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Thanks Charles. You are a master of insight.

Since I work for one of the big, bad, defense contractors I guess I'm just paranoid about some things. We've gone from being a company that had an FFL and shooting teams/clubs when I started there to being just another mega-conglomerate. Since I don't know what the dogs they run through the parking lot are trained to detect, I make sure to have no firearms at all in my truck at any time these days. So sad.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:
So it really is a matter of SB534 or nothing.

Chas.

The more I think about this, the more inclined I am to prefer the "nothing" path. I can't imagine telling my immediate supervisor as this bill requires. It also does nothing at all for non-CHL holders (as well as CHL holders) who are legally carrying long arms in their vehicles. You could be legal w/ your CHL and two dozen 1911s, but show up w/ one single Marlin 22 in the truck and whamo, you are in violation of the protection and thus out of a job.

Chas. - in your experience, why is it so hard to get a better version passed? With an immunity clause for the employer, I don't know why the objections would be too difficult to overcome.

I really want to be able to go straight to the rifle range after work w/o having to go home first. This bill doesn't help with that. Since I won't hand my supervisor a "lay me off first letter", it doesn't help w/ CHL either. Bummer, I had high hopes for this session.

Why is this a good bill?

The part about "if the employee has filed with the employee's immediate supervisor" is a show-stopper. Mine is quite anti-handgun and I would never even consider filling out a letter like the bill describes. I'm thinking we should fight this one tooth and nail. Am I missing something?

Why shouldn't we instead support SB739?