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I like to look at things in terms of individual rights and freedoms. The view of our founders was that morally and ethically we are pretty much free to do just about anything as long as we don't violate the individual rights of another. The right to defend yourself is a god given right. If the government did not exist you'd still have that right. When you're on somebody else's property you still have the right to defend yourself. If they wish to tell you that you can't have a firearm to defend yourself then they are limiting the means by which you have to defend yourself, but you still have the right to defend yourself. So they haven't eliminated your right, only severely limited your methods.

But by limiting your ability to defend yourself the property owner is taking on additional liability. If they severely limit your means for defending yourself while on their property, then they need to somehow guarantee your safety. So employers attempt to do this through policies banning all firearms from the property. But what good is a policy against a criminal who simply ignores it? I would think companies would be wiser to limit their liability by requiring each employee to be responsible for their own safety.

Unfortunately property owners and employers don't think in those terms. So laws like the parking lot bill become a necessary compromise.