MS Supreme Court: Second Amendment Trumps Property, Employers’ Rights

By Dean Weingarten

Mississippi is a hire- or fire-at-will state. Employers or employees may terminate their relationship at will, for any or no reason. There are very few exceptions to this legal doctrine, all of which must be codified by the state legislature. The Magnolia State legislature decreed that an employer may not fire an employee for storing his or her firearms in their locked vehicle on company property. Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation ignored the state law . . .

and fired Robert Swindol, for bringing a firearm to work. Mr. Swindol sued, and lost. The case was appealed to the Fifth Circuit. The Fifth Circuit noted that the company violated Mississippi Code Section 45-9-55(1), which provides:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a public or private employer may not establish, maintain, or enforce any policy or rule that has the effect of prohibiting a person from transporting or storing a firearm in a locked vehicle in any parking lot, parking garage, or other designated parking area . . .

It also is “undisputed that Aurora had a firearms policy that is inconsistent with [Section 45-9-55].”

As there was no case law on …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns