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Right2Carry wrote:How does this relate to defense contractors? I could see them claiming the manufacture, use, storage, or
transportation of hazardous, combustible, or explosive materials regulated under state or federal law as a way to get around allowing employees to lock up thier firearms. Once again it appears that those of us who are responsible enough to build weapons for our government will be deemed not responsible enought to leave our weapons locked up in the parking lot.

I would think that most of the larger contractors would have a hard time establishing that their "primary business" is hazardous materials. There's a lot more to the defense industry than just explosives. There's guidance systems, surveillance equipment, intel sharing/dissemination, cryptography, stealth, radar... Likewise, I doubt that most of them are required to submit a plan under the Clean Air Act. Of course, that doesn't mean they won't try to claim exemption.

I called them both about 15 minutes ago. As it turns out, they were actually in the Public Safety committee meeting at the time. Both aides took a record of my opinion but neither offered an indication of how the rep might vote (and I didn't ask).