[Dan from Michigan]

I'm not a fan of Robert Reich, and disagree with him completely, but this is a back door tactic I didn't even think about until he wrote it.

[PeteB570]

Back door is right.

As with all laws, only the people who obey laws will follow them. It is against the law to take out a gun and shoot somebody. Hey, if a person is going to break that one, what's one or two more?

[Puppage]

About 17 employees are murdered every week in American workplaces by someone with a gun

Murdered by co workers or, like in the Chicago factory, by an estranged hubby who killed his wife& 6 others?

Carry.....ALWAYS

[adam_az]

What a scumbag.

Guns in locked in a car aren't on your employers property - they are in YOUR property.

...unless they pay for and hold the title to your car.

[demitall]

Will this include courtrooms, police stations and military bases?

[Echo Talon]

Guess policeman can't bring their guns to work anymore... /s

[marron]

How about a ban on shooting people in the work place? Unless you're a cop, then I guess shooting people in the workplace is unavoidable. But we could make it a rule that you're not supposed to shoot people in the workplace without at least first notifying the safety department and getting a waiver.

[Maceman]

Researchers at the University of North Carolina have shown that killings are five times more likely to occur at workplaces where guns are allowed as where they’re prohibited.

Anybody know about this study? Has John Lott addressed it?

[Dave Olson]

OSHA ought to ban guns in every workplace across America

If he really means every workplace, it would have to include police departments and military bases.

[Bob]

OSHA ought to ban guns in every workplace across America

Gee, wouldn't police stations be considered workplaces? :=)

[torchthemummy]

"About 17 employees are murdered every week in American workplaces by someone with a gun, making gun-related killings the third-biggest safety hazard facing American workers -- right after vehicles and machines."

884 a year. Is this an OSHA statistic? Seems one would see a daily national story by the gun-grabbing liberal MSM if this were the case. Does this include officers killed in the line of duty? I bethcha it does.

[Petronski]

Listen to the evening news and you’re likely to hear a grizzly story . . .

Well, if there are bears in the work place, I want a firearm with me.

Surely this tiny genius meant "grisly."

[doug from upland]

Hmmmmmm........banning guns in all work places. The Upland PD near me is not going to like that. What will they do without guns?

[sourcery]

OSHA should require guns in every workplace. That's the only mechanism that might enable the workers to defend themselves in a timely manner when confronted by a gun-wielding criminal. By the time the Police arrive, it will certainly be too late.

[babyface00]

OSHA ought to ban guns in every workplace across America

I don't suppose there'll be an exclusion for gun factories...

[NY Attitude]

OSHA ought to ban guns in every workplace across America

I guess that this means that the police will be disarmed as well / sarcasm

[JimSEA]

Since it was established more than 30 years ago, OSHA has often been corporate America’s worst nightmare, focusing its enforcement on picayune rules and regulations.

Truer word than the above have seldom been spoken. That said, a ban on guns in the workplace will prevent spousal shootings???? Dream on.

[JRios1968]

About 17 employees are murdered every week in American workplaces by someone with a gun...

Wow. You would think we would hear more about these 17 weekly shootings on the MSM...what, we don't? Could it be because it's another case of "lies, damn lies, and statistics"???

[OSHA]

I will have you know that I have no problems with guns anywhere except in the hands of criminals!

[Joe 6-pack]

I hope our mail carriers don't hear about the proposed ban...they might go postal.

[Billthedrill]

It’s just common sense.

A key phrase meaning "I have no proof for this but you're a Nazi if you doubt it." You hear it a lot in gun control debates.