Hopefully this trend will catch on in every state.

http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs...807050303/1002

BATON ROUGE -- Over the objections of five powerful trade associations, Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law a bill that gives employees more freedom to take guns to work.

The bill, backed by the National Rifle Association, gives an employee the right to keep a legally owned firearm locked in a car in a parking lot at the workplace, with some exceptions.

The bill's sponsor, Sen. Joe McPherson, D-Woodworth, said the legislation backs employees who are fired for unwittingly carrying a firearm in their personal vehicle because they went hunting before or after work.

The bill posed a dilemma for Jindal and many conservative lawmakers. During the recent legislative session, the NRA backed the bill but the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry opposed it.

"Sometimes you have to pick among friends. It's not a pleasant thing to do," said Dan Borne, president of two of the associations opposing the bill.

The bill was signed Wednesday and takes effect Aug. 15, according to the Legislature's Web site. A message was left with Jindal's press secretary Friday seeking comment.