From: Travis
Subject: Major Victory for American Workers Right to Self-Defense
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009,
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*Major Victory for American Workers Right to Self-Defense*
Fairfax, Va. – Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled unanimously in support of allowing employees to store legally
owned firearms in locked, private motor vehicles while parked in employer
parking lots. This decision upholds NRA-backed legislation passed in 2004.
"This is a victory for the millions of American workers who have been denied
the right to protect themselves while commuting between their homes and
their workplace," said NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. "This
effort was aimed at skirting the will of the American people, and the intent
of legislatures across this country while eviscerating Right-to-Carry laws.
This ruling is a slap at the corporate elitists who have no regard for the
constitutional rights of law abiding American workers."
In March 2004, the Oklahoma legislature passed an amendment holding employers
criminally liable for prohibiting employees from storing firearms in locked
vehicles on company property. A number of corporations subsequently filed
suit in opposition to the new laws, alleging they were: unconstitutionally
vague; an unconstitutional taking of private property; and preempted by
various federal statutes. The lower court ruled in favor of the injunction.
"This issue was contrived by the gun control lobby who goaded corporations
into doing their dirty work for them," said Chris W. Cox, NRA chief
lobbyist. "However, this ruling is a vindication for every hardworking and
lawful man and woman whose basic right to self-defense was taken away on a
whim by corporate lawyers. NRA is prepared to defend this right and to
ensure the safety of every American worker."
In October 2008, Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry and Attorney General Drew
Edmondson appealed to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals the lower court
decision to strike down the NRA-backed worker protection laws. Today's
proceedings handed down by Circuit Judges Paul J. Kelly, Bobby R. Baldock,
and Michael W. McConnell reversed the lower court's grant of a permanent
injunction.
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