there

Vulcan, I live in Louisiana where it IS legal to keep your gun in your car WITHOUT a license. Where do you think we keep them? I have never heard of anyone having thier car broken into just to steal a gun that the criminal doesn't know for sure is in there in the first place.

[Napoleon II]

good idea, no one would think to look there

 

 

[LTARGlok]

Man o man i can see problems with this new law, heres the link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080409/pl_nm/usa_florida_guns_dc

What problem??

The person cannot actually take their gun out of their car under this new law.   It has to remain inside their vehicle.

Why should an employer have a right to force an employee to be disarmed when commuting to and from work???

A criminal could still come into a business and start shooting employees, and everyone inside the facility would be disarmed.   They would have to run out to their car to retrieve their weapon.
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[LTARGlok]

A few officers had their guns confiscated in searches.  And when the Attorney General told the prison they better be returned, the prison couldn't because they lost them.  Needless to say a few officers got new guns.   

How on earth do handguns manage to get lost at a prison?

That is really scary when you think about it.

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[LTARGlok]

good idea, no one would think to look there

Here where I live the police report that the leading cause of car break-ins is now people leaving their iPod in plain view inside the car.

Apparently thieves cannot pass up a free iPod. 

Criminals rarely burglarize cars unless they can actually see something out in the open worth stealing.

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[cpxxx]

Not sure why they had to pass a law to allow you to take your gun to work in your car. I don't see how employers ever had any right to tell you what you could or could not have in your car. It's different if you wanted to bring your M16 into the office, (when you ask for a raise )

When I worked for IBM here, my friend brought in his rifle to show me in the car park one night. We were a bit discreet because we didn't want to scare anyone but there is no law, state or company that stopped us from having it there. In truth the idea probably never occurred to the bosses. Although there is such a rule in the US IBM facilities.

[Xargos]

How on earth do handguns manage to get lost at a prison?

That is really scary when you think about it.

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I doubt they were lost, I think some administrators got new toys.  Us officers get searched more then the inmates, yet there are still more drugs in prison then the street.  I once had my dictionary confiscated, which was used for writing reports.  I was charged with bringing in reading material, guess they thought I'd be reading it instead of doing my job.  Seems they lost that too when I won the appeal.

[-tronski-]

Why should an employer have a right to force an employee to be disarmed when commuting to and from work???

Well an employee has the right not to work for that employer if its a problem for them

 Tronsky

[john9001]

when i worked at a florida car dealership half of us brought our guns into the business. Nobody thought it was a big deal. Some of you people worry way too much.

[storch]

every single one of my employees is armed, even the cats have claws 

[Angus]

Out of curiousity, how is it in most states?
Don't think it's forbidden where I live, but that's another country. Although we have a ban on handguns and automatic rifles (bigger than .22), we have guns, and in the hunting season those are in cars, on the move, and all over the place.
Do they have to be locked in the trunk? And how do you move a gun from A to B anyway????