OSHA nominee has strong anti-gun views
It should come as no surprise that President Barack Obama has appointed another anti-gunner to his cabinet.
Anti-gunner David Michaels has been nominated to be an under secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
In an opinion piece from 2007, Mr. Michaels’ expresses his views on firearms:
In the U.S., we see an average of one gun-related homicide every 45 minutes, or 32 each day.* These are usually treated as isolated incidents, until a horrific event like the Virginia Tech massacre reawakens the public and strengthens public health advocates who are attempting to prevent gun violence.
That’s what has just happened in Georgia. There, legislation that would allow employees to keep guns in workplace parking lots went down to an unpredicted defeat….
Thankfully, the NRA’s legislation failed. The Florida legislature also voted down a similar bill this week. Given this week’s events, the results weren’t surprising. When the toll of preventable and pointless deaths or injuries from any single event or related events becomes so great, or particular aspects of the story bring it to the public’s attention, our nation invariably demands more and stronger regulation, not less.
Walter Olson at Overlawyered.com believes these views could have a profound effect on the bureaucracy of existing gun laws.
That’s by no means irrelevant to the agenda of an agency like OSHA, because once you start viewing private gun ownership as a public health menace, it begins to seem logical to use the powers of government to urge or even require employers to forbid workers from possessing guns on company premises, up to and including parking lots, ostensibly for the protection of co-workers. In addition, OSHA has authority to regulate the working conditions of various job categories associated with firearms use (security guards, hunting guides, etc.) and could in that capacity do much to bring grief to Second Amendment values. [Emphasis added]
When you take my gun you will notice that the barrel is VERY warm ! You will not find any ammo as it will all be spent.
I have worked in the oil field for over 30 years and for a very long time nearly all of the companies had company policies against carrying guns in company cars and on company property. The major oil producers have that same policy in place NOW. It can cost you your job if caught with a firearm on any company owned property including an auto. That is something that should be against the rights that are granted to us under the Constitution but no one I know has opposed that policy in court.