Last year, Maine passed into law that it is illegal to infringe upon the rights to Mainers that work in the private sector and have a concealed weapons permit, to carry firearms in locked vehicles.  Our collective bargaining agreement has a No Weapons Policy that basically denies us from bringing any firearm on company property.  We actually had someone that was terminated under this policy 7 years ago.  Because state and federal law supersedes our CBA, the company had to allow hunters to bring their rifles and shotguns with them to work and let them leave them in their locked vehicles.  Now, it looks like we are another step closer to making it lawful in the public sector as well.  It amazes me that we even have to fight for this right in the first place.  Banning guns from the hands of law abiding citizens is reckless.  I am curious as to what everyone else has for state laws on this subject?

http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/second-amendment-enters-concealed-weapon-bill-debate_2012-03-12.html

Down here in Texas we also now have a law passed that allows people to carry concealed guns in their vehicles with or without a concealed handgun license. Before we were not allowed to have a rifle or shotgun in our vehicles if it is parked on company property but now we can! You can’t imagine how frustrating it was during hunting season.

In northern Virginia, hardly anybody hunts before or after work, as it’s a 2 hour drive to the nearest possible hunting country in any direction.  So practically speaking, there is little need for anyone to have a firearm in the vehicle, unless they are making bank deposits.  Anyway, Virginia’s Fish & Game laws prohibit a loaded firearm in any vehicle.  Further, because of the risk of traffic accidents and officer safety, any firearm in a vehicle must be out of the driver’s immediate control.  I.E. it must not be under the seat, in the console etc.  Unloaded and locked in a glove box or trunk is o.k, and in a locked case behind the seat in a pickup.  All of this doesn’t apply if the person in question has a concealed weapon permit.  In the current political environment, this is easy to do.  Just a $50. fee and a safety course.  I highly recommend it because the opportunity will inevitably fade away.

We are not allowed “weapons” of any kind beyond the gates at the rocket ranch where I work. We are under TSA and Homeland Security Rules because of the chemicals and explosives “of interest” across the plant. We are allowed to park vehicles outside the gate in a non-secure company owned parking lot with weapons aboard. And if we notify security, they will watch our vehicles for us while we work.