Mans most primary right is to defend himself. -- Indeed, - the State is charged in our Constitution to prevent infringements on that individual right.
You claim that is a "wrongheaded and foolish argument that has no merit" yet you fail to counter argue the point.
The government is not 'dictating' to a property owner the rules he may set on his own property.
In this case, the legislature was correctly preventing companies from infringing on their employees right to carry arms to & from work.
Politicians were doing their Constitutional duty for a change.
"Anyone who claims otherwise is disingenuous at best" is simply another specious generality.
What's to argue? The 2nd Amendment does not bind private property owners to allow guns on their property any more than it binds you to allow me to use your front yard for a protest. We've been though this, but evidently it hasn't sunk in yet.
The government isn't dictating the terms of use? Willful ignorance is an ugly thing - try educating yourself.