Guns in cars and TN business
Local Volkswagen president: That’s a sort of thing that makes us a bit nervous. I expect as much from a German company.
And I’m kind of surprised that FedEx opposes the bill given their CEO’s political leanings. Of course, given that, it may be a property rights issue.
April 18th, 2012 at 9:53 am
I really gotta stop reading comments at dead tree sites.
The stupid. It burns!
April 18th, 2012 at 9:57 am
From the article:
That’s not true. You need to take a hunter safety course to get a hunting license (an ever decreasing class of people are grandfathered in and don’t need to take it). And they tend to be held much less frequently than concealed carry classes that are held every night in gun shops across the state.
And in Virginia at least, my hunter safety course required about 20 hours in the classroom (a full Saturday and Sunday, and Friday evening, plus a written test.
April 18th, 2012 at 10:00 am
You know, after talking to my Brother-in-Law who’s a Big Wig at a Fortune 500 Insurance Company, it may not just be a Gun Rights Issue. A lot of the Insurance Company’s charge extra if a Company doesn’t Ban Guns. It all comes down to some “Disgruntled Employee” who decides to shoot up the Office because he wasn’t Promoted. Then the Insurance has to Pay Out to the Victims, or get Sued for “Allowing Dangerous Conditions.”
But they don’t figure in the fact that anyone going “Postal” doesn’t give a Rat’s Ass about a “No Guns Allowed” policy.
But hey, since the Bean Counters are in Charge nowadays….
April 18th, 2012 at 10:02 am
The Nashville Fedex shipping hub wands all drivers and personnel entering the facility… They are known to be real dicks about it… Not quite TSA with testicular fondling but close…
April 18th, 2012 at 10:18 am
This makes me glad I decided not to buy a VW when I replaced my car.
April 18th, 2012 at 10:36 am
From the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
April 18th, 2012 at 11:21 am
Which is illegal in TN.
April 18th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
I’ve heard the bit about insurance companies being the drivers but I have seen very few (well, none really) actual cites to actual riders to support the contention. Note that OSHA does not consider allowing lawfully possessed weapons on company property a “workplace violence” indicator in and of itself, and their regs drive insurance conditions on a host of business issues.
90% of the air shipping from Asia to the US goes through the Anchorage International Airport. Both Fed Ex and UPS have massive facilities here. Both UPS and FedEx are bound by Alaska’s “parking lot” law which only allows companies to prohibit weapons in vehicles in secured “employee’s only” parking areas; the public parking cannot be regulated by the company for weapons.
Alaska law gives signage no legal weight, carrier’s must be asked to leave private property and refuse before a trespassing, not weapons misconduct, charge may be levied.
If FedEx can survive the situation here in their largest Int’l-to-Domestic hub, in a state that doesn’t even require permits to carry, they have no rational basis for whinging about it in Tenn.
April 19th, 2012 at 10:45 am
They’re right that it’s an issue of property rights, they’re just confused about the specifics.
Specifically, the issue relates to MY property rights. On the whole, I consider my vehicle to be an extension of my home; common law tends to agree. They have no legal standing to dictate the contents of my home, ergo they should have no legal standing to dictate the contents of my vehicle.