utbagpiper
Banned
I think that's an essential key element, without which, most corporate lawyers would strongly advise their corporate clients to fight it tooth and nail. I'll include this in my ongoing suggestions to my state legislator.
I advise also looking to the other exceptions in Utah law. The lefties will vote against anything pro-RKBA. The GOP will be split in their loyalties between RKBA and business interests. We know who donates more to campaigns. The question is whether the RKBA groups can turn out votes at election time.
So you have to minimize as many "legit" complaints as you can. If an employer has federal mandates, don't impose a contradictory State law on them. Maybe even let any employer ban guns from a regular parking lot as long as they provide an alternative. Cost prevents any from doing so, but the option reduces legit complaints.
Religious voices carry a lot of sway in Utah, and the 1st amendment must be respected just like the 2nd. So religious employers were exempted. That removed a huge, potential opponent from the fight here. Consider on the dynamics in your State.
The key, is to get something even if you have to do more next year. If you get enough, you may be able to live with it for a long time. Beware "helpful" voices who want all or nothing. You're more likely to get nothing than everything.
I wish Colorado would get its act in gear on this matter. There are many fronts where people "in charge" have way too much authority over private citizens, beginning with our own government, created to safeguard our rights, but who now deprive us of them every time we step foot on "federal" land which, according to the Constitution, does not legally belong to the feds in the first place.
I wish we could get some civil liability for government employees who abuse rights. For now, it is just against private employers.
I know all too well about "federal lands". Utah land is all but 70% federally controlled. East of Colorado, the feds eventually saw fit to turn most federal land over to the States. East of Colorado, most States have only about 5% federal land with only a couple exceeding 10% slightly. From Colorado west, we are held in perpetual economic and thus political servitude as the East coast controls our land.
I thank God our Founding Fathers weren't libertarians and instead created a Republic.
Amen. I observe our federal constitution has elements that are democratic, some that are very deliberately anti-democratic, some aspects might be seen as libertarian, some as downright authoritarian. It isn't a perfect form of government, but it is better then anything else I've seen among mortal men, and way better than what we are actually getting these days.
Agreed, and I would extend that to landlords of all types.
Absolutely. At least to any landlord subject to any other anti-discrimination provision.
Best of luck.
Charles