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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
I can't resist saying that a gun sitting in a car has no direct negative effect on anyone. Being forced to violate your religious beliefs does.
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You have a point. If the car is broken into though, the gun might wind up in the wrong hands. Not bringing a gun will eliminate that risk
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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
I guess my emotional basis is that in my opinion, if an employer can ban guns, a landlord should be able to choose whom they'd like to rent to, without having to explain his reasons either.
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The company has a good reason for not allowing guns on their property: Keeping a safe work environment for their employees. (With that I'm not saying that if a gun would be brought there, all hell would break loose)
Again, I would have a problem if gun owners weren't allowed to work there at all, but I see no problem with not allowing them to bring their guns to work.
They're not being forced to get rid of their guns. They are simply asked to leave them behind for a few hours every day. Once the working day is over, they can cuddle their weapons for as long as they want.
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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
The simplistic argument for both is "You don't like the gun rule? Find someplace else to work."
"You don't like the landlord's requirement? Find someplace else to live."
That works for me. But the car searching business most definitely does not.
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I see where you are coming from. If a landlord says that there is no smoking allowed in the apartments because it disturbs neighbors/ruins the wallpaper/some other sane reason I see no problem with that either. If a landlord says he doesn't allow jews to rent his apartments on the basis that he doesn't like jews, that would be a different matter.
This company is similar to the first example. They are not banning guns because they don't like them, they are banning them for a good reason.