HB89 - Firearms; carrying and possession; change provisions
HB89 - Firearms; carrying and possession; change provisions
Sponsored by: Bearden,Timothy 68th
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the carrying and possession of firearms, so as to change certain provisions regarding the transportation of certain firearms; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
January 15th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I hate the arrogance of employers who not only forbid employees from bringing a legal firearm to work with them in their vehicle, but will fire an employee if they dare to bring one in their own personal vehicle with them to work and leave it in their locked vehicle during work hours. Their reasoning is that the parking lot is “private property” and they do not allow “dangerous weapons” on “company property”. Excuse me – but my pickup truck is my private property, and I have the right to have whatever I choose to have in it. Not to mention the fact that I have the inalienable right to protect myself while traveling to and from work – a right no uninformed, paranoid corporate policy monger with a personal liberal agenda has the right to take from me. When did the Constitution become void where prohibited by law? And to make matters worse, how do these corporations “discover” a weapon in a vehicle? By breaking into it and searching it, of course! Aside from being criminal activity (breaking and entering), it is also illegal search and seizure. If a police officer pulls you over for speeding, unless something is in plain sight in your vehicle (for instance, laying there on the seat) that officer must ask your permission to search your vehicle, and if you deny that permission they must go through the legal process of obtaining a search warrant from a judge. So why do companies feel they are above the law, are entitled to summarily disregard the Constitution, and fire you with impunity for daring to exercise your Constitutional right to keep and bear arms when they themselves have violated a gun owner’s Constitutional rights on several points, not to mention state laws, to search a vehicle in the first place? No one has the right to violate my Constitutional rights – not a corporation, individual, police officer, or anyone else – including the manager of a shopping center who decides (as in Nebraska) to post a sign on the doors forbidding firearms on the premises. When the owner of manager of a property does that, it is supposedly enforceable, by law, to deprive me of my second amendment rights. (And by the way, that “warning” sign on the doors at Westroads Shopping Center in Omaha barring firearms from the premises didn’t stop the nut case with a rifle from going in there with a weapon and shooting innocent shoppers, but it did stop law abiding citizens from being able to defend themselves, or anybody else for that matter!) Who the hell do they think they are – and who are the Constitutionally ignorant legislators who “gave” them that “right”?
January 15th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
So why do companies feel they are above the law, are entitled to summarily disregard the Constitution…
With all due respect, sir, individuals have a right to decide what can and cannot come on to their property.
Before you label me a liberal, I am a member of Georgia Carry and a libertarian. I hold both the right to keep and bear arms and the right to property as sacred.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:35 am
I agree - individuals should be allowed to decide what can and cannot come onto their property - such as their home. While it is in my vehicle, however, it is not on anyone’s property but my own. Tell me I can’t bring it into my office? Fine. But tell me I can’t keep it in MY own private property is overstepping the bounds - and telling me that I must leave myself open to being shot at, carjacked, robbed, beaten, stabbed, or accosted on my way to and from work is overstepping the bounds of reason, trampling on my right to protect myself, and violates my constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Period. But why not carry your zeal one step further. Put a large sign on the side of your car that says “I DO NOT HAVE A GUN IN MY CAR”. Just make sure all your affairs are in order first, for the sake of your heirs. You are free to do all of that - but you do not, nor will you ever have, the “right” to put that sign on the side of my car, or anyone else’s. And that, sir, in effect, is what you want to do.