Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law
Feb. 19, 2013
Will Obama tackle guns in the workplace?
Seventeen states have "parking lot" laws that prohibit an employer from banning employees from bringing guns to work, so long as the guns are left in a locked car in a parking lot.
Daniel H. Handman
Partner, Hirschfeld & Kraemer LLP
233 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica , CA 90401
Email: DHANDMAN@HKEMPLOYMENTLAW.COM
In the most heated part of his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama implored Congress that the victims of gun violence "deserve a vote" on gun control measures. Of course, no one expects Congress to take that dare, but few realize that there is something the president can do right now, bypassing Congress, to address one gun-related issue: guns in the workplace.
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