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Ziran wrote:You do realize that Texas is at will employment state. If the company does not like guns and they catch you, law or no law you get a bad review all of a sudden and your position is eliminated 2 months down the road.

Short of a 30.06 posted parking lot the parking lot bill is a feel good measure that will not meaningfully change anything.

You're right, Texas is an employment-at-will state, but employers get sued all the time for firing someone under a pretext. Sure, you have to prove it, but that's the case with any lawsuit. Something else to consider is that it may be easier for the employer firing the first employee, but subsequent firings tend to prove a pattern.

Passing an employer parking lot bill is no guarantee of peace and tranquility at work, but few employers are going to risk lawsuits and the expense of defending them that comes even when you win.

Chas.

Ol Zeke wrote:Am I not the only one, who is optimistic about our chances, after the Nov. elections to get more favorable CHL Legislation? I’m optimistic that we are going to have a far more conservative legislature, next time they meet.

If so, what’s at the top of your list?

Do away with “Gun Free Zones”?

Eliminate 30.06? (Did you know there are states who’s CHL statutes prohibit businesses from forbidding CCW?)

Make it a CWL? (Does anyone else find it totally ludicrous that we can carry a concealed handgun but not a boot knife?)

Your thoughts?

I do not anticipate a huge swing in the make-up of the Texas Legislature. I hope we can pick up the five (5) House seats that went from Republican to Democrat in the 2008 election. If we get more then that's even better.

No chance of repealing "gun free zones" but we will be fighting for another campus security bill (a/k/a campus-carry) as well as employer parking lots.

Repeal of 30.06 would be a giant step backward to 1997. TPC 30.06 protects CHL's, it's not a detriment. Respect for private property rights is far too strong in Texas to even try to prohibit businesses from barring armed CHL's.

CWL? I agree that it's silly not to be able to carry a knife if you can carry a handgun. However, it's not likely to be on our 2011 Legislative Agenda. There are just too many other things we need to address, while taking care of our two flagship bills.

Chas.