BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Over the objections of five powerful trade associations, Governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law a bill that gives employees more freedom to take guns to work.
The Legislature's Web site says the bill was signed Wednesday.
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 says 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 trade associations say the bill interferes with employers' right to decide whether to allow firearms on their property.
