Employers can forbid guns, a judge rules, issues an injunction against OK law.

[leon strickland]

glad to get the info i did not know that.i have learned a lot readig the forum

 

[bettingpython]

Which specified section of title 21 is being held up by name in the injunction 1290.22 subsection B, or 1289.7a subsections A through D?

My wife brought home her employers weapons policy and it hasn't been updated since 1999. They go so far as to say even non employee's may not park in the public lots with a weapon in the vehicle.

 

[dennishoddy]

Sure am glad my employer recognizes my right to have a firearm in the parking lot in my locked vehicle.

 

[bmoney]

Sure am glad my employer recognizes my right to have a firearm in the parking lot in my locked vehicle.

+1 its sure makes it nice

 

[thegam8ler]

Has anyone else seen this letter? David Hardy from armsandthelaw.com has a pdf available.


OSHA opines on OKL law on workplace parking lot storage

http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2009/01/osha_opines_on.php

It is an interesting read.

 

[Thor20003]

Why is this no longer a sticky?

 

[Roadking Larry]

Bump. Just because someone asked abou it.

 

[FakeHuman]

I carry anyway, can always find another job but only have one life.

 

[okiexd40]

Just saw this:

Major Victory for American Workers' Right to Self-Defens

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Fairfax, Va. – Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously in support of allowing employees to store legally owned firearms in locked, private motor vehicles while parked in employer parking lots. This decision upholds NRA-backed legislation passed in 2004.

“This is a victory for the millions of American workers who have been denied the right to protect themselves while commuting between their homes and their workplace,” said NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. “This effort was aimed at skirting the will of the American people, and the intent of legislatures across this country while eviscerating Right-to-Carry laws. This ruling is a slap at the corporate elitists who have no regard for the constitutional rights of law abiding American workers.”

In March 2004, the Oklahoma legislature passed an amendment holding employers criminally liable for prohibiting employees from storing firearms in locked vehicles on company property. A number of corporations subsequently filed suit in opposition to the new laws, alleging they were: unconstitutionally vague; an unconstitutional taking of private property; and preempted by various federal statutes. The lower court ruled in favor of the injunction.

“This issue was contrived by the gun control lobby who goaded corporations into doing their dirty work for them,” said Chris W. Cox, NRA chief lobbyist. “However, this ruling is a vindication for every hardworking and lawful man and woman whose basic right to self-defense was taken away on a whim by corporate lawyers. NRA is prepared to defend this right and to ensure the safety of every American worker.”

In October 2008, Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry and Attorney General Drew Edmondson appealed to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals the lower court decision to strike down the NRA-backed worker protection laws. Today’s proceedings handed down by Circuit Judges Paul J. Kelly, Bobby R. Baldock, and Michael W. McConnell reversed the lower court’s grant of a permanent injunction.

 

[skyydiver]

Score!