There’s gunsmoke rising out of Oklahoma

[billbuckhead]

There’s gunsmoke rising out of Oklahoma
Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 11:43 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This week, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce formally notified the state Senate that it can expect another fight over the bill to permit employees to keep firearms in cars parked on company lots.

Except for the intramural budget battle among Gov. Sonny Perdue, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and House Speaker Richardson, the guns-in-parking lot bill came closest to provoking a fistfight during the past session of the Legislature.

The National Rifle Association has promised to come back with another version of the measure - which the organization has developed into a state-by-state, national campaign. In an e-mail to Republican state senators, chamber spokesman Joe Fleming on Monday promised to again oppose it:
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Never thought I'd look to corporama for a solution to our nations evil gun culture but perhaps the business community is starting to see it in their best interests to stand up to the gun lobby.

[TomInTib]

1. Even though I am pro gun ownership...

I firmly believe that firearms have no place in employees' cars in parking lots.

There are no good reasons for that, even though some hunters may be inconvenienced.