NRA Guilty of Poor Aim in Fla. Guns-at-Work Case

Florida’s "take your guns to work” law seems like it’s upholding the right to bear arms (which is what the National Rifle Association wants us to believe), but in fact it’s a violation of property rights, Steve Chapman argues in Reason. The law allows permit-holders to keep a gun in their car on the employee parking lot—whether their employer approves or not.

The Second Amendment, Chapman notes, is only supposed to limit government power to restrict firearms. Private entities retain the right to restrict their employees' behavior while at work in lots of ways the government cannot. Employers should be able to decide whether to allow guns in their parking lots, and employees can then find a workplace that suits their firearms preference.