Comments on: Take Your Gun To Work? Two States Say Yes

New Laws In Florida And Georgia Allow People To Take Their Weapons To Work With Them

[usclimey]

With all the guns around being a deterrent to crime, how come your chances of being shot and killed in the US is 50 - 100 times what they are in Western Europe, Japan, or Australia?

[usclimey]

Why conceal weapons? Surely it would be a greater deterrent to criminals if everyone were to walk around with their .45 strpped to their hip like the cops do rather than hidden under a jacket or in your belt etc. etc.

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jlagat
I guess you carry a snubnose or maybe a derringer ?

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berniepeters
Good point. I used to teach self defense seminars. The firs thing i would teach is how to be aware of yoiur surroundings so yoiu don''t become a victim. The perp will pick up on this alertness. He wants an easy target so is likely will move on to someone else. We all have a sixthe sense, very few of us develop it. Everyone should.

[latterdayhip]

The story disregarded or ommitted facts in favor of highlighting the strong emotions surrounding the "guns issue." As responsible journalists, the authors and editors of this story should publish or broadcast several critical corrections:

(1) The Georgia legislation that permits handguns to be carried in the airport and on public transportation applies only to Georgia Firearms License holders, not the general public.

(2) Atlanta Mayor Franklin''s rationale for declaring the airport a "gun-free zone" is based on arguments that already have been tested and failed in a case regarding City of Atlanta''s preemptive ordinances banning carry of handguns by Georgia Firearms License holders in City parks.

(3) The workplace shooter in Kentucky did not retrieve his firearm from his car, he went home to get it and then returned to the location of the shootings.

(4) The substance of the outstanding Federal lawsuit against City of Atlanta and Hartsfield Jackson International Airport is not whether licensed individuals can carry in the terminal. The law that went into effect on July 1st clearly permits it. Rather, the substance of the lawsuit is whether Mayor Franklin or Mr. DeCosta have the right and authority to preempt state law regarding the carry of firearms in public transportation terminals.

It is my fond hope that the CBS news organization will resist the impulse to resort to yellow journalism to which so many of their peers have given in.

[antoniof123]

Levine is an executive with Brandsmart, an appliance chain in Georgia and Florida. Even this NRA member wants guns kept away from his stores.

So you want and want but now you want to make restrictions. Not a prayer this time morons.

[jlagat]

Carrying a gun to work...
Just more Southerners trying to alleviate their small-pen*s syndrome that they have suffered since Sherman''s March and the end of the Civil War.

As long as it is Southerners killing Southerners, the rest of the Union couldn''t give two sh*ts about this article.

[dinkydog1]

I''m all for arming these southern states to the hilt and provining free ammo. More guns in these red states will solve everything.

[berniepeders]

Now don''t get me wrong, I like handguns, I own one, and I am in favor of concealed carry, but someone I was talking with the other day made a pretty good point. What good is your gun (in its holster) if someone just "comes out of nowhere" and sticks a gun in your face or your back? It''s a valid point. They already "got the drop on you". It sure would s-u-c-k. Hopefully someone nearby would pull their piece and drop the perp. Just a thought.
Peace

[kesac4650]

Workplace rules have never stopped the murderer from bringing a weapon to work. It has only stopped the defenders.

[sleepyric]

Memo to self: Cancel plans to move to Florida or Georgia! Remember the phrase "Going Postal"? I can''t think of another place that is more volatile than the workplace. People get on other people''s nerves for years and years. Feuds erupt and go on forever. Now you can snap at home, and take your 9mm to the workplace and sets things straight! For every two steps we make in progress; we take three backwards!... Glad I''m retired. I know a lot of crazy people where I worked that would have loved to blow someone''s face off!

[mythoughtsr]

I do not own a gun but I am in favor of CCW laws. How many helpless people (customers, students, employees) have been cut down and maimed by some gun wielding lunatic and had absolutely NO way to defend themselves? Imagine a manager coming out of his office and being able to gun someone down who was harming another person.

Guns only have power if they are given it. People who were terrorized by the gunman yesterday in the church might have stopped him sooner had they been able to shoot him. Why is it that ONLY the criminals have the guns?

[wineberry]

Sounds like this country may be reverting back to the days of the "Old West" where the gun was the law. I think in one way that yes a person who is of sound mind and judgment should be allowed to carry a gun for protection, but where is the line drawn that it is a sound person who wants a gun for protection and not a crazed maniac who is mad at the world and wants to take everyone he can out. A person gets fired or gets into a rift with his/her co-worker so they goes out to the car to get a gun to come back in and start shooting. I don''t see how authorities can make sure that only those who are of a sane mind will carry a gun.

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gahook
Don''t know where you live but every place i know that allows CCW the crime rate has dropped significantly, after a few well placed rounds in criminals. I am not as much worried about the terrorists as i am about the criminal element in this country. They ar out of control and we need to take our country back.

[oneworldusa]

Each locality could offer at the citizen applicant''s own expense thorough background and mental checks and training subject to re-affirmation annually to people who would like to carry publicly without restriction like police, for protection. This way, the population might have a chance of being protected going about their daily lives.

[o2bewealthy]

Pandora''s box was opened a long time ago in this country, and now it''s going to he11 in a handbasket - with a gun attached to it.

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jerryomara
The constitution was written telling us we have the right so that the government cannot become a dictatorship. You want to call people animals that want to protect themselves. If the criminals didn''t act like animals we wouldn''t have a need to protect ourselves.

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shadow269
You talk about Georgians not being able to spell gun. If you check you will find your statement is not gramatically correct.

[theoneken]

It''s amusing how anti-gunners think everyone is a psychotic killer in waiting. A little self-projection, maybe? Do you ever think about the fact that police and military members are even more well-armed than we are, and are also regular people? Lets put a stop to mass shootings by deranged police officers, and disarm the police force! Sound absurd? That''s because police do not commit many crimes as a group, and concealed carry license holders statically commit even less crime.

The right to self defense is the most fundamental right we have as free people. Without it, you cannot protect your other rights. The government has neither the responsibility nor the power to ensure your safety as an individual. Only you can do that. It''s time that you took charge of your own personal safety. Do not be a potential crime victim waiting to happen. Your vulnerability endangers us all by encouraging crime.

Getting to the specifics of this law in question, it makes absolutely no sense to have gun free zones in a country filled with guns. Unless an area is protected by metal detectors, then it should not prohibit guns. The reason? There''s nothing to stop a criminal intent on murder from walking right into your work place and shooting the place up. The fact is that if someone is intent on committing murder, they won''t care if it''s illegal to carry a gun in that particular location. We should have learned that at Virginia Tech.

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andor3
Like i said with every post your comments are less rational. Is there ny scenario where you think n individual should be allowed to have a gun ?