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I pretty much agree with your thoughts except that the company was really not disarming its employees except when they were on company property, which should be its right, even if ill advised.

They 'really' are attempting to disarm their employees, and it's obviously their intent. -- And that is "ill advised" by the clear words of our 2nd. And at least 2 state legislatures plus the Georgia supreme court agree that it is not a company power or 'right' to search private vehicles.

As for the private property vs private property, car owner vs parking lot owner, the corporation is not under a legal obligation to provide parking at all.

Local law says otherwise. Most larger companies are required to provide off street parking to employees & visitors as part of the business license/use permit process.

I just think that if chooses to do so, it ought to have the right to impose whatever conditions it sees fit for those who choose (and choose is the operative word) to use those lots.

You say above such a choice is "ill advised", yet you argue they ought to have that power "even if ill advised." Can you explain why?

Why should we allow companies to ban guns in parking lots? It makes no constitutional sense.

First, increase government power over business entities and you risk government taking that same power for use over individuals.

Now, come on now. I can't imagine the federal government ever ignoring Fifth Amendment restrictions about the sanctity of private property for individuals.

Oh, wait a minute, they did just that with Kelo.

But I'm SURE that was just an isolated incident! Government would NEVER abuse the power to dictate private property rights, other than that!

"You say above such a choice is "ill advised", yet you argue they ought to have that power "even if ill advised." Can you explain why?

Yes. In a free country, you still have the abililty to make choices, even if your rulers think they are "ill advised."

"Why should we allow companies to ban guns in parking lots? It makes no constitutional sense.

Because it is our constitutional right to ban whatever we want in our own parking lots.

"Local law says otherwise. Most larger companies are required to provide off street parking to employees & visitors as part of the business license/use permit process.

Well, once government takes control of part of a companies operations, you have to expect government to issue it's own rules as it sees fit. So in the sense that the lot was mandated by the government, not the company, I can see where the lot is essentially under government, not private direction. Whether or not government should have the right to mandate employee parking is another question.