Virginia Tragedy Seals Fate of Employee Gun Bills

The deadliest shooting in the history of U.S. college campuses did more than rattle the nation last week. Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech University settled the fate of controversial bills in Florida and Georgia that would have forced employers to allow workers to keep guns in their vehicles. An aide to Georgia Sen. Chip Rogers, R-Woodstock, told WorkCompCentral Thursday night Rogers would not continue to push Senate Bill 43, which had cleared a committee and awaited a final vote on the Senate calendar. The bill faced fierce opposition from the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and ...