To the Editor:
I would like to respond to Mr. Liggett’s letter on the legislation that Rep. Guice supported protecting his company’s rights.
Mr. Liggett, I don’t think you understand what this new law actually changed.
All businesses and companies in the state of North Carolina already had the right to post signs prohibiting persons from entering their buildings with a weapon or firearm. The new law added their “parking lots.”
Before a law abiding, legal concealed weapons permit holder upon doing business with or visiting a business could leave their legally permitted weapon in their car in the parking lot if the business had a no weapons permitted sign posted on the building.
With the new law that same law-abiding citizen will not be able to leave their legally permitted weapon in their car in the parking lot.
Therefore, unless they leave their legally permitted weapon at home, they will not be able to visit or do business with yours or any company that posts a no weapons permitted sign on their property. And rest assured that all law-abiding legally permitted concealed weapons holders will know what business they will not visit or do business with from now on.
Also have you considered that if your company does a surprise inspection of the employees’ autos parked in their parking lot how many of your fellow employees might just lose their job if a weapon is found?
Yes, your company has that right to inspect any auto entering their property at any time.
–– Charles Weinhagen, Saluda