Guns-at-work bill defeated (Florida) [View All]

[wakeme2008]

Source: St. Pete Times

Guns-at-work bill defeated

Lawmakers say the Virginia Tech tragedy didn't influence them.

By ALEX LEARY and SHANNON COLAVECCHIO-VAN SICKLER
Published April 19, 2007

TALLAHASSEE -- Afterward, nobody said it was about Virginia Tech.

Lawmakers called it a victory for property rights, a triumph of common sense. They insisted the votes they cast Wednesday to defeat a bill to allow employees to keep guns in their cars at work are the same votes they would have cast if not for Virginia Tech.

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Support for the bill was shaky long before Monday's shootings because it divided two key Republican bases: business and the gun lobby. Many members hoped the issue would just go away and they would not have to side with one or the other.

Read more: http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/19/State/Guns_at_work_bill_def.shtml

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I have been :popcorn: over this. The Repugs had the NRA on one side fighting Big Business