Carry at work

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I believe the new law in Florida states that an employer cannot stop an employee from carrying at work provided the employee keeps the firearm in their car.
 
Better yet, here is the applicable portion of the law: (the customer and invitee portion is the subject of an injunction at this time)

(4) PROHIBITED ACTS.--No public or private employer may violate the constitutional rights of any customer, employee, or invitee as provided in paragraphs (a)-(e):

(a) No public or private employer may prohibit any customer, employee, or invitee from possessing any legally owned firearm when such firearm is lawfully possessed and locked inside or locked to a private motor vehicle in a parking lot and when the customer, employee, or invitee is lawfully in such area.

(b) No public or private employer may violate the privacy rights of a customer, employee, or invitee by verbal or written inquiry regarding the presence of a firearm inside or locked to a private motor vehicle in a parking lot or by an actual search of a private motor vehicle in a parking lot to ascertain the presence of a firearm within the vehicle. Further, no public or private employer may take any action against a customer, employee, or invitee based upon verbal or written statements of any party concerning possession of a firearm stored inside a private motor vehicle in a parking lot for lawful purposes. A search of a private motor vehicle in the parking lot of a public or private employer to ascertain the presence of a firearm within the vehicle may only be conducted by on-duty law enforcement personnel, based upon due process and must comply with constitutional protections.

(c) No public or private employer shall condition employment upon either:

1. The fact that an employee or prospective employee holds or does not hold a license issued pursuant to s. 790.06; or

2. Any agreement by an employee or a prospective employee that prohibits an employee from keeping a legal firearm locked inside or locked to a private motor vehicle in a parking lot when such firearm is kept for lawful purposes.

(d) No public or private employer shall prohibit or attempt to prevent any customer, employee, or invitee from entering the parking lot of the employer's place of business because the customer's, employee's, or invitee's private motor vehicle contains a legal firearm being carried for lawful purposes, that is out of sight within the customer's, employee's, or invitee's private motor vehicle.

(e) No public or private employer may terminate the employment of or otherwise discriminate against an employee, or expel a customer or invitee for exercising his or her constitutional right to keep and bear arms or for exercising the right of self-defense as long as a firearm is never exhibited on company property for any reason other than lawful defensive purposes.

This subsection applies to all public sector employers, including those already prohibited from regulating firearms under the provisions of s. 790.33.
 
There yah go.

I'm always somewhat torn when it comes to laws like these.

While I am a stringent supporter of individual and private property rights, I don't think employers should be able to enact policies that ultimately affect an employee's life outside of work. By banning guns at work, an employer effectively disarms that employee during all activities that take place during his/her trip between home and work.

However, I can imagine many circumstances/arrangements in which an employer may affect a person's life outside of work that would not warrant any limitation on the private property rights of that business. And, naturally, I do not draw much of a distinction between firearms and any other piece of property.

As a result, I hesitantly support this kind of legislation, but I also understand the potential problems. No doubt I'll have plenty of time to think about it further. Perhaps I'll figure out a solution someday.
 
This is only my opinion, so take it with some salt...

This country is so far off track, that people forgot that RTBA is a RIGHT, not a privilege. That's why they think they can ban CCW / OC in certain places. Imagine this: can't carry a chain with a cross on it on federal property. How far would that fly? EVERYBODY knows that 1st A. protects that. Yet it's big brother, the 2nd A. is so often forgotten and dismissed as archaic.

America was founded on PERSONAL freedom and responsibility. Everything else is secondary. Think about it, 150 years ago there was NO discussion what so ever about the extend of the 2nd A.

Sad.

In a real America, such laws would never have to exist. They would be redundant. Commies took freedom away from us though courts and legislature. We're simply returning the favor.

Think about it people. If everyone understood that KBA is a right, truly understood that, as much as they understand that NYT can print crap all day long, the whole guns in cars silly law would be non existent. I wouldn't need to exist.

My 2 cents :uhoh:
 
I saw this obviously funny article in the onion and was wondering....In Florida, can you carry to work, in other words can your employer prohibit carry?

I would love it if employers couldn't so easily ban their employees from legally carrying...
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The question was not about Florida's new parking lot law...

No, employers cannot legally keep you from carrying at work (they can however fire you for doing so it is a right to work state). Their prohibitions have no legal standing, in fact, an employer can require you to carry at work openly or concealed (as long as it is on the premises) and fire you if you don't (again it is a right to work state they can essentially fire you anything unless protected under the Equal Opportunities Act or American with Disabilities Act).

As an aside, the new parking lot was in large passed not because employers were searching vehicles on there own property they were also searching vehicles off of their property and firing employees who refused to submit to the search... For those of you who say they can't do that, of course they can they can fire you for having a pink house in Florida if they want to, repeat after me it's a right to be fired state.
 
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