Toilet paper firm puts a lid on gun law

Miami Herald reports:

Georgia-Pacific has declared that its Palatka toilet- and tissue-paper plant isn't bound by a controversial employee gun-rights law, citing a Homeland Security exemption because the company handles barge-loads of explosive fuel.

The company's decision -- following Disney World's recent decision that it'sexempt because of its federal explosives permit -- has enraged the National Rifle Association and spotlighted the Legislature's difficulty in drafting clear laws, especially when major lobbies clash during the brief 60-day lawmaking session.

The law's intent: Allow employees with concealed weapons permits the right to have their firearms locked in their car in workplace parking lots.

But the business lobby, saying the NRA's gun-rights proposal interferes with private property rights, helped riddle it with exemptions. One such out-clause says an employer is exempt if firearm-possession is ``prohibited pursuant to any federal law.''