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WildBill wrote:

mr surveyor wrote:I believe that the interior of one's vehicle should be an extension of one's home and thus should be considered a "bubble" of the vehicle owner's private/personal space. If his "bubble" (vehicle) happens to be inside his employer's "bubble (parking lot), it still does not diminish the importance of the vehicle owner's personal/private space.
surv

I don't want an employer to be searching inside my car any more than I want them looking inside my home.

Or inside your pockets or briefcase. Unfortunately, employee rules "require" that ability as well.

I have the same personal frustration with the situation. I believe we are dealing with two rights here: 2nd Amendment, and Property rights (both very dear to me). IMHO, I believe that's the fundamental reason for rules of representative government, to decide between competing rights (competing interests and wants, well, that's another matter entirely). The specific form of representation used is, in turn, decided by popular opinion (what we call "political power").

ETA: OK, my wording was a bit confusing. Read that as "rule of representative government" or "rules enacted by representative government." I was thinking of both when I wrote it, and so....