Posted on 03/15/2010 6:44:20 AM PDT by marktwain
In a world where the average citizen’s Second Amendment rights are constantly being undermined, we need all the help we can get. For the time being, we’re safe — at least in Indiana. Well, as long as you leave your firearm in your car at work or the government declares a state of emergency that leaves law enforcement and military resources stretched thin.
On Feb. 22, the Indiana Senate voted 41-9 to pass House Bill 1065, also known as the Indiana Emergency Powers Bill. The bill prevents law enforcement and military personnel from confiscating legally owned firearms and ammunition from law-abiding citizens in a declared state of emergency, such as during a natural disaster or attack. Another provision in the bill allows employees the right to keep firearms stored and locked in their vehicles while they are at their place of employment, guaranteeing that they won’t get fired as a result.
Let me say that I cannot adequately convey how important this is to the pro-firearms movement. It takes into consideration the safety of the average citizen in the event of a national emergency, where sometimes the only protection one has is one’s self. A law like this certainly would have been useful in post-Katrina New Orleans, where police confiscated firearms — at gunpoint — and left city dwellers defenseless from looters, animals and politicians.
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My employer (Indiana) sent us an E-mail urging me to contact the governor and tell him to veto the guns at work bill. I don’t think I’ll be doing that.
My employer (Indiana) sent us an E-mail urging me to contact the governor and tell him to veto the guns at work bill. I don’t think I’ll be doing that.”
That is interesting.
I have been a bookkeeper for a great many years. I thought is was against the law for any employer to try an influence your voting decisions. Had a client once who tried to tell his employees who to vote for in a general election, and a couple of us had to set him down and tell him what legal jeopardy he was in if someone complained.
Are you saying that it is legal to spend Indiana taxpayer’s money to urge passage or defeat of pending legislation?
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