Case
8.4: Have Gun, Will Travel…to Work
Located on page 312 of your
textbook
1.
Do you have not only a legal,
but a moral right to own a gun? Do you believe that you have either a moral or
a legal right to park a car with a loaded gun in a privately owned parking lot,
regardless of what the lot’s owner wants?
2.
In your view, do employees
have either a moral or a legal right to park cars with guns in them in the
company parking lot? What do you believe should be the property rights and
safety concerns of employers?
3.
Do you think state
legislatures are right to get involved, or should the matter be left to
companies and employees to settle?
4.
Because the workplace is the
company’s private property, the company could choose to allow employees to
bring guns not only into the parking lot, but also into the workplace itself.
Are there ever circumstances in which doing so might be reasonable? Or would
the presence of guns automatically violate the rights of other employees to be
guaranteed a safe working environment?
