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There’s an arms race playing out in Nashville, where lawmakers have
been fighting for and against the rights of workers to take guns to
work.
The Second Amendment spat began in 2013, when Gov. Bill Haslam signed
into law the controversial “Guns in Parking Lots" bill. But the
original law, which stated citizens with permits to carry guns can keep
them in their cars on company property even if the employer bars them,
only protected citizens against prosecution, not firing. The Tennessee
Firearms Association dubbed the law the “Lose Your Job if You Commute
Act.”
Now, pro-gun politicians say they have fixed the law.
“No employer shall discharge or take any adverse employment action
against an employee solely for transporting or storing a firearm or
firearms ammunition in an employer parking area,” reads an amended
version of the bill, signed into law earlier this month by Haslam, a
Republican.
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