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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket… at the Office? New Thoughts on Workplace Concealed Carry

Can you prohibit your employees from bringing firearms to your workplace? You may think the answer is yes, but it’s more complicated. Recent state laws on gun rights have raised questions regarding guns at work. Here we will...more

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Louisiana Dismantles Concealed Carry Requirements: Key Employer Takeaways and 4 Steps You Can Take to Create a Safer Workplace

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Louisiana employers should review their safety policies and take other appropriate precautions in light of a new state law that will significantly weaken the requirements for carrying a concealed weapon in public. While the...more

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Understanding the Impact of Florida’s New Concealed Weapons Laws on Leasing

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Effective July 1, 2023, the Florida statutes were revised to allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit. However, permits are still available for those interested, and qualified persons may obtain them from the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Florida Gun Law Bars Employers from Conditioning Employment on Carry Authorization

The Florida legislator recently enacted House Bill 543, which authorized concealed carry of weapons or firearms (with or without a license to carry). The law becomes effective on July 1, 2023. Under the law, employers...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

What Ohio’s new “Constitutional Carry” law means for political subdivisions

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What has changed under Ohio law? On June 13, 2022, Ohio Senate Bill No. 215, known as Ohio’s “Constitutional Carry” law, went into effect. Codified at R.C. 2923.111, the new law permits a “qualifying adult” to legally...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Ohio’s Permitless Carry Law — What Does It Mean for Employers?

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Effective June 13, Ohio became the 23rd state to allow its citizens to carry a concealed handgun without a permit. This new firearm law, Senate Bill 215, permits all “qualifying adults” to legally carry, possess, or conceal a...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

New York Passes Gun Legislation in Response to Supreme Court Decision Overturning Licensing Restrictions for Concealed Carry...

On June 23, 2022, in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, the U.S. Supreme Court held that New York’s requirements for obtaining permits for the concealed carry of a firearm were unconstitutional in a...more

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New Texas Laws Impacting Businesses

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On September 1, 2021, more than 650 new Texas laws went into effect. As businesses ensure compliance with several of the new laws, Jackson Walker provides a summary below of a number of newly effective and upcoming laws....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Rights of Tennessee Employers to Bar Firearms and Weapons in the Workplace Remains Unchanged

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Effective July 1, 2021, Tennessee’s Constitution Carry law allows individuals over the age of 21 (or military members between ages 18 to 20) to carry a firearm, both concealed and open, with or without a carry permit. ...more

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Tennessee Gives Employers Option to Allow Limited Carrying of Concealed Firearms at Work

Tennessee property owners, including employers, are generally authorized to prohibit the possession of weapons by any person at meetings conducted by an employer or on property owned, operated, managed, or under the control...more

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Expanded Concealed Carry Rights for Employees Go Into Effect on March 20, 2017

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Ohio legislation expanding concealed carry laws will take effect on March 20, 2017. In December of last year, Governor Kasich signed into law Senate Bill 199, which allows employees with a valid concealed carry license to...more

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North Carolina Enacts Omnibus Firearms Law, Promotes Uniformity and Standardization of NC’s Gun Laws

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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed into law “An Act to Amend Various Firearms Laws” yesterday. “Various” is the key here, because the Act is far-reaching, amends over a dozen statutes, and introduces entirely new...more

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