A WIN for us! SB51 signed into law (keeping guns in vehicle at work)

[swagge1]

Vague news article. I wish they had more details on the law.


http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/23124814.html

 

[#1bambam]

Good for us.

 

[spanky]

It annoys me how the article was written to insinuate that it only helps you if you accidentally leave a gun in your vehicle. Anyone else get that?

 

[rockmup]

It annoys me how the article was written to insinuate that it only helps you if you accidentally leave a gun in your vehicle. Anyone else get that?

That's because that's how that bill was sold. It was NOT sold as a 2nd am right

 

[swagge1]

The was it seems to me is that its intention is to allow hunters to have a gun in their vehicles a few times a year. It doesn't sound like its written to appease people like me who keep a gun in the vehicle most all of the time.

 

[spanky]

That's because that's how that bill was sold. It was NOT sold as a 2nd am right

I need to read into the law and see if it specifically says anything about hunting, rifles, etc.

 

[aroundlsu]

Here is the full text:

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cach...ana&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

Don't have time to read it right now. Someone summarize for us.

 

[spanky]

couldn't find "hunt" or "rifle" in the text so my concern is not validated.

 

[aroundlsu]

looks like bill doesn't apply if parking lot has a gate or guard shack (like exxon).

 

[spanky]

That's correct.

 

[CEHollier]

I'm glad employees can at least protect themselves to and from work. Having my own business and being pro gun this ruling has no effect on me.

 

[Vermiform]

looks like bill doesn't apply if parking lot has a gate or guard shack (like exxon).

Which is utterly retarded. People aren't wanting to carry guns in their cars to defend themselves in the parking lot. Point of fact, once you get out of the car and into the actual parking lot, your gun is still in the car and might as well be miles away. People want to carry guns in their car to defend themselves on the way to work. They will still be denied that very right to do so if their employer decides to hire a rent-a-cop and stick him in a tool shed in the parking lot. That provision in the bill almost renders the whole thing useless. They also took the "teeth" out of it when they removed the ability to charge companies fines for not complying.


I SOOOOOOOOOO NEED TO RUN FOR OFFICE. It could happen.....I didn't "inhale" either.......

 

[Yrdawg]

That was a waste of time........Jindal better shut his pie hole on tv about La citizens having right to self defense. This bill is all but useless

I appreciate we have some of the best gun laws in the Nation but I always want more.

Sure most of us wrote the letters and emails and made phone calls, we just gotta keep pushin till the the right endowed by God is ok with the state.

 

[spanky]

Jindal had nothing to do with the changes to the law, afaik.

 

[Yrdawg]

looks like bill doesn't apply if parking lot has a gate or guard shack (like exxon).

LOL.........and Conoco Phillips and Citgo........here is prime example that money walked, walked right over the 2 nd amendment

AND NO Spanky I know that B J didn't write the bill, I'm saying I'm disappointed in the whole thing. Glad that we got something on the books but big money definently walked.

 

[spanky]

Trust me, so am I.

 

[diat150]

what if the guard isnt armed? my work has a parking lot that is partially fenced in, but still accessible without having to pass the guard, which the guard isnt armed anyway.

 

[Nick]

to the nay sayers, the purpose of the law was to affirm your vehicle being an extension of your home, therefore your right to keep the firearm in it. Louisiana is trying to walk the fine line of private property owner's rights - carrying in a place that doesn't want guns is a decision for the property owner, if you don't like it don't go there.

 

[aroundlsu]

what if the guard isnt armed? my work has a parking lot that is partially fenced in, but still accessible without having to pass the guard, which the guard isnt armed anyway.

Proposed law does not apply to:
(1)
Any property where the possession of firearms is prohibited under state or federal
law.
(2)
Any vehicle owned or leased by a public or private employer or business entity and
used by an employee in the course of his employment, except for those employees
who are required to transport or store a firearm in the official discharge of their
duties.
(3)
Any vehicles on property controlled by a public or private employer or business
entity if:
(a)
Access is restricted or limited through the use of a fence, gate, security
station,signage,orothermeansofrestrictingorlimitinggeneralaccesstothe
parking area.
(b)
The employer or business entity provides an alternate parking area
reasonably close to the main parking area in which employees and other
persons may transport or store firearms in locked, privately-owned motor
vehicles.
Effective on August 15, 2008.

 

[aroundlsu]

I think that means the business with the gate must provide a separate parking area.