[cashion]

A long time coming.

[TChris]

"The safety of our employees is a top priority of ConocoPhillips and we are disappointed with today’s decision,” said company spokesman Rich Johnson, adding that the company has not determined whether to appeal.

It's sad that the anti-gun lobby has been so successful in pushing the false idea that disarmed people are somehow "safer".

Would more Virginia Tech massacres help them to better understand the truth?

[qam1]

I Disagree with this entirely

A workplace is private property and if the owner doesn’t want guns on their private property then they have every right to ban them. Don’t like it, leave the gun home or find a new job.

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

Ruh Roh... now the OKC cops are gonna be looking in parking lots for those "Abort Obama" bumper stickers.

/sarc

[PhiKapMom]

Background: Drew Edmonson is running for OK Governor in 2010. This is the same RAT that went in with the lawsuit in CT against the Boy Scouts as AG of OK. But then the lowlife went in with the Gore campaign against Bush to the SCOTUS. Oklahoma, a state that went overwhelmingly to Bush in 2000 was represented by this RAT Edmonson on the side of Gore.

NRA got involved in our Senate election in 2004 with the liberal RAT Carson convinced them he was really a conservative and in favor of guns so Dr. Tom had to fight the NRA endorsement of Carson.

No way would Henry and Edmonson appealed this with a NRA attorney if it wasn’t for the fact the liberal Edmonson wants to be our next Governor.

[Centurion2000]

There’s no allow involved in this. Just shut up and do it anyway

[fightinbluhen51]

SCORE ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS!!!!

[abb]

This is good news.

[dbz77]

Kern said gun-related workplace violence was a "recognized hazard” under the act and the state law interfered with employers’ ability to comply with the act.

So the U.S. Marine Corps is in violation of OSHA.

[Carry_Okie]

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided 3-0 that Kern erred in concluding the law is pre-empted by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act.

What idiot argued that an OSHA law would supersede a constitutional amendment when the interesting question is about a tension between pre-existing rights: the landowner's property rights versus the right to armed self-defense?

Thanks to the 14th Amendment, the question is now the same for a corporate parking lot versus my house: Do I have a right to preclude a person from bearing a weapon on my land or in my home?

[neverdem]

Nice catch! IMHO, property rights are an invention of the state. They can’t trump natural law, i.e. the right to self defense.

Think of what the employer was demanding: An employer has the right to force employees to travel defenseless from home to work and back to home without providing anything for the employee’s security. In other words, property rights trumps your security.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not spitting on property rights. The Kelo decision was an abomination. Recognizing a right to self defense is not taking anyone’s property.

[GeronL]

yay. but will O overturn it with federal laws?

[xcamel]

Gold star for “Good News Post” of the day...

[CharlesThe Hammer]

This is a glint of liberty’s sunshine in a rather dark extended political forcast. Both Lockean principles, property and one’s right to self-defense,(”...life,liberty, and property...”), were respected by the circuit court. Bravo!

[Joe Brower]

Good news.

[gondramB]

>>Court Allows Oklahoma Workers to Have Guns in Vehicles<<

A victory - but it should not have taken a court case for such an obvious right.

And the sad part is it will likely take many more such cases to restore the right of self defense.

[jan in Colorado]

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[wolfcreek]

This is a big step up from ripping testicles. Good to see!

HookUm

[oyez]

We need this in Tennessee.

My coworkers and I have to drive through a rough area to get to work, but the company says no to cold steel and lead..

Probably the only serious disagreement I have with the management.

[Malsua]

If guns are such a problem in the workplace, why aren’t there more shootings at police stations?

[Osage Orange]

"The safety of our employees is a top priority of ConocoPhillips and we are disappointed with today’s decision,” said company spokesman Rich Johnson, adding that the company has not determined whether to appeal.

Frank Phillips is turning over in his grave..!!!