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<blockquote data-quote="therodog" data-source="post: 51619"><p>Gun legislation seeks to support law-abiding Floridians </p><p>By A Times Editorial </p><p>Published October 10, 2005 </p><p> </p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </p><p> </p><p>Re: The NRA at work, Oct. 7. </p><p> </p><p>Your editorial attacking the bills of Sen. Durell Peaden Jr. and Rep. Dennis Baxley, which seek to protect people legally keeping guns in their vehicles, used bad data to support employers' antigun policies. </p><p> </p><p>According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, "for the most part, workplace homicides are not the result of disgruntled workers." In fact, because 75-82 percent of workplace homicides involve robbery, most are committed by strangers, according to the FBI and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. </p><p> </p><p>Instead of using reliable national data, your editorial relied on two flawed "studies." </p><p> </p><p>The other study only looked at workplace shootings in comparison to the employers' policies, and didn't bother to ask who brought the gun. But it's a fair bet that most armed robbers don't read their victims' employee handbooks. </p><p> </p><p>Law-abiding employees have a right under Florida law to have firearms in their vehicles for lawful purposes. Carrying a firearm in your vehicle for protection while traveling to and from work and leaving that firearm locked securely in your vehicle while at work is a part of that right. This legislation doesn't give a new right. It protects an existing right by imposing penalties on those who are breaking the law by attempting to prohibit that right. Equally important is that it gives businesses immunity from liability if firearms stored on their property are misused or stolen. </p><p> </p><p>Sen. Peaden and Rep. Baxley are simply trying to put Florida law on the side of law-abiding Floridians, not criminals. Their efforts deserve support.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="therodog, post: 51619"] Gun legislation seeks to support law-abiding Floridians By A Times Editorial Published October 10, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re: The NRA at work, Oct. 7. Your editorial attacking the bills of Sen. Durell Peaden Jr. and Rep. Dennis Baxley, which seek to protect people legally keeping guns in their vehicles, used bad data to support employers' antigun policies. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, "for the most part, workplace homicides are not the result of disgruntled workers." In fact, because 75-82 percent of workplace homicides involve robbery, most are committed by strangers, according to the FBI and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Instead of using reliable national data, your editorial relied on two flawed "studies." The other study only looked at workplace shootings in comparison to the employers' policies, and didn't bother to ask who brought the gun. But it's a fair bet that most armed robbers don't read their victims' employee handbooks. Law-abiding employees have a right under Florida law to have firearms in their vehicles for lawful purposes. Carrying a firearm in your vehicle for protection while traveling to and from work and leaving that firearm locked securely in your vehicle while at work is a part of that right. This legislation doesn't give a new right. It protects an existing right by imposing penalties on those who are breaking the law by attempting to prohibit that right. Equally important is that it gives businesses immunity from liability if firearms stored on their property are misused or stolen. Sen. Peaden and Rep. Baxley are simply trying to put Florida law on the side of law-abiding Floridians, not criminals. Their efforts deserve support. [/QUOTE]
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