Wed
Feb 22 2012
11:06 am
Tennessee Chamber of Commerce: gun bills "extremely offensive"
By: R. Neal

Add to the previous list state business owners, who aren't too happy with bills in the state legislature that allow employees to bring guns to work as long as they leave them in the car. They are even more pissed off about a companion bill that would prevent them from "discriminating" against gun toters by having separate parking lots or the like. The Nashville Business Journal reports...

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gonzone's picture

So the "Saturday Night

Submitted by gonzone on Wed, 2012/02/22 - 11:11am.

So the "Saturday Night Special" gun manufacturer's association doesn't like it? Then it must be a good thing. I say this as a responsible "gun" owner. (firearms is a much better word IMO)

bizgrrl's picture

As reported in the

Submitted by bizgrrl on Thu, 2012/02/23 - 11:11am.

As reported in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

Gun-rights groups call the measure the "Employee Safe Commute Act"

Bradley Jackson, who lobbies for the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry at the state Capitol, said "no other state in the United States of America has enacted bills that broad."

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