Standing Wolf wrote:
Not only is my car my private property, so is my life.
This is the bottom line.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness...
I applaud Florida, and wish to see this set a precedent all over the USA, not only for business settings, for everywhere including school campuses.
Supreme Court has already ruled police don't have to protect you.
So in order to have life, liberty, happiness, which to me means being safe in my travels and daily activities, I need to be able to protect myself, I have a right to my human rights, one being - staying safe and secure.
Re: Insurance
I do not know of any businesses that will pay me if I am a victim of crime, on my way to , or from work.
I do know of businesses that do not care about inclement weather, safety of employee, or the vehicle and threaten them if they do not show up.
If the employee does indeed have an accident in trying to come in, and messes up a car, it is the employee that is out of pocket for medical bills and vehicle repairs /replacement.
Business then usually does a false face of sympathy and tries to change the tone of what happened.
If the employee does not come in, they are docked, have to take sick time, are written up and notes put into personal files.
Florida is doing the correct thing.
Folks do not always drive straight to and from work.
Some take kids to school first, attend college first, run errands...
In the same token after work folks have activities, such as evening classes, shopping, going out to eat, etc.
Criminals are aware of target rich zones.
They know if a person is parked on a NO GUN lot, they can follow them, and take advantage of them . Criminals use cell phones to communicate, and they may set up a bump and grab, coordinate what they have already cased someone doing, like going to work out at the gym after work.
I know, I know this happens...
I have been in the ER when the rape kit was administered...
I have been in on the organ harvest of the mom that died...
I have been in OR 18 with the deceased husband/father we could not save and had the family come in to view.
All because these law abiding folks did not want to break any rules about having a gun where they were not supposed to.
Rules criminals do not obey.