Volkswagen Speaks Out Against Law Allowing Firearms On Company Property

The head of Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant is speaking out against a bill pending in the Tennessee General Assembly to strip employers of the right to ban firearms on company property.

The proposal headed for vote in a House committee on Tuesday morning would allow people to store legally-owned firearms in vehicles parked at work — regardless of their employers' wishes.

"That's a sort of thing that makes us a bit nervous," Frank Fischer, the CEO and chairman of Volkswagen Chattanooga, said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday.

 

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